What if Twitter quotes were used on movie posters?
Oh Twitter. Thanks to you, now everyone can be a film critic. Yes, even @puppydog2222. She had no issues calling Twilight: Eclipse “the best movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Look out, Citizen Kane.
That’s the kind of hyperbolic praise few professional critics will ever bestow on a film, but it’s exactly what movie marketers want to hear, and more importantly, want YOU to hear. No one can deny that in the age of ’140 characters or less’ professional film criticism is losing ground to the bite-sized opinions of casual filmgoers. At this rate, it mightn’t be all that long until a quote by @puppydog2222 carries the same weight as, say, Roger Ebert. When that happens, movie posters might look something like this…
Splice (Review)
Ever since Frankenstein first came alive in the early 20th century, film has been frequently used to preach about the horrors of playing God in the laboratory. And just in case Flubber or The Nutty Professor 2 wasn’t incentive enough to put down those test tubes, here comes indie writer/director Vincenzo Natali — best known for his existential cult hit The Cube — with the provocative sci-fi horror Splice.
But viewer discretion is advised; Natali’s mostly [...]
Killers (Review)
Ladies and gents, the first sure-fire awards contender of 2010 has landed! It’s called Killers and it’s going to take the Golden Raspberries by storm.
If you thought the similarly themed Knight and Day was bad, wait till you see this vacuous spy comedy from The Ugly Truth director Robert Luketic. Killers sees Luketic take a desperate swing at genre after genre in a hope he [...]
Me and Orson Welles (Review)
If you’re a teenage superstar attached to a mammoth Hollywood franchise, there comes a time in your career when you must prove your worth as an actor and star in a low-key adult drama. Harry Potter’s boy wizard Daniel Radcliffe did it with the Aussie drama December Boys, Twilight’s vampiric heartthrob Rob Pattinson did it with the urban slow-burner Remember Me and now High School Musical’s immaculately chiseled Zac Efron [...]
Competition: Win preview tickets to THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP in Adelaide!
To celebrate the release of the new political drama The Special Relationship starring Michael Sheen and Dennis Quaid, Roadshow Films and Cut Print Review are giving ten of our South Australian readers the chance to win exclusive Admit 2 preview tickets to see the film before it opens nationally on August 5th!
The tickets will only be valid at participating cinemas between July 30th – August 1st, so check local session times to make sure it’s playing in your area [...]
Competition: Win tickets to SOUTH SOLITARY + Dendy ‘Heart’ DVD Collection
To celebrate the release of the new Australian romantic drama South Solitary starring Miranda and Barry Otto, Icon Film Distribution and Cut Print Review are giving you the chance to win a Dendy ‘Heart’ DVD collection and tickets to see the new film, which lands in Australian cinemas on July 29th. To be in the draw to win, simply fill out the entry form below.
The Major Prize includes:
- Death Defying Acts DVD
– Piano DVD
Inception (Review)
If I were to personify originality’s place in Hollywood over the last decade, it would be that of a famished drifter crawling on all fours through the desert, holding onto life with the faintest grip. Originality’s canteen ran dry not long after the stellar year of 1999 – notable for The Matrix, Arlington Road, Fight Club and The Sixth Sense – when Hollywood vultures producers realised they could lazily repackage novels, comics and old films at a fraction [...]
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