When his beloved dog dies, Victor (Charlie Tahan) turns to science to bring his best friend back. However, Victor soon learns that his actions have some unexpected consequences. Continue reading
Hayes at the Movies
Brogen Hayes talks about movies
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Cinema Review – Dark Shadows
In the late 18th century, Barnabus Collins (Johnny Depp) scorns Angelique (Eva Green), a woman who just so happens to be a witch. Angelique curses Barnabus to be a vampire and buries him alive. 200 years later Barnabus is awoken to discover that the world around him has changed dramatically and his family is not as successful as it once was. With the rest of the Collins family in tow, Barnabus sets about rectifying this. Continue reading
Cinema Review – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Poor old Terry Gilliam. He has not had a good run of luck lately.
Watchmen, a project that he deemed “unfilmable” was indeed filmed, and fairly successfully. His adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s beloved novel Good Omens languished in development hell before being scrapped. He lost Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to Chris Columbus and The Man Who Killed Don Quixote was shut down in 2001 due to Jean Rochefort’s health problems. As well as all this, Tideland was overlooked and The Brothers Grimm was not well received.
And then Heath Ledger died. Continue reading
