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The man’s formative years were spent flinging his extensive film knowledge in the general direction of willing and unwilling ears and his movies are laced with comments on films, past and present. So who better to stand in front of a room full of attentive film lovers and natter to his heart’s content?

The all-singing all-dancing teen phenomenon that is High School Musical is showing no signs of disappearing any time soon with the announcement of a fourth installment of the franchise currently being written.

Following Simon Pegg’s super-cool performance in the live-wire Brit-cop parody that was last year’s Hot Fuzz, the pressure was on to follow up in his next project with the same writing prowess that made that film so freakin’ good. The resulting film is Run Fatboy Run, a humorous, compact little flick which possesses a slightly different overall style than that of his previous works.

While the Fast and the Furious franchise is preparing to give birth to number 4, one sneaky car enthusiast has been busy playing secret squirrel and has managed to snap a bunch of photos of the hot new cars which are to be featured in the 2009 film.

Even though HD-DVD is dead, it appears that one title is still fighting the good fight…

The Bond 22 screenwriter is apparently not as in touch with Ian Fleming as he once thought.

Finally it is getting a name. Yes, a proper name.

Word is out that one of the unofficial dream teams of modern cinema will reunite once again for the screen adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel Shutter Island.

Matt Damon has delivered a nice little early Christmas present to movie fans worldwide recently, by making it known that he may be interested in a fourth installment of the Bourne franchise. Yahoo is reporting that the 37 year-old actor has said he is open to the idea of starring in another film as Jason Bourne, if his director is keen for the project too.

It’s obviously no secret that a large amount of films these days are flooded with computer-generated imagery which aid in certain aspects of the film; whether it’s creating specific looks, certain events to occur, or just making our favorite superheroes buzz through the sky. It is however, surprising to find out after watching such a realistic film like Zodiac that a large amount of what you just witnessed was played out in front of a blue-screen.

I’ve never seen a movie screen take such a battering before as it did when it was showing 300 – this film was relentless in its assault on the cinema, bringing wave after wave of brutal violence and deafening war cries to your senses as you sit comfortably in your chair soaking in this expressive [...]

Edgar Wright’s cult smash of ‘07 has finally hit the shelves and if you haven’t already seen this dynamite piece of Brit comedy, I suggest you hurry your ass down to your local DVD store and rent or buy it- pronto. Oh- and while you’re down there, rent Wright’s Shaun of the Dead as [...]

To be honest, I was never really into Transformers toys when I was a kid, I didn’t watch the TV show or read the comics either, they just weren’t my thing. So I wasn’t exactly one of the thousands who were counting down the days until the film about these unique creature-machines hit the screens. [...]

So, it’s finally here. Amidst a huge storm of hype and excitement, the Simpsons finally hit the big screen in all their yellowy goodness. So why should we pay money to go see them at the cinema when we can watch them on TV for free? Because it’s the Simpsons………in a movie………why the hell not?!
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