http://www.filmtheories.net/ The Passion Of The Chris en Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:14:00 GMT Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:14:00 GMT info@filmtheories.net info@filmtheories.net http://www.filmtheories.net/images/banner-for-blog1.JPG http://www.filmtheories.net/ http://www.filmtheories.net/robin-hood-a-review/ There must have been fairly mixed reaction when the news that Ridley Scott was making an origin picture for the classic English tale of Robin Hood was revealed, especially when... http://www.filmtheories.net/robin-hood-a-review/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/robin-hood-a-review/ Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:14:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/shutter-island-a-review/ From the sight of a ferry appearing from the fog, going towards the island, through the ominous warning that the bluffs are the only way on or off the island... http://www.filmtheories.net/shutter-island-a-review/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/shutter-island-a-review/ Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:05:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/clash-of-the-titans-a-review/ For many people, the remake of 'Clash of the Titans' seemed to be the perfect fit. A high concept, high budget appropriation of a flawed, but well loved, piece of... http://www.filmtheories.net/clash-of-the-titans-a-review/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/clash-of-the-titans-a-review/ Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:09:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/how-to-train-your-dragon-3d-a-review/ The casual film observer might be forgiven for thinking that a film featuring the voice talents of Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill and Christopher Mintz-Plasse would not necessarily be the type... http://www.filmtheories.net/how-to-train-your-dragon-3d-a-review/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/how-to-train-your-dragon-3d-a-review/ Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:06:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/crazy-heart-a-review/ You've got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues, and for Bad Blake, well, he knows that it doesn't come easy. In the performance that finally... http://www.filmtheories.net/crazy-heart-a-review/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/crazy-heart-a-review/ Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:08:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/cool-hand-luke-a-review/ "Sometimes nothin's a pretty cool hand..." A characteristically nonchalant utterance from Paul Newman's now famously characteristically nonchalant character, perhaps is a perfect way to describe the film as a whole... http://www.filmtheories.net/cool-hand-luke-a-review/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/cool-hand-luke-a-review/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:21:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/seemingly-threatening/ During the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final in 1995, a Boeing 747 flew over the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, wishing the native team good luck in the big game... http://www.filmtheories.net/seemingly-threatening/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/seemingly-threatening/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:32:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/yojimbo/ Who hasn't seen it? A severed alien arm against the ground. Star Wars, Mos Eisley, right? You'll find a very similar shot in Yojimbo, a Kurosawa action/dark comedy film that... http://www.filmtheories.net/yojimbo/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/yojimbo/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:11:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/solaris/ There's no way around it. Solaris is pretty crazy. Yes, it's another one of those Tarkovsky thinking films which uses science fiction as a foil for philosophy, but while Stalker... http://www.filmtheories.net/solaris/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/solaris/ Fri, 29 May 2009 01:39:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/stalker/ Stalker was a Russian alien on American soil. So it would seem. A review of the 1979 film appeared October 20, 1982, in the New York Times and was insistently... http://www.filmtheories.net/stalker/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/stalker/ Fri, 29 May 2009 01:29:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/afterlife/ Afterlife is an underrated musing directed by Koreeda Hirokazu, a gentle movie (if likely too talky for some viewers) about the passage between life and death. The premise is simple... http://www.filmtheories.net/afterlife/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/afterlife/ Fri, 29 May 2009 01:13:49 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/springtime-in-a-small-town/ Oh dear the days do pass too quickly already four days since my last post. It is just such a flurry of activity and then night blankness. Last night I... http://www.filmtheories.net/springtime-in-a-small-town/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/springtime-in-a-small-town/ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:52:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/restless/ I'm looking up restlessness as a medical symptom but the stupid computer is so slow it is driving me insane in my restlessness to hang out for the answer. Computers... http://www.filmtheories.net/restless/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/restless/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:38:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/life-as-drama-drama-as-life/ I have lapsed once again but finally back I shall try and commit a concerted effort to posting something every day. I have certainly felt quite passionately to the point... http://www.filmtheories.net/life-as-drama-drama-as-life/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/life-as-drama-drama-as-life/ Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:04:00 GMT http://www.filmtheories.net/channel-surfing-stasis/ Last night my TV watching became to me like when you are craving something in the kitchen that tastes nice and you can't move on from searching for it and... http://www.filmtheories.net/channel-surfing-stasis/#comments http://www.filmtheories.net/channel-surfing-stasis/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:30:00 GMT