In movie terms Bond is still one of the biggest brands around, especially with the 2006 re-invention of Casino Royale staring Daniel Craig.

Even so, these days it seems you can’t make a movie without some product placement … so do we really care what phone Bond is using in his latest movie? read full post »

Technology just gets better and better right? But sometimes at a cost…

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Finally. It’s been 19 years since we last saw Indy - 19 years trying to pick the truth out of the rumours. And with only a month to go I’m pretty excited. I am not the only one. The Indiana Jones series is a silver screen legend. Rarely do film-goers talk about action films with such enthusiasm because rarely does Hollywood produce action films with such quality characters. And rarely has a film’s development had such a slow burn. Suffice to say anticipation around the Cystal Skull is rife. Hype should be easy. But it ain’t what it used to be. read full post »

Frank Rose’s article in Wired last month’s is spot on and gives the film industry the benefit of hindsight that music execs wish they had had. read full post »

Ok, I’m going to keep this brief. There’s a movie. It might be a monster movie. It might not. It might be called Cloverfield… We know it’s written/directed by J.J. Abrams, it probably is… and every geek on the Internet is talking about it.

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