Bad news for the ‘already booked to do Thor’ Kenneth Branagh, but good news for red blooded, beef-eating English gentlemen everywhere, as Elizabeth writer Michael Hirst announces his latest trip into the barbarous depths of British history. The Tudors creator has signed on to adapt Bernard Cornwall’s epic tale of the Battle of Agincourt, a key moment in the hundred years war and one of the bloodiest battles in medieval history.
Needless to say, the trailers and early forecasts for G.I Joe didn’t exactly promise Citizen Kane-esque heights of filmic artistry, but frankly, if that’s what you’re after then you probably shouldn’t go and see a Steven Sommers flick that’s been co-produced by Hasbro.
Professional monkey-nut and all-round cockerney badass Jason Statham is cementing his rep as STS’ favourite actor with a raft of projects lined up over the next year, each apparently more ridiculous and fantastic than the last.
Following in the illustrious footsteps of Watch With Mothers, we at Slashing The Seats have recorded our first podcast!
We do our very best to stay on the topic of the best movie villains, however descend into the religious symbolism within Robocop, first year film students, a vast sci fi Scientologist / Conan conspiricy, and why Terminators have USB chips in their fingers.
It’s essentially around 45 minutes of slightly drunk Westcountry movie buffs talking amusing nonsense about films.
Finally arriving in cinemas after its Sundance premiere, HumpDay takes the old theory about homoeroticism in buddy movies to its logical extreme – and is partially successful.