Archive | December, 2008
FAMM movie awards 2008
Award nominations for Movies: 2008 Direct from the desk of www.FILMandMOVIEmaking.com, The FAMM nominations for 2008 are in and here they are: Please hum along to: da da da, da da da, dah Best film/movie: • The Bank Job • Body of Lies • The Dark Knight • Mamma Mia! • Taken Best screenplay: • [...]
Continue reading...Passengers (2008)
29. December 2008
3 stars*** A talented screenplay (by Ronnie Christensen) that weaves its way through mystery and suspense, and belongs in another genre altogether, but to tell which one here would give the final act away. I can’t help but think ‘Princess Dairies’ when I see Anne Hathaway on screen. She carries a squeaky clean image in [...]
Continue reading...War is over if you want it, but do you?
20. December 2008
This is a most powerful film reminder at this time of the year; brought to you by peace campaigners John Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon. Take just 3 minutes and 34 seconds of your life to see this movie, not at a cinema near you now. Don’t eat your turkey, ham, ten sets of vegetables, [...]
Continue reading...Mamma Mia! drowns Titanic before Mamma Mia 2
18. December 2008
This year’s star movie, Mamma Mia, has now overtaken Titanic to become the UK’s highest ever grossing movie. Ever, Ever. It’s taken well over £69million at the box office so far and is still showing. It’s just £40,000 ahead of Titanic with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone a couple of million behind. Mamma Mia! [...]
Continue reading...The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)
17. December 2008
2 stars** This is the remake of the 1951 film of the same name by Edmund H North and Harry Bates. It’s a faithful remake that only changes a few minor plays during the movie. For example; the overall planet needs saving from environmental damage in the 2008 David Scarpa screenplay; the original threat was [...]
Continue reading...Lakeview Terrace (2008)
16. December 2008
4 stars**** David Loughery has penned a screenplay to be remembered and dissected for many a year to come, but what points was he hoping to make with this movie? How not to get on with your neighbor Policeman are not to be trusted White can’t marry black, especially when it’s the woman who is [...]
Continue reading...John Lennon – remembered
8. December 2008
As a member of (probably) the greatest musical group ever, The Beatles, John Lennon will be remembered by many as a world leader of peace. Born John Winston Lennon on 9th October 1940, he lived just forty years before he was murdered on December 8th, 1980. What we will never know is what his future [...]
Continue reading...Harry Potter is Star Wars
6. December 2008
Breaking down a screenplay It’s always good for a screenplay writer to break down other movies into bite sized chunks to see how they’re made; construction, scene breakdown and major points highlighted. Two of the best people for this are Blake Snyder (Book: Save The Cat Goes to the Movies, breaking down to beat sheets [...]
Continue reading...Madagascar Escape 2 Africa (2008)
5. December 2008
3 stars*** Often a franchise fails on its second showing; The Madagascar collection grows in stature as the film progresses and with a third in mind, the audience will already be queuing for a ticket. You may consider that its core audience will be two years older when the trilogy completes and may have moved [...]
Continue reading...Quantum of Solace (2008)
4. December 2008
2 stars** Where did Bond go? I went to the cinema to see a James Bond movie, but I think I missed him. You’ll always know a Bond film.: He always says “My name is Bond, James Bond.” He always asks for his Martini stirred and not shaken or was it the other way around? [...]
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31. December 2008
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