80s movies were brilliant, and one of the things that made them brilliant was a string of memorable theme tunes and closing credits songs that movies today are sadly lacking. These power ballads and anthems as much defined the era as the movies that they represented, and in some ways [...]
Culch.ie have been running a nostalgia week since Monday and it got me to thinking what are my top 5 movies of the 1980s (which I revealed over there). It’s also prompted me to do some 80s movies themed posts which I will start from next Monday. Today however I have [...]
9 months in and 2010 is not going down as a bumper year for comedy. We’ve had the odd hit here and there with Dinner for Schmucks and Get Him to the Greek, but these have been tempered by the aberrations that were Grown Ups and well…Grown Ups. That movie [...]
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Adam Sandler used to be funny. 6 years ago he starred in 50 First Dates and the bitter-sweet Spanglish, which were decent films. Since then however he has been a star on the wane, living off his past glory days [...]
The Screen Cinema‘s “Screen hearts 80′s” summer movie season was such a success that they are launching a second season, highlighting the very best movie the 1980′s had to offer. This time round they have teamed up with Phantom 105.2′s Cinerama radio show. This new collaboration allows you the viewer the [...]
As long as there has been movies there has B-movies, the bastard child of the film industry, unwelcome and unloved by the studios but holding a special place in the heart of many movie-lovers. The B-movies have an important cinematic legacy as a breeding ground for new technology and new [...]
Hollywood studios just loves franchises. That ability to take an inbuilt audience and milk them through numerous sequels, prequels and all the associated merchandise is just too good to give up on. In Salt Sony Pictures knew they had a potential franchise, but when Tom Cruise dropped out (to focus [...]
Ever wondered what would happen if you assembled every action star of the 80′s and made a super-team of elite fighters? Well wonder no more as with The Expendables Sylvester Stallone manages to (almost) do just that by teaming up with Dolph Lundgren, Jet-Li, Jason Statham, Steve Austin, Randy Couture, [...]
So you work at Disney, or more specifically for Jerry Bruckheimer, and he comes in one day and goes “we have done a movie about a theme-park ride and a movie about a videogame…what’s next? Ideas anyone?” This has to be how The Sorcerer’s Apprentice came about, with the idea [...]
James Mangold is responsible for two remarkably good movies in Walk the Line and 3:10 to Yuma. Tom Cruise is the biggest star on the planet with a string of box-office hits and an entire franchise based on him playing a spy. Cameron Diaz is easily one of the funniest [...]
