The Wrestler 2...but not really!

It's Mickey Rourke in Iron Man 2 as Whiplash! Geek out!

This is thanks to Empire Online. Click the link for full article.

Ps does anyone else think his face looks like the V for Vendetta mask? Just sayin'!

A League of Extraordinary Idiots

Oprah's Book Club, the Early Years

This month Empire Magazine (AU) devoted 7 pages to the film "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". It's a flashback to sort of examine what went wrong between Connery and the director, Stephen Norrington. It got me thinking, if Empire would do a 7 page article on this film 5 years after it made it to the big screen coupled with the fact that everywhere that sells DVD's always seems to have copies, is this movie really that bad?

Last night I heard a shout from the toilet (excellent place to read any magazine, as I'm sure you are aware) of "BUT I really LIKED League of Extrordinary Gentleman"! I had to agree.

The film is based on a comic of the same name (there's a story there) and a really damn good idea. It's like a Marvel cross-over, but this time it's literary characters instead of Superheroes. I'm now dangerously close to plagiarizing the Empire article, so I'll interject here and say just read the damn magazine. The article is great.

What I wanted to highlight is, League doesn't suck, though one of my bloggers Blake may disagree. The sets were beautiful, the action was quick, acting:check and the story was highly entertaining. It certainly wasn't the best blockbuster I've seen but I would say it's up there. You can't take much of my advice, however, as I do retain a special edition DVD of Van Helsing. (Ok, that was fun too, admit it)

Let's face it, League was ridiculous but how much more so than a ring of power, or a human spider? The movies are ridiculous, but we love them because they're entertaining. I say, don't be so harsh on League. It's an adventure, a fantasty, and in that respect it works. Sure it's schlock, but honestly, that can be the best kind of fun.

The League of Extraordinary Gentleman is at least a 3/5 and will definitely be a welcome addition to my progressive DVD collection.

New Podcast: Top 5 Xmas Movies with Rod Yates

This is a chat I recently had with Rod Yates, the editor of Empire Magazine. This was made for radio, that's why there are no visuals...sorry!


Rod shares his fave Xmas flicks and I put in my 2 cents.


Enjoy!

Movie Minute: Sept 20

Someone dun snagged my EMPIRE!

For those of you who know me, you know that Australian Empire Magazine (it's about movies, duh) is pretty much the highlight of my month. The mag has everything... adventure, excitement, danger around every corner...ahhh you get the idea!

Every month, it comes to my office in it's little plastic shrink wrap, eminating little vibrations of excitement. (ok so maybe that's me...minus the shrink wrap that is...well most of the time)

The truth is, I'm in love with movies, and Empire is too. That's why we get along just fine.

This month however, Empire arrived on my week off. I can imagine it, sitting there all alone in my pigeon hole, wondering where I am to take it home. Of course, it got snagged! Silly me didn't even realise it was 'that time of the month' and it wasn't until someone handed me the tattered used copy (coffee ring on cover included) that I got it. Empire came, and I missed it.

Ok my excuse is, I have been sick for 3 weeks with various illnesses that have been floating around the office...literally floating, thanks to the war-era aircon that is thankfully getting replaced!

So anyway, I have it now and it's as glorious as ever. I'm talking to Rod Yates (the editor) soon, and may have sent him this blog link via email...so you could think this is a shameless brown nosing effort on my part. The funny thing is, I truly believe I would have written this story anyway, so vital is my Empire to me as a resource.

Go buy Empire if you have any bit of sense in you. If you live in America, or anywhere else, I feel sorry for you. Click here for Empire Online.

Review of Superbad coming soon!