What makes cinema cinematic? Books, radio and TV can tell stories with dialogue and plots as good as any film but what is it that makes people gather together in a dark room and tolerate other’s munching and nattering to watch a movie? Without wanting to come across like those anti-piracy ads; it’s the experience. And Prometheus is an experience. When talking about this film I typically moan about the plot, the dialogue and some questionable characterisation but when asked if one should see the film I answer; ‘Yes. Now. And on the biggest screen you can.’
This weekend sees the release of The Dark Knight Rises, the conclusion to Christopher Nolan's epic Dark Knight saga, but today look back at Memento; the movie that made him a name to remember.
Memento brings together the themes and stylistic choices that define Nolan's work – giving us an insight into his entire filmography and hopefully a hint of what is to come in his latest, highly anticipated blockbuster.
London’s BFI IMAX has seen a record number of advance bookings as The Dark Knight Rises hits the £1 million mark, smashing the record previously held by Avatar.
No sooner has US movie giant Netflix arrived in the UK and pissed all over Amazon’s LoveFilm scented bonfire than veritable broadcasting behemoth Sky enters the fray with the launch of the much vaunted NOW TV.
My girlfriend and I were fighting. We’d been playing a ‘how well do you know…’ game with a group of friends. I had scored higher with my slobby idiot flatmate than I had with my girlfriend.
What had started as a discussion about the game’s validity as a barometer of love quickly descended into an argument about who knew the other better. As we got to the cinema, I took a gamble. A gamble that I lost.
So. It's been that time of year again, the part of the geek calendar when millions of fanboys and fangirls around the world weep and claw at their own faces and scream to the heavens: 'WHEN THE HELL WILL I BE ABLE TO GO TO SDCC? WAAARGH!” This is a war-cry that I am most familiar with, as I am trapped in the body of someone who is yet to rise above the status of 'broke'.
"The Legend Ends" says the marketing for The Dark Knight Rises, so to celebrate the conclusion of Christopher Nolan's superb trilogy, we at LITM are bringing you a whole Batcave's worth of features on the caped crusader and his fight against Gotham's underworld...
Amanda Plummer, daughter of Oscar-winner Christopher Plummer, has been cast as Wiress in Catching Fire, the upcoming Hunger Games sequel, adapted from the second book in Suzanne Collins’ bestselling trilogy.
Andrew Stanton, recovering from the dramatic flop that was John Carter (Not Of Mars), is set to direct a sequel to Finding Nemo: one of the greatest animated films of all-time.
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is to cement his position as the busiest young cast member of the huge fantasy franchise with a role in Michael Dowse’s romantic comedy The F Word.
