tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018214889197226815.post8998531754067714184..comments2023-09-27T15:30:59.041+01:00Comments on Pretty Pink Patty's Pictures: Sky satellite movie channelsPrettypinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951465374296834141noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018214889197226815.post-37587304222060163412009-05-24T16:36:10.923+01:002009-05-24T16:36:10.923+01:00Spiderwick and Arthur and the Invisibles. Spot the...Spiderwick and Arthur and the Invisibles. Spot the difference.Yikingtonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208969822323249662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018214889197226815.post-13085246565307478982009-04-19T01:22:00.000+01:002009-04-19T01:22:00.000+01:00I have to give credit to Neil Marshall. While I'm ...I have to give credit to Neil Marshall. While I'm sure he could have gotten the job to remake fill-in-the-blank video trash treasure from his childhood, with <EM>Doomsday</EM>, he just ripped a couple of them off, which is the way to go, I think. <br /><br />I prefer not to see <EM>Escape From New York</EM> or any other drive-in flick from the '70s or '80s remade, but recasting Snake Plisken as a woman and setting the whole affair in Scotland was a bit novel. I didn't think it worked, but admire the attempt to go against the grain of Hollywood and do something a tad different.Joe Valdezhttp://thisdistractedglobe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018214889197226815.post-28204358017340627672009-04-18T16:50:00.000+01:002009-04-18T16:50:00.000+01:00'Spiderwick' was a delight though not quite hittin...'Spiderwick' was a delight though not quite hitting<br />the mark throughout. The trolls and other baddies were somewhat frightening but possibly<br />not for today's pre-teens.<br />'Pathology' was a rather nasty little film which<br />reminded me of the German film 'Anatomie (2000)'<br />though that had Franka Potente in the lead role.<br />Milo Ventimiglia is not a name that springs to mind too readily though he is one of the main<br />'Heroes' and maintained a similar near deadpan<br />persona here despite what was going on. Alyssa<br />Milano was wasted as his fiancee.<br />'Doomsday' was a load of tosh which had nothing<br />to commend it - Malcom McDowell doing his now<br />familiar oddball appearance, Rhona Mitra offering<br />a well-toned body but little more and some highly<br />improbable relics - a working steam train is just<br />about believable but not the unlimited petrol supply. The Scottish film shown at Frightfest last<br />year about a killer epidemic managed to be more<br />effective without the special effects though this<br />film was possibly based on a video game - it had<br />that feel to it.<br />'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' had the odd moment<br />but was otherwise standard Hollywood fare - and<br />Russell Brand may be the flabour of the moment<br />but he is as annoying as any of the recent crop.<br />mgp1449Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com