It’s a good day for film, as the first trailer to Darren Aronofsky’s latest cinematic opus hits the interwebs. As can be derived from the title, Noah tells the story of biblical apocalypse, and the mann that saw it coming. The film reunites Aronofsky with Jennifer Connelly, and also stars Russell Crowe, Ray Winstone, Emma […]

While the first Wolverine movie disappointed, anyone who read the Marvel comic as a kid knows the Mariko storyline from the seminal Chris Claremont and Frank Miller limited series Wolverine was one of the best from the 1980s. Even Hugh Jackman admitted the first film went south, so as the lead actor and co-producer of the […]

Madman Mundt and the Elf were guests at last week’s AFI Fest and attended the Los Angeles premier of Black Swan. This is their collaborative review. Black Swan is out in the US on December 1st. The Elf: I’m a sucker for a dance movie. Ballet specifically. Whether it’s Fame, Flashdance, Center Stage (starring a […]

It’s that time again. AFI Fest brings a well curated selection of films from all over the world to the film capitol of the universe: Los Angeles. Instead of the usual glut of exploding superheroes and Katherine Heigl meet-cutes, AFI Fest gives Los Angeles the chance to see films that maybe have some, um, intelligence […]

While there was a good decade in there that Mickey Rourke bugged the ever living bejeesus outta me, what with all that plastic surgery and crap (wasn’t dude getting laid enough already?), he came back so strong with Sin City — a role seemingly written for his deformed facial structure — that I got back […]