How Sci-Fi Incepted Hollywood…

Zero gravity shootouts, chaotic car chases and mammoth explosions that would make Michael Bay green with envy. Yes, the new Sci-Fi thriller Inception is your typical Hollywood blockbuster.

Only it’s not.

Hidden somewhere beneath all that fandangle action lies something studio executives would usually hiss at while clutching a crucifix; a clever plot. Few films have one nowadays, possibly due to the word ‘clever’ being misinterpreted as ‘clichéd’ by screenwriting monkeys, or possibly because [...]

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 [...]

Trailer Talk: J.J. Abrams top secret project SUPER 8

What is Super 8? A little over a week ago, most people in the film business would have said an old-school film format or a mediocre hotel chain. With the last week, however, it has easily become one of the the most anticipated films of 2011. Perhaps that’s because there aren’t many 2011 films marketing just yet, but it’s mainly because the film’s teaser trailer – first released in front of prints of Iron Man 2 – is positively intriguing. [...]

New INCEPTION theatrical trailer released via viral online videogame

Christopher Nolan’s Inception – the director’s follow up to 2008s blockbuster The Dark Knight — has been building steam, quietly but surely, in the background for almost a year now with a very secretive and intriguing marketing campaign.  With the film now just two months away, the campaign has picked up the pace with new posters and new trailers trickling out every week. Just recently, a third trailer has emerged for the film, finally explaining the plot [...]

Trailer Talk: Repo Men

The most interesting element of many science fiction films is the future projection of the human race. These films paint a picture of our moral philosophy and how it could change from the introduction of new technologies. Although many of these projections are extreme, they provide an insight and comparison to current moral thought. They also show the end result of many possible ‘slippery slopes’ discussed today. Following in the footsteps of films like Blade Runner, The Final Cut, I [...]

Adelaide Fringe Review: Afflicted Magic

Forks will bend, Doritos will levitate and pineapples will materialize out of thin air; no laws of the known universe are left unbroken in Afflicted Magic, the captivating Fringe show by American master magicians Richard Kwesell and Nicholas Tweedy.

In what is touted as their first show together in nearly a decade, Kwesell and Tweedy would rival Penn and Teller for the title of ‘unlikeliest duo in magic’. Kwesell, a 7-foot monolith of a man, could [...]