Ooh. Now then. Here’s the first teaser trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s new film Inglourious Basterds. And it’s a doozy. It’s been a good while since I can say I’ve been excited about anything Quentin Tarantino has been doing. Kill Bill (vol. 1 and vol.2) were a mess. A big, needlessly long mess… not only were they too long, they were… just too crap. It was nothing more than a multi-million dollar licence for QT’s ego to run wild, creating his [...]

It must be difficult these days being a rich, handsome, award winning actor – what with all that, er… being rich, handsome and award winning… Cases in point, Christian Bale and Joaquin Phoenix – both, over the last few years, have made the jump from promising acting talent to bona-fide Hollywood A-list. Bale becoming the thinking-man’s ass-kicker with the likes of his phenomenally successful spot as the Batmaaan, and then there’s Phoenix who, not too long ago, got nominated for [...]

Today sees the announcements of the nominations for the 81st Academy Awards… and continuing the familiar trend for us UK folk, most of the Best Film nominations haven’t been released here yet. Speaking of Best Film, it’s nice to see the Academy haven’t got caught up too much in the (Dark) Knight Fever, giving most of its predictable nominations to its production values, rather than say… story. Though Heath’s Best Supporting Actor nod wasn’t surprising to anyone. Least of all, [...]

We film fans are suckers. We may leave the majority of our cinema visits thinking: “Why do I do this to myself?” and in the case of Indy IV: “How can I delete that from my memory?” – yet we still go back, time and time again, ice-cream / popcorn in hand… …grumbling about paying so much… trying graciously not to scream as the idiot behind you kicks your chair and fails so spectacularly to retrieve their last Malteser from [...]