Monday, December 31, 2007

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Honey I Shrunk The Kids

Classic. I remember seeing this in the cinema back in 1989.

Rhombus

Here, twat.
Click on it to make bigger.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - The Golden Compass

A great film indeed. Can't wait for part 2 of 3. Kidman is a beauty.

Sunday, December 30, 2007

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Who Framed Roger Rabbit ?

Groundbreaking.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Titanic

Wet and epic nonsense.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - The Tuxedo

Empty film. Not enough of Jenny's flesh on show. Pity.

The Ting Tings - 2008


Watch out for these two. They're called The Ting Tings. She is fit. 2008 is theirs.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - The Matrix

Great confusing sci-fi. Love it.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Spy Kids 2

James Bond for the kids. Not bad. Good idea.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Spy Hard

Aren't spoofs meant to make you laugh ?

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Splitting Heirs

Cathrine Alpha Smith keeps this crap watchable. Just.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Speed


Who hasn't seen this ?!? Classic !

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Spanglish

I wish this was so much better.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Snow Dogs

Awful. Avoid. Please.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Shrek The Halls

They're making a Shrek film for every day of the week apparently.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Night Watch

Mad crazy start of a mad crazy trilogy. Look out for it.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Next Friday

Put some hot sauce on my burrito baby !

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

The funniest Christmas film ever made (I think) ...

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Moonraker

The best Roger Moore one.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Monsters Inc

Pixar keep on putting others to shame. This is one of the very best.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Little Shop Of Horrors

Star studded musical comedy. The best one ever made.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Liar Liar

A nice, simple idea. Badly put together.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Jurassic Park

This will be a timeless classic in years from now. It still holds it own.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Inspector Gadget

A feature length cartoon would have made more sense.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Home Alone 3

The worst one.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Home Alone 2

The best one.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Herbie : Fully Loaded

Should have left Herbie alone. Lohan's lovely though.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - George Of The Jungle

Crap. She'd get it though.

Andy Millman Has Left The Buliding ...


Disappointing. And why was it on in the US first ?

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - E.T.


Awesome.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Coming To America


Fantastic old school Eddie. More of this, less of Norbit et al.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

I've seen this movie million of times. Effects are good, fair dos.

Saturday, December 22, 2007

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Return To Oz

I actually quite like this. Good characters and all that.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Kalifornia

My God, I haven't seen this in ages. Pitt makes a great Hillbilly.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Godsend

Freaky clone horror thing with De Niro. It's alright.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Die Hard 2

It won't touch the original, but it's pretty decent.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Carry On Cowboy

What a year 1966 was. England win the World Cup, and this was made.

It's Eariler Than Usual ...

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>> Happy 2008! <<
... And may all your otters be white

Merry Xmas and thanks for sticking with us
through 2007. As we look forward to all the
weird and wonderful things which will surely
happen in 2008, we can't help but think the
strangest trend this year was for the womb to
become public property. From supposed text scans of
Britney's non-existent new pregnancy to Kerry
Katona's sordid on again-off again money-spinning
spawn to Charlotte Church being forced to
tell the world she was pregnant before the usual
12 week marker and Lily Allen suddenly morphing
into a "real family person" instead of a real
Groucho Club person nothing seems to be off-limits
any more. Well, as it's become normal to see
celebrities' home sex videos perhaps this was
the inevitable next step.

Thanks for all the stories, emails, inspiration
and all the videos of otters around the world you
sent in. Sorry to anyone we failed to reply to,
or if we didn't use your story - we do love you.

Happy New Year! And we're back on 17th January.


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Hitler-lover Unity Mitford was conceived in Swastika,
Ontario, and her middle name is Valkyrie.
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>> Good sport <<
Alesha gets sound career advice

This weekend we'll find out if Alesha Dixon
is not too black or too female to win a
BBC public vote, on Strictly Come Dancing.
Back in her schooldays teachers weren't
convinced by her joining Misteeq. Alesha
was brilliant at sport, and her sixth form
teacher in Luton told her she was much better
sticking with netball, and taking a sports
science degree. “Music won't lead anywhere...
there'll always be a need for PE teachers”,
were her somewhat unfortunate words.


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OK magazine has Jordan dressed as the Virgin Mary.
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>> Big Questions <<
What people are asking this week

This Brit acting legend failed to impress
travellers to Oman recently with a foul-mouthed
and somewhat racist rant at how long the
passport and customs queue was.

Which warring duo are the subject of lurid
rumours about the true paternity of their
unfortunate child?


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Eddie Murphy has set up a record label. His first
signing is Karrine "Superhead" Steffans - so-called
because of her oral technique.
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>> Angelic upstart <<
The origin of tree-topping tinsel tits

One Christmas a long time ago Santa Claus had
problems. Four of his elves were sick so
Santa got behind schedule. Then Mrs Claus
told Santa that her Mum was coming to visit;
this stressed Santa even more. He went to see
his reindeer and found that three of them
were about to give birth. More stress. Then
when he began to load the sleigh he dropped
the toy bag and scattered the toys.

Santa went into the house for a shot of whisky
but the elves had drunk him dry.

Just then the doorbell rang and Santa cussed
on his way to the door. There was a little
angel with a big Christmas tree. "Merry Christmas
Santa”, said the angel, “Isn't it a lovely
day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where
would you like me to stick it?”

Thus began the tradition of the angel on
top of the Christmas tree.


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German technician Karlheinz Brandenberg used an
acapella of Suzanne Vega's Toms Diner to perfect
the technology behind the mp3 format in the 90s.
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>> LA Confidential <<
Live like the super agents

So last year: getting your PA to call you as
you enter a meeting to keep the other person
waiting, to make you look important.

Now: talk and text: with the aid of a blackberry
you never have to look up or stop texting during
your meetings with prospective clients.
How Nathan Barley.


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Popbitch's favourite Middle Eastern politician:
Ahmed Fatfat, Lebanese Minister for Youth and Sports.
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>> Sharifer madness <<
The old ones are the best

Omar Sharif starred in a West End production
of The Sleeping Prince in the 80s where he
earned about 10 grand a week. One night he
saw that everyone getting ready to go for a
drink and asked what the occasion was. He
was told it was his dresser’s birthday.
Embarrassed that he had forgotten, he quickly
got her a card, and placed that week's paycheck
in it. She was able to put the money down as
a deposit for a house.


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"I want permanent erections".
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looking for talent. Go for it here.
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>> Old spice <<
VIP fans go to Heathrow

Last week we told you that excited Spice Girls
fans were told to meet at the Chablis Suite,
Novotel Hammersmith for a VIP event at a
secret location. Well, it turns out the secret
location was Heathrow and the event was to
welcome the girls back to the UK. The fans
were bussed to the airport, stood around
while the girls thanked Virgin Atlantic
etc, and then got taken back to London.
One family had cut shut a holiday in Spain so
their daughter could meet her idols. Bet they
were pleased they'd done that.

After seeing the Spice Girls comeback concert,
Popbitch would like to apologise to Mel C for
all the mean things we wrote about her back
in the day. Until we experienced this beyond-
hopeless live event, we had no idea how much Sporty,
the only one with a voice, dance moves, energy
or stage presence, carried the rest of the band.


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Philippines Celebrity Big Brother even has problems.
Five CBB stars danced with the famous Cebu provincial
jail inmates, but TV bosses have so far withheld
the promised payments to the orange suited prisoners.
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>> Ding Dong <<
The Lambrini surprise

Alan Carr is filming a celebrity quiz show
for Channel 4 called Ding Dong. The show,
particularly Carr himself, is said to be funny.
But at a recent filming some of the audience were
bemused by the final question. Carr asked "What
do party girls drink?" To which the contestants
chorused "Lambrini". Surely advertisers aren't
so clever as to sponsor quiz show questions
these days, are they?

FYI: Peter Andre was a guest on the show. An observer
said he has his shirts tailored "like a woman".


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ITV sent Parky a bottle of 1982 Chateau Lafite-
Rothschild for Christmas.
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>> Treason! <<
Royal butler lost for words

With poor dead Diana still splashed across the
front page, it seems appropriate to recount
an amusing tale about her creepy butler Paul
Burrell. He appeared as a guest on Countdown
in March 2006. On his very first show things
got uncomfortable very quickly during the
second letters round when one of the
contestants chose "TREASON" as his answer
An awkward silence ensued before Des Lynam
recovered enough composure to ask Paul if
he could do any better.
Paul's reply? "No".

http://www.countdownwiki.com/index.php?title=Episode_4062


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And remember, recycling is for life, not
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>> Eight things for Xmas <<
How to get through the holiday season

1. Juno is released in UK end January. It's
the best film for ages. Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0SKf0K3bxg

2. Excellent Xmas shoot-em-up:
http://www.resn.co.nz/xmas/

3. The muppets rule:
http://www.popbitch.com/videos

4. Danish popsters Alphabeat's next single Fascination
has the cutest girl-boy harmonies - check out the video:
http://del.interoute.com/?id=a043b30f-e84e-46ff-83f3-6baa95211e44&delivery=stream

5. Download Yoav's very pretty Beautiful Lie from itunes:
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6. Moldova's Gary Glitter sadly didn't get the
Eurovision nomination but see him in the flesh:
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7. Pets With Tourettes – book of the year!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pets-Tourettes-Mark-Leigh/dp/1840246103

8. Meet crotchy:
http://www.presstube.com/project.php?id=254


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Jane from Rainbow's Rod, Jane and Freddy is in
panto in Newport.
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>> Things that make you go hmm <<
Asylum seeker, Marilyn, science tattoos

Cat nurses mouse. Aw:
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Marilyn wants you to buy him a computer, in return
for goodies or lunch:
http://www.myspace.com/mazda62

People who really like science and tattoos:
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We're getting through December hangovers with:
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Celebs have sex too (and sometimes they're
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Running out of Xmas dosh? Get the hottest festive fashion
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>> Chart Predictions <<
New entries/High climbers Sun 16th Dec

++ Number One
LEON JACKSON Yawn, yawn, yawn

++ Top Ten
EVA CASSIDY & KATIE MELUA What A Wonderful World
THE POGUES Fairytale Of New York
MARIAH CAREY All I Want For Christmas Is You

++ Top Twenty
SUGABABES Change
WESTLIFE Home
MICHAEL BUBLE Lost

++ Top Forty
KYLIE MINOGUE Wow
KATE NASH Pumpkin Soup
MALCOLM MIDDLETON We're All Going To Die
THE KILLERS Don't Shoot Me Santa


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Q: Where do Russian parents send their kids
when they misbehave?

A: To the Naughty Steppe.


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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The Extras Christmas Special


This was shown in the US THE OTHER DAY. Why is that ?!?! Apparently you can download it now.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Demolition Man

Sandra Bullock's best work so far.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Stripes

This film should have been so much better. Shame.

Monday, December 17, 2007

More Blog Stats

More and more people are checking me out ...

The Golden Dogs - Construction Worker



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Film Books - For Christmas ?

Film Books by Raindance tutors
these books are all available on Amazon
Greetings!

We at Raindance are very proud of our cutting edge training programme.

Many Raindance tutors have written some of the best books on writing, producing and directing independent films.

Here is a selection, all of which will get to you by the Holiday..

Anatomy of Story John Truby's Anatomy of Story

John Truby's ground-breaking work as a writer, filmmaker and teacher over 25 years in LA has made his brand new book one of the hottest properties in Hollywood.

At the moment, a hard copy book is available on Amazon for less than £15, making this an ideal gift.

John Truby is next in London on Saturday/Sunday 5/6 April: 22 Step Story Structure

Producers Lab Raindance Producer's Lab

Elliot Grove's weighty tome is on the reading list of most of the top film schools in America where it is considered about the very best all-encompassing book on filmmaking. Everything is discussed from script to finance to shooting to sales and distribution.

Elliot's landmark class, Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking returns to London on Saturday/Sunday 16/17 February.

Or check out his 99 Minute Film School on January 17th.

Screen Acting Patrick Tucker's Secrets of Screen Acting
Patrick Tucker shares what he has learned in directing over 400 hours of single camera dircting for film and television in America, Denmark, Japan and the UK.

A practical no-nonsense guide.

Patrick's dynamic weekend class, Hands On Directing for Film and Television is next on Saturday/Sunday 8/9 March. There is no better course to learn the grammar of directing.

Writer's Journey Christopher Vogler's Writer's Journey

What started out as a 12 page memo for Disney development executives has been turned into the biggest selling screenwriting book in the history of cinema - dwarfing Robert Mckee's Story.

Chris Vogler is a master storyteller, a mystic philosopher and has created this indispensible book.

Voglers next London class, The Writer's Journey, is in London summer of 2008.

Save The Cat Blake Snyder's Save The Cat

Blake Snyder's first trip to Raindance in November 2007 was a ground breaking and seminal class in screenwriting. His novel approach to strucuture and genre (his recently published second book is Save The Cat Goes To The Movies) is the freshest appraoch to structure and many who have read his book, swear by it's simplicity.

Blake's Screenwriting Weekend will return to Raindance in the fall, 2008.

Dov Dov S-S Simen's Reel To Deal

Dov's revolutionary 2 Day Film School was the first ever Raindance course way back in 1992. Love him or loathe him, his screaming bluesman like holler will either piss you off or get you moving to success.

Famously taken by Tarentino and a host of other now-successful filmmakers, his next 2-Day Film School class is in late 2008.

Creating Emotion David Freeman's: Creating Emotion in Games: The Art and Craft of Emotioneering

You don't need to be a video gamer to get lot's out of this visually stunning book.

David's next London redition of Beyond Structure will be in September 2008.


I hope you enjoy this list of useful book.

Let us know if there is anything else you have found that you think is excellent.

Best for the Holidays,

The Raindance Team
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John Truby's 9 Elements of a Great Film
Elliot Grove's Development Finance
Blake Snyder's Transformation Machine
David Freeman talks to Raindance
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Saturday, December 15, 2007

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - The Neverending Story

Classic kids film. I remember this and Flight Of The Navigator.

IN DEPTH FILM REVIEW - Species

Fair amount of female flesh which is good. The rest, so-so...