CHATROOM DVD review

Now on DVD and Blu-Ray is this thriller from Hideo Nakata, the director of The Ring. Watch the trailer and read my review, next...

SUBMARINE trailer review

In an incredible piece of counter programming, Warp Films have chosen today to release the trailer for Richard Ayoade's directorial debut, Submarine. Who needs the Superbowl ads? This is where the cool kids are.


UPDATED: Whereas earlier the trailer was only available via 'liking' the film's facebook page, it's now been made freely available via YouTube. Here it is for your enjoyment.

Firstly, I am a fan of Richard Ayoade, both as an actor and a director. Submarine may be his first big screen outing, but he's directed some interesting television work, including the modern Christmas classic, AD/BC: The Rock Opera. Working here from Joe Dunthorne's novel, Ayoade's sense of humour isn't immediately noticeable, and Submarine appears much more melancholic and romantic than you'd first expect. Through its stylings, setting and costuming, it appears to me to be a cross between Harold and Maude and Gregory's Girl, and clearly holds the troubled romances of the French New Wave in some reverence.


For me the trailer shows everything I'd been hoping for, and I can't wait to see how Paddy Considine's mystical rocker fits into this tale of youthful woes and burgeoning romance. Oliver Tate may appear to be a slightly Max Fischer-ish character, but he also appears to have a equally dry sense of humour. This looks like a properly cool piece of British Cinema, and I can't wait.


Due March 18th
Anticipation Level

CATFISH review

Now in cinemas is this intriguing documentary/love story about the relationships we form through the internet and social networking, and of the potential risks involved. Find out more, next...

THE SOCIAL NETWORK review

Out this week in cinemas is the new David Fincher directed 'Facebook movie', The Social Network.

Find out more and read my review, after the jump...

Let Me Think For Myself Facebook!

I'm sure everyone's noticed the newest addition to Facebook. Down the right hand column it has a section called recommended pages, based on the things that your friends like.

More often than not, it keeps throwing things at me that I couldn't care less about, but it's interesting to see which two random things Facebook think I will like, purely based on the social and economic patterns of people I have in my friend feed. 

Sometimes it gives me two things I have no interest in, and sometimes it might give me one good and one bad.

Don't ask which one's which. As well as trying to assign me a personality based on the things my friends like it also offers me up some wonderful suggestions based on things I've already said I liked, such as this gem...

Thanks Facebook, that's helpful.