The man in the grey overcoat looks over his shoulder. The bridge is empty. No witnesses. He leans over the snow-flecked railing. His eyes widen. The icy black water swells ominously below, beckoning him to come closer, closer… He leans…
Yearly Archives: 2014
It’s A Wonderful Life
Tagged with: angel, blake snyder, christmas, classic, donna reed, frank capra, god, it's a wonderful life, james stewart, jimmy stewart, save the cat, xmas
Posted in film, fourties
Posted in film, fourties
“JAWS: INDIANAPOLIS” SLATED FOR MARCH 2018 RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNIVERSAL PICTURES ANNOUNCES “JAWS: INDIANAPOLIS”, COMING MARCH 2018 _______________________________________ UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., September 21, 2014 – Universal Pictures today announced their “Jaws: Indianapolis”, the latest installment the Jaws cinematic universe. Steven Spielberg has signed on to produce…
Tagged with: andy serkis, cgi, channing tatum, dc comics, fast and furious, goadzilla, hollywood, jack o'connell, james wan, jaws, jaws indianapolis, paul walker, satire, sequels, sharknado, spielberg, stephen spielberg, universal pictures, universal studios, ww2
Posted in film
Posted in film
Five Favourite Action Movies of the Nineties
#5 Is there a more quintessential Nineties action movie? Fresh off the boat from Hong Kong, Hard Boiled director John Woo announced his Hollywood presence with this confident début. Keep an eye out for the slow-motion flying doves, Woo’s signature…
Tagged with: 007, 1990s, 90s, action, action movies, agent smith, arrnie, best action movies, blue pill, bullet time, carrie-anne moss, cgi, face off, face/off, game of thrones, gary oldman, goldeneye, hard boiled, james bond, james cameron, jean reno, john travolta, john woo, judi dench, keanu reeves, laurence fishbourne, leon, luc besson, matrix reloaded, mi6, natalie portman, nicholas cage, nineties, nintendo 64, pierce brosnan, red pill, robert patrick, schwarzenegger, sean bean, t-1000, taken, terminator, terminator 2, the matrix
Posted in film, nineties
Posted in film, nineties
Edge of Tomorrow
Tom Cruise stars in this inventive, time-bending blockbuster… Tom Cruise stars in this inventive, time-bending- … Tom Cruise stars in this- … Tom Cruise- Let’s start over. It’s an understatement to say Tom Cruise has had a somewhat shaky decade.…
Tagged with: action, alien, aliens, brendan gleeson, corzies, d-day, doug liman, edge of tomorrow, emily blunt, groundhog day, mimics, new movie, normandy, review, sci-fi, source code, tom cruise
Posted in 2014, film
Posted in 2014, film
Five Favourite Romantic Comedies
On February 18th 2012, I listed my “Top 5 Rom-Coms Ever” on Facebook. This was the first time I ever changed my original “Top 10 Films” of the year Corzie formula. I post the raw, unedited result below for your…
Tagged with: 1977, 500 days of summer, amazing spider-man, annie hall, ben affleck, best films, billy crystal, chasing amy, classic, corzies, diane keaton, film review, golden globes, i'll have what she's having, indie flick, indie hit, joseph gordon-levitt, just friends, kevin smith, lars and the real girl, lobster, looper, mark webb, meg ryan, men, my name is earl, new girl, oscar, rom-com, romantic comedy, ryan gosling, sex doll, top 5, when harry met sally, women, woody allen, zooey deschanel
Posted in eighties, film, nineties, noughties, seventies
Posted in eighties, film, nineties, noughties, seventies
Godzilla (2014)
Every summer, one film promises greatness. In 2014, that film is Godzilla. In 2013 it was Man of Steel. In 2012, Prometheus. See a pattern? All massive disappointments. All the reviews I’ve written thus far on this website have been…
Tagged with: 1998, 2014, aaron taylor-johnson, amazing spider-man, blockbuster, blue jasmine, bryan cranston, comic-con, corzies, elizabeth olsen, film review, flop, fukushima, garth evans, godzilla, hit, japan, Ken Watanabe, kick-ass, king of monsters, lizard, nuke, nukes, radiation, roland emmerich, sally hawkins, spider-man, woody allen
Posted in 2014, film
Posted in 2014, film
Frozen
Yes, I know Frozen came out way back in November 2013. Let it go. I deliberately put off seeing the film for three months. After the release of Kung Fu Panda 2, I convinced myself that I was finally…
Tagged with: animated movie, anna, broadway, disney, disney movie, Elsa, fairytale, frozen, frozen review, hans christen anderson, Harry Potter, ice queen, kids movie, kristoff, let it go, olaf, oscars, princesses, review, snowman
Posted in 2013, film
Posted in 2013, film
Blue Velvet
“I can’t figure out if you’re a detective or a pervert.” “Well that’s for me to know and you to find out.” In 1977, the yet unknown David Lynch made his surrealist debut feature Eraserhead: a film about the terrifying fear…
Tagged with: 1986, blue velvet, corzies, david lynch, dune, eighties, eraserhead, masterpiece, masterworks, surreal
Posted in eighties, film
Posted in eighties, film
Philomena
Conventional wisdom dictates that you need two things to make a box office smash: A Hollywood star – and a simplistic, action-heavy plot. Look no further than The Wolverine (Hugh Jackman, ninjas). Or Elysium (Matt Damon, futuristic gunfights). Or The…
Tagged with: catholic, frears, judy dench, magdalene, oscars, philomena, steve coogan
Posted in 2013, film
Posted in 2013, film
Land and Sky
Out the Gate, The Runway Bare: Rev the Engines, Sail the Air. Below Cars gleam, Roofs naught but Rust We leave grey City In Our Dust. Past jagged Coastline Lies Untamed Sea Blind from Cloud… Sky breaks Free. I Fasten…
Posted in Poetry
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