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Review: Quantum of Solace
"After stripping the franchise from the elements that anchored it down as in gadget-overload, tacky one-liners, facile bed-partners and over-zealous villains, the film feels further depleted to the point where Forster doesn’t even allow viewers to enjoy the film's biggest selling point: the action sequences."
Quantum of Solace | Review
Bond Turns into Bourne: Franchise’s sequel to Casino Royale loses all momentum
Johnnie To Cooks up Next Project with Hallyday and Testud
Hong Kong’s most prolific director will keep with the French theme setting crooner Johnny Hallyday and French thesp Sylvie Testud against a common cast of criminals in a Hong Kong-set revenge flick aptly titled Vengeance.
Pascal Laugier likes the ‘Details’ of Paramount Vantage’s horror pic
This year's Euro "It" horror helmer is being thrown Hollywood projects left, right and center. After the news that Pascal Laugier is attached to be the successor behind the pinhead franchise re-birth (read here), the filmmaker behind the macabre Martyrs (one of the most unpleasant film experiences I've had in 2008) might actually be directing a horror thriller project for Paramount Vantage and prod house Blumhouse.
BIFA Lucky 7 noms for Hunger and In Bruges
First time feature filmmakers Steve McQueen’s Hunger and Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges are the toast of the 11th British Independent Film nominations this year -- each share a total of seven nominations a piece, while Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire has a total of six noms in five categories and should be a serious contender in at least the screenwriting category.
