James Cameron says he’s tired of streaming: “Enough sitting on your ass. We have to go to the cinemas”
As Avatar: The Last Airbender approaches the $2 billion mark at the box office, director James Cameron is thanking moviegoers for the film’s success and saying he’s…
Bloated, internet-baiting trailers are ruining cinema
One of the problems is that mainstream cinema and TV is more plot-driven than ever before and that has led to a certain amount of paranoia on…
At the movies with James Joyce – and his crabs
A digression. While researching the Volta opening programme I came across a silent comedy called Deviled Crabs dating from 1917, one of 78 “electrically convulsing fun shorts”…
Disney on thin ice as Peter Dinklage criticises ‘dwarfist’ Snow White remake
The planned remake of Snow White follows a string of successful live-action adaptations of animated classics produced by Disney, including Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. But…
Banning popcorn and pick ’n’ mix? Cinemas are meant to be romantic!
Of course, the sound level depends on the genre. Let me make a sweeping generalisation: the culture vultures at a Wes Anderson or Coen brothers film will…
Why aren’t people flocking to see West Side Story?
The Ansel factor Opinions differ regarding the impact of the scandal that erupted after West Side Story’s leading actor, Ansel Elgort, was accused of sexual assault in…
Actually, Ridley Scott could learn a lot from millennials watching movies on their phones
Ridley Scott blames mobile phones – not Disney’s marketing, not the grimness of the material, not rival attractions such as Halloween Kills – for the calamitous box…