Background Watching is a new feature on The Moviebarn, where I recommend films you’ve already seen in order to discuss events that you may or may not be interested in. Enjoy!
Awards season is a wild time, a time when a picture ain’t a picture unless it has historical, political or religious heft, and the time when the mythical ‘Day-Lewis’ rises from its slumber to present another character built on an unhealthy desire to ‘live the part’. If there’s one film to watch before Oscar night to get you in the mood, it’s Christopher Guest’s 2006 comedy, For Your Consideration. Keep reading →
Categories: On Air
Tagged: fresh air, christopher guest, background watching, oscars, academy award, for your consideration
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” For you lot, Christmas and New Year offer a chance to eat lots, stock up on gadgets and DVDs for the next year, and generally hang out. For people who spend their time talking about anything in particular, it can be a bit of a pain. That’s because you, the public, expect/demand, an end-of-year review list rundown top 100 bonanza. But just to be a bit contrary, I won’t give you a simple run-through of the top films of the year. Instead, we’re on a trip back in time, to the land called 2008, to look at A YEAR IN FILM!!! This one, that hasn’t even finished yet… Keep reading →
Categories: On Air · Review
Tagged: movies, son of rambow, film, persepolis, animation, sex and the city, wall-e, iron man, robert downey jr, the wackness, baz luhrmann, indiana jones 4, timur bekmambetov, james mcavoy, wanted, angelina jolie, the happening, best of 2008, 2008, no country for old men, coen brothers, joel coen, ethan coen, javier bardem, josh brolin, daniel day-lewis, there will be blood, juno, michael cera, ellen page, diablo cody, garth jennings, the orphanage, meet the spartans, vantage point, m night shyamalan, narnia, prince caspian, mamma mia, pixar, dark knight, heath ledger, man on wire, step brothers, taken, liam neeson, rocknrolla, guy ritchie, gerard butler, tropic thunder, ben stiller, righteous kill, al pacino, robert de niro, gomorrah, burn after reading, brad pitt, quantum of solace, george clooney, bond, high school musical, waltz with bashir, W, george bush, oliver stone, madagascar 2, penguins, sacha baron cohen, australia, nicole kidman, hugh jackman
Back in the day, the monsters in movies may have looked a bit shambolic. That’s it. I’m not going anywhere else with this, they looked ridiculous. But they did have a certain charm, and that’s what today’s Moviebarn Award celebrates – Which of these classic old-school monsters is your favourite? Keep reading →
Categories: On Air
Tagged: b-movie, godzilla, king kong, old, retro, the thing
