The Behaviour of Mush in Zero-G
Camus celebrates those small moments in films, happy accidents of chance that smart directors have included rather than consigning to the cutting room floor or cleaned up with CGI.
[Camus - August 2009]
Brutes in the Chapel
As a companion piece to his review of If...., Camus talks to the film's camera operator and now acclaimed director and cinematographer Chris Menges to put the record straight on the colour/black and white issue.
[Camus - January 2008]
Building
an Extension
Do extended versions and director's
cuts really represent the director's original
vision?
[Slarek - February 2005]
'Classic'
Disney and Me
A personal view of the changing
face of Disney [Camus - 24 December 2003]
Fare
well and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies...
A personal view
on one a modern movie great. [Camus - 19 March
2004]
From
Eastern Horror to Western Dollar
Hollywood Plunders, part 2
- the decline of the American horror film.
[Slarek - 4 April 2006]
Goodbye,
Richard
Camus
pays tribute to his close friend, the filmmaker
Richard Franklin, who tragically passed away
last month. [Camus
- 5 August 2007]
Imax,
3D and the Movie Experience
A companion piece to Richard
Franklin's review of The
Polar Express that looks at Imax
and its lower tech predecessors. [Slarek - 16
January 2005]
Intelligence
is Mandatory
Camus
celebrates Aaron Sorkin's new series, Studio
60 on the Sunset Strip, which has yet to reach
these shores, and muses on the state of today's
TV. [Camus - 27
May 2007]
In
Wondrous Anticipation - In Anxious Dread
Camus gets nervous about the
upcoming Hollywood remake of The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
[Camus - 15 March 2005]
Jerry
Goldsmith - A Personal Obituary
Camus pays personal tribute to
a great film composer and a very fine man.
[Camus - 11 July 2004]
Joker's Wild
Camus celebrates and explores Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight, a screen character that has exerted an almost unprecedented hold on his psyche, and wonders what this obsession says about him.
[Camus – 16 October 2008
John
Drake's Progress
A detailed look at the greatest
TV series of all time - The Prisoner.
[Camus - 11 March 2005]
The
Lion, The Pitch and the Boardroom
A satirical speculation
on the thinking behind another big budget Hollywood
venture.
[Camus - 7 December 2005]
Lo-def in Hi-def
Slarek ponders on his own move to hi-def, an expensive and inevitably incomplete process that he's been dragged into but is starting to enjoy, and looks forward to DVD Outsider's own Blu-ray coverage. [Slarek – 9 September 2008]
London
MCM Conference 2006
CNash
reports from the 2006 MCM Expo in London, a
meeting place for animé, manga and science
fiction fans, and finds a Dalek in need of a
hug. [CNash - 27 May 2006]
Memories
of Blade Runner
To
co-incide with the release fo a remastered DVD
of Blade Runner - The Director's Cut in advance of the much anticipated 'Final Edition',
camus and Slarek look back to their first encounter
with a science fiction masterpiece, and ponder
on the so-called 'director's cut' and the critical
turnaround in the years following the film's
release. [Camus and Slarek - 1 November 2006]
Nuns
Climbing Every Mountain to Infinity and Beyond
A short but very appreciative
obituary of one of cinema's aged greats and,
at half his age, one of cinema's potential greats
[Camus - 18 September 2005]
Oscar
Bollocks
An overdue moan at the shallow
irrelevance of Hollywood's annual back-slapping
party.
[Slarek - 2 March 2005]
A
Personal Journey Through Star Wars
With the original Star
Wars trilogy heading for DVD, Slarek
details his long history with the series, from
initial delight to fuming anger. [Slarek - 8
Dec 2003]
Power
playing and the art of achieving the impossible
Following a viewing
of The Devil Wears Prada, Camus
muses on power and the movie mindset. 27 March
2007]
The Prisoner 2009
With it's 17th April UK air date rapidly approaching, Camus previews ITV's 2009 remake of one of the most groundbreaking and imaginative TV series ever to grace our screens. [Camus – 11 April 2010]
Review of the Year 2003
Camus and Slarek
select their favourite movies and DVDs of
2003.
[Camus and Slarek - 1 January 2004]
Review
of the Year 2004, Part 1: The Documentaries
In a great year
for documentaries, Slarek selects
his favourites. [Slarek - 31 December 2004]
Review
of the Year 2004, Part 2: The Movies
In part 2 of his review of
the year, Slarek looks back at his time at
the cinema.
[Slarek
- 3 January 2005]
Review
of the Year 2004, Part 3: The DVDs
In the final part
of his annual review, Slarek selects his favourite
DVD releases of 2004.
[Slarek - 10 January 2005]
Review
of the Year 2005, Part 1: The Films
Slarek chooses his
favourite trips to the cinema of the past year.
[Slarek - 1 January 2006]
Review
of the Year 2005, Part 2: The DVDs
Slarek chooses selects
his choice DVDs for 2005.
[Slarek - 3 January 2006]
Review
of the Year 2006: Camus
Camus has an end
of year appreciation and rant.
[Camus - 3 January 2007]
Review
of the Year 2006: CNash
CNash chooses his
2006 favourites from film and TV in 2007.
[CNash - 3 January 2007]
Review
of the Year 2006: Slarek
Slarek selects his
favourite films and DVDs of 2006 and finds there
are a LOT in the 'Also Ran' column.
[Slarek - 4 January 2007]
Review
of the Year 2007: Slarek
Slarek looks back at 2007, waves goodbye to Hollywood and selects his favourite films and DVDs of 2007, at least of the ones he's actually found time to see.
[Slarek - 1 January 2008]
Review of the Year 2007: Camus
Camus reflects on a year when even his kindly tolerance was tested by Hollywood and picks the 10 high and low points of his viewing year.
[Camus - 4 January 2008]
Review of the Year 2007: Lord Summerisle
Lord Summerisle selects his favourite films and TV programmes from 2007, and has a couple of moans for good measure.
[Lord Summerisle - 5 January 2008]
Review
of the Year 2008: Slarek
Slarek looks back at a few favourites from the past year, mourns the loss to two young industry figures and a key British distributor and groans at leangth about Hollywood remakes.
[Slarek - 3 January 2009]
Review
of the Year 2009: L.K. Weston
L.K. Weston selects her favourite film and DVD releases from the past 12 months, identifies a few horrors, and looks forward to 2010.
[L.K. Weston - 27 December 2009]
Review
of the Year 2009: Slarek
Slarek takes a personal look back a year of films, DVDs, Blu-rays and personal loss, as well as the films and discs that slipped through the review net.
[Slarek - 2 January 2010]
The
Shaggy Dogs, the Fridge and the Vase [Camus - 14 January 2004]
Shall
We Dansu? to Shall We Dance! - Hollywood Plunders [Slarek - 12 March 2004]
A
Spanner in the Works
Slarek looks at the work of the
independent documentary film-makers that are
Spanner films, and talks to McLibel and Drowned
Out director Franny Armstrong.
[Slarek - 27 May 2005]
Switching
Teams: Straight Actors Playing it Gay
Tonsofun looks at the trend
in recent Hollywood films for straight actors
to camp it up in gay roles [Tonsofun - 30
December 2003]
William
Burroughs in Film
A detailed look at the film work
made and inspired by the writer William Burroughs.
[Lord Summerisle - 27 August 2005] |
