David Quinn published this entry on Friday 04 January, 2008 at 3:16 pm. It's been filed in the movies category . {1 Comment}
Has any one else, like me, suffered psychological injury as a result of the trailer for the film version of hen night-friendly Abba-based musical shit-fest Mamma Mia!? There’s no warning before it comes on. This is despite the inclusion of a mysteriously orange Meryl Streep running round in dungarees and bursting into song; at which point I suffered a sudden ache behind my eyes and everything went [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Saturday 28 July, 2007 at 3:28 pm. It's been filed in the marketing + movies + pr category . {1 Comment}
Witness the power of hype. This mystery trailer has echoes of Blair Witch Project and is causing similar ripples. It’s a film that doesn’t even have a title yet but is sending YouTube theorists into a frenzy. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Project Slosho/Cloverfield/1-18-08 as it’s variously known, is produced by JJ Abrams of Lost fame – a [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Sunday 24 June, 2007 at 11:26 pm. It's been filed in the movies + politics category . {1 Comment}
There’s an interesting review of Michael Moore’s new movie, Sicko, on Salon.com. The film is about the apparent failures of the healthcare system in the USA. In one section, Moore travels to the UK and, in an attempt to illustrate how the USA has got it all wrong, presents free healthcare on the NHS as [...]