Movies

As you may (possibly) have heard by now, there's now a movie version of the The Simpsons TV series. The plot is pretty simple: Homer does something stupid,…

[Amazing Grace](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0454776/) is the tale of [William Wilberforce](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce), the crusading British MP who was instrumental in the banning of the slave trade. The story picks up in the…

Adapting a book to film is not easy. There are not many succesful examples around, and what few there are (Blade Runner, for instance) drift a very long…

Last week we went to see [The Last King of Scotland](http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0455590/), the new film based on the regime of [Idi Amin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_amin). The film (based on the book of…

That someone made a [film about the Helvetica font](http://www.helveticafilm.com/)? Or the fact that I really want to see it now... (Via [Daring Fireball](http://www.daringfireball.net/)).

That of those 16 movies I fully expect that Helen will want to see about 6...

A few of the films that I want to see coming out this year (in release date order): For Your Consideration. From the makers of Looking for Guffman…

Quick review of Casino Royale, which I went to see last night. Overall, liked it a lot. The first half has some great action sequences, but the second…

(No spoilers review) A couple of weeks ago now I went to see The Prestige, the new movie from Christopher Nolan (director of Batman Begins, Insomnia and Memento,…

While checking the Apple Movie Trailers site I came across a trailer for America: Freedom to Fascism. From watching the trailer, it seems to be the most prominent…