Hollywood

I’m personally not a huge fan of the big animated Hollywood movies. Don’t get me wrong, some are brilliant, but some others are just a stinking piles of mess. Maybe the reason for my indifference is because of my age: I’m the wrong side of 30 and a bit of a miserable bugger.
The other reason […]

Woody Allen is regarded as one of the finest directors in the world, ever, and many actors and actresses would give their eye teeth for a chance to work with him. He’s not my cup of tea you understand, but then again, I’m a big budget blockbuster loving gimboid, so my opinion doesn’t really count […]

As everyone will know by now, a fire raged through a section of the Universal Studios lot in California for twelve hours early on Sunday morning. The blaze has been determined to have been caused by accident, although a full investigation will be held to determine the exact cause.
According to The Associated Press, the fire […]

The legendary actor Charlton Heston has died at the grand old age of 84.
Heston was a true great amongst greats, and had a reputation for being one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood throughout his illustrious 50 year career.
Known as a character actor, especially of historical figures, the early part of the second half […]

This really shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone, but seeing the stats on paper rather than via whispers and rumours, is still quite interesting none the less.
It seems that one in ten schoolchildren cheat their way through English lessons by watching the movie version of a classic piece of literature rather than sitting down […]

I was under the impression, from reading too many newspapers, and watching too many news reports and interviews with financial analysts that a global recession was on its way. Clearly, if the plans for a new chain of luxury cinemas are serious, I must be wrong.
According to Dark Horizons, Village Roadshow have been doing very […]

Robert De Niro may be a two times Oscar winner, but his career hasn’t all been top class performances, and critically acclaimed films. In fact, the star of such gems as Raging Bull, and Once Upon A Time In America, has come top in a poll to find the winner of the most shameless pay […]

We all know that in these health conscious times, smoking is seen as anti-social, unhealthy, and bad habit which needs kicking. But as much as I am anti-smoking and welcome smokers being banned from various public places and venues, I fail to see the logic of the latest move by campaigners.
According to Digital Spy, an […]

As Kirsten reported a couple of days ago, the DGA (Directors Guild Of America) have reached an agreement with the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers). The agreement sees an increase in residuals from DVD sales, and when ad supported programmes are viewed over the Internet.
With hopes that the WGA (Writers Guild of […]

The Writers Guild strike, which is now in its second week, is mostly over demands for payments to be made for future media such as the Internet and DVD sales. The problem is, with Hollywood studios making less profits and more losses these days, the demand for fairer movie residuals could be an impossible dream.
And […]