The Loquacious Limey

With Hollywood now clearly devoid of ideas it should come as little surprise that yet another desperate, cash-grabbing sequel is coming your way.
Having grossed $414+ million with ‘Bad Boys’ 1 and 2, the explosion-packed antics of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as two Miami detectives with a worrying fetish for standing totally still while Michael [...]

Having been jointly culpable in creating some of the most intellectually-unfettered fare in the history of movies, three of the screen’s biggest names will now be sharing a scene.
Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone have now signed to appear on-screen together in the upcoming movie, ‘The Expendables,’ which Sly will also write and direct.
Billed [...]

With a movie career spanning more than sixty years, Tony Curtis has earned a place in Hollywood history that few of his contemporaries could ever hope to explore: The man is a tinsel-town legend. But fame on this scale is not without flaws, and in his new book, Tony – now 84 – reveals [...]

One of the most influential figures in American history is to finally get his own film.
After years of slow but steady discussions, Steven Spielberg’s ‘Dreamworks’ team has just secured the rights to the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King.
A worthy winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. King’s books and speeches have been [...]

Many people believe that, eventually, some if not all television will be broadcast online. And in news released today that should delight every true movie fan, AMC has decided it’s time to bring that day a step closer.
They have just bowed a web site that will stream classic B-movies from Hollywood’s Golden Age. The site [...]

Is it just me or is anyone else fed up to the teeth with all the self-serving hype about Watchmen?
The movie is based on a 23-year old comic strip, so it could be argued that with a target audience of such obvious intellectual simplicity you need to promote the film version with the subtle restraint [...]

Made in 1972, ‘The Godfather’ is widely, and rightly regarded as one of the most influential and perfectly crafted movies in history. But time takes its toll on us all and after a year of painstaking, frame-by-frame restoration, overseen and approved by Francis Ford Coppola the entire trilogy will be revealed in all their digitally-polished [...]

As we all know, this business is fixated on looks; The better you look, the more you succeed. And that simple rule holds just as true for those people like me who work far away from the flashlights and glamour. Making movies is great, but what goes unseen is the endless parade of trade shows [...]

The remake of ‘Fame’ I mentioned a while ago is still in development, and things seem to be going quite well; Despite a remarkably modest budget of just $25m, the cast list is almost impressive:Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth will all appear, and Debbie Allen is [so far] due to be the sole [...]

With their market share being constantly eroded by Netflix, video rental giant Blockbuster has announced a new service that allows customers to download movies over the Internet.
Called, “Blockbuster on Demand,” the initial catalog offers just over 2,000 films, plus a range of TV shows, with more titles being added as the service develops. Movies will [...]