As promised in my last blog post (I Don’t Go to the Movies to Read), I will review 3 foreign films for this edition of Shelf Life without the aid of English subtitles. Some might call me crazy – to remove one of the most important, basic aspects of watching and reviewing movies, i.e. to ... Read on.
In Disney’s upcoming animated feature Wreck-It Ralph (opening on Boxing Day with some advance sneak previews this week), a hidden universe inside video games is explored through the eyes of Ralph when he tires of being... Read on.
Kia Ora and welcome to the December edition of the Show Me Shorts Screening Room. Here we’ll take a look at some short films you can find online that we find interesting and try to give some perspective, background, or at l... Read on.
RealD is the company that pioneered digital 3D in cinemas, and the company’s technology is now seen on 22,000 screens around the world. Chairman/CEO and co-founder Michael V. Lewis was in Wellington recently for the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Flicks sat down with him for a chat about the higher ... Read on.
One of the fun things I sometimes get to do at my day job at Fatso is reading and approving customer film reviews. We have to look out for foul language and other inappropriate material that may not fall within the boundaries... Read on.
Virginity is an interesting subject to me and one that hasn’t seen a huge prominence in mainstream cinema. It’s usually an element played on the side, whether it’s seeing the loner kid from Chronicle finally get some ac... Read on.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, in cinemas from December 12th, will be released in multiple formats. The formats are: 2D, 3D, IMAX 3D and new kid on the block – Higher Frame Rate 3D (HFR 3D). What is Higher Frame Rate 3D? Frame rates are number of images projected in a second. Standard film projection ... Read on.
I’ll never forget the disappointment I felt when it was announced that Tim Burton would be using CGI to animate the aliens in 1996′s Mars Attacks! instead of stop-motion animation, as originally planned. If there ... Read on.
Here’s another entry in Shelf Life, Aaron’s ongoing series of viewing diaries, where he writes about stuff he’s picked off his shelf, is seeing for the first time, and so on. You know the drill by now, bas... Read on.
With The Twilight Saga finally having reached its conclusion with Breaking Dawn Part Two, Liam, Dom and Rose sat down to have a chit chat about the tween-tastic capper to the fantasy series. There’s spoilers ahead, so read on if you’ve seen the film (or simply don’t care about having the plot ruined for you). ... Read on.
Before Joy Division, before Big Star’s Third and perhaps before Portishead’s 1st, the only truly total immersion sob fest available in an audio form was this John Denver-infused black-hole-of-emotion soundtrack for the 19... Read on.
The Fall Guys is an independent Kiwi crime comedy following three criminally clueless college buddies who come into possession of three cases of premium grade heroin. When put under the heat of police interrogations, each lad... Read on.