AVATAR 2, 3, 4 & 5 -WHY THE DELAY?

After watching Avatar in 3-D for the first time since theatres in 2009, I began to think about the long delay in the production of the sequels. I remembered how long it took to bring the original to the screen, a decade to be precise, with talk of "developing something new and innovative". It was…

FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR

1986 DIRECTOR: Randal Kleiser NOT A PART OF MY COLLECTION Will we be adding this to our collection? NO Contains Spoilers! An 80's classic through and through. Flight Of the Navigator follows a 12-year-old boy, who in 1978 was last seen chasing after his dog in the woods. After falling into a ravine, he awakes eight…

RATATOUILLE

2007 DIRECTOR(s): Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava NOT A PART OF MY COLLECTION Will we be adding this to our collection? NO May Contain Spoilers! 2006/07 was defiantly the weakest period of Pixar. First there was Cars, which I simply didn't get but I can understand how many did. Then there is Ratatouille. This film has…

A COMMENT ON: THE IRON LADY

Meryl Streep's latest Oscar bid, sorry, Biopic, The Iron Lady arrived in U.K. cinema's last Friday.  Although I have yet to see this film I still, as many will in the U.K., have a strong opinion about this subject. I was born just eight months before Margret Thatcher, "The Grocer's Daughter", "The Iron Lady" came to…

TAMARA DREWE

2010 DIRECTOR: Steven Frears NOT A PART OF MY COLLECTION Will we be adding this to our collection? NO May Contain Spoilers! This is your typical Guardian reader middle class tosh, filled with intellectual cyphers and recognisable caricatures, though it's still light and amusing. I still don't se the appeal of Gemma Arterton as she simple can't act…

RESERVOIR DOGS

1992 DIRECTOR: Quentin Tarantino Now just over 19 years old, Reservoir Dogs has made a quite a name for itself as a film that everyone should have seen, but I hadn't. Firstly I was too young for it on its initial release, then I  didn't really fancy it and finally I saw bits and thought I…

BUGSY MALONE

1976 DIRECTOR: Alan Parker NOT A PART OF MY COLLECTION Will we be adding this to our collection? NO There's not much to say about Bugsy Malone, apart from I DON'T GET IT! I didn't really see it much as a child which may explain why I seem to be the only person of my…

TOMBSTONE: THE TOWN TOO TOUGH TO DIE

1942 DIRECTOR: William C. McGann NOT A PART OF MY COLLECTION Will we be adding this to our collection? NO May Contain Spoilers! Tombstone has often been the location of choice in the Western genre, as the legendary yet rather dull Gunfight at the O.K. Coral put the town and Wyatt Earp on the map. This 1942…