Setting aside for a moment the quease-making notion that I just put good money into the hands of that miserable homophobe Orson Scott Card, I need to tell you about Ender’s Game. What I mostly need to tell you is that you should avoid it. Ender’s Game is a boring, messy, unengaging and emotionally unconvincing…
Read moreParanoia
Paranoia isn’t really about paranoia, it’s about corporate espionage, and a couple of greedy biznis bigwigs who are out to destroy each other by stealing each others secrets. The ill-considered tool they use for their shenanigans is flobby Liam Hemsworth. A hapless pawn in their nefarious intrigues, he’s forced to lie, cheat, steal and compromise…
Read moreIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Ok, now that the movie’s finally out, it’s probably finally safe to talk about this….. Although Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull features all sorts of Cold War triple agent spy-jinks and McCarthy-esque witch-hunts for hidden Reds, it would appear that most feared were those who might have tried to steal the movie’s secrets. The final…
Read moreRaiders of the Last Farms
This blog is not a sledgehammer; I prefer to praise those politicans who get it right rather than bash those who get it wrong. And I usually don’t wade into the generalist mire; I try to stick to specific issues around film-friendliness, or positive film incentive programmes that can contribute significantly to economic welfare. One of…
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