TOY STORY 3 aside, where are the days of WALL.E and THE INCREDIBLES? They seem so far away. 

My take on the hugely disappointing BRAVE: http://www.filmaluation.com/brave.html

What REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR does convey well is the fraught path of reinventing the wheel (ahem!). Out this Friday. 

My review:
http://www.filmaluation.com/revenge-of-the-electric-car.html

Yo, fancy some girl power on DVD? THE SOURCE is released today. 

My review: 
http://www.filmaluation.com/the-source.html

Even if you’re a talking teddy bear eventually no one gives a sh*t. Who doesn’t love a potty-mouthed, deviant talking toy? My review of TED is up!

http://www.filmaluation.com/ted.html

Came across this photo of my retro-mullet (very trendy!) in 2006. Here's also Michael Douglas in 1989 (BLACK RAIN), Richard Dean Anderson circa 1985 (MACGYVER), and Patrick Swayze in 1991 (POINT BREAK).

I was born 20 years too late to be an action star!

As B-movie potboilers go, THE PREY has its total lack of heart in the right place, bar the bodged ending. Out now at the pictures, and on DVD 23rd July. 

My review:
http://www.filmaluation.com/the-prey.html

By Hemanth Kissoon


“I knew it was too early to promote you,” M.
“Well, I understand double 0s have a very short life expectancy... so your mistake will be short-lived,” James Bond.

Calling all 007 aficionados! Are you in London between the 6th July and 5th September 2012? If so, head to the Barbican for an exhibition showcasing the gadgets, sets and costumes from DR. NO to QUANTUM OF SOLACE. It’s a retrospective to tie-in with the anniversary of the first cinematic outing of the debonair spy. A series that is still a benchmark that espionage thrillers are measured against, from MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE and TRUE LIES to ALIAS and BOURNE.

The huge Curve Gallery has been subsumed under memorabilia. We get M’s office, the stunning outfits from CASINO ROYALE, in particular Vesper Lynd’s, a recreation of the franchise’s most famous death scene from GOLDFINGER, and the iconic weapon from THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN; among much else.

For more information:
http://www.barbican.org.uk/bond/

“I might as well ask you if all those vodka martinis ever silence the screams of all the men you've killed... or if you find forgiveness in the arms of all those willing women for all the dead ones you failed to protect,” Alec Trevelyan, GOLDENEYE    

The macrocosm and microcosm are effortlessly entwined in highly original documentary NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT out this Friday. 

My review:
http://www.filmaluation.com/nostalgia-for-the-light.html

Eminently gripping, but flawed, heightened melodrama. My take on DETACHMENT out this Friday:
http://www.filmaluation.com/detachment.html

“I want to do heroin to Radiohead.” My review of SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD:
http://www.filmaluation.com/seeking-a-friend-for-the-end-of-the-world.html