Principles in the Mel-ocracy

Principles in the Mel-ocracy:

1. I don't download pirated movies/TV or copy movies for free.
2. I don't take my shoes off at the cinema and put my feet up on the seat in front - this is gross people! People's heads rest where your stinky feet have been!
3. I don't check my phone during the movie. Even if it's on silent you can still be annoyed by the glowing screen. You are not so important it can't wait 2 hours.
4. I usually stay to the end of the credits, just in case there is a bit at the end.
5. I do talk in films if necessary, but quietly.
6. I will annoy my companions by guessing the movie within 3 seconds of the preview starting, if possible.
7. If nobody else wants to go, I will go by myself rather than miss out.
8. I don't spoil endings or twists.


Friday 14 October 2011

Too much Horror Business

Just in time for Halloween this year, we have two "horror" movies.  The Thing is a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter sci-fi horror (see separate review) and it is a pretty standard horror movie.  Red State is the other new film out which its maker says is a horror movie.  This is the new movie for Kevin Smith (Clerks, Jay & Silent Bob) and by early reports it is a return to form after the recent disappointments of Cop Out and Zack and Miri Make a Porno.  However, the form is a totally different thing to his usual slacker rom-com.  It begins as a slasher movie and then movies into a siege/shootout style thing, taking very big aim at the more extreme Christian groups in America.  This one is apparently a weird genre mashup but one I'm quite interested to see.  From what I've heard so far it's hard to see how Kevin Smith thinks it's a horror film - I'll have to get back to you on that one.

Also out this week is "What's Your Number" which has Anna Faris tracking down her exes to find a suitable one to marry after finding out {from a magazine article, ugh!} she's slept with too many guys and won't find the one.  You will probably have to read the reviews in the paper to decide about this one as I doubt I'll go, but surely it can't be as bad as some people are saying.

Another timely release this week is The Cup.  Based on the true story of the Oliver brothers, both jockeys at an elite level in Australia.  Damien (Stephen Curry) has to decide whether to ride in the big one, the Melbourne Cup, after the death of his brother in an on-track fall.  This should be fun and uplifting and will get you in the mood for all the betting, frocking up and excitement of the big day in a couple of weeks.

There is an extensive Hitchcock retrospective on at the Goma Cinematheque, it has heaps of movies plus quite a few of his TV show episodes.  I can't decide what I'd like to go to!Alfred_Hitchcock_screening_calendar_2011.pdf

Stay tuned for some heavy duty BIFF updates to come in the lead up to this fantastic festival of movie-dom, plus my review of The Thing.
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