John Meredith's Blog

OK. I won’t write a long drawn out defence of the film. I just want to say it was bloody good fun watching robots hit each other. Sure, there’s not enough of the actual Transformers in there, and Shia LeBoufont’s girlfriend cannot act and is a waste of time. And Patrick Dempsey is looking old and portly. But there [...]

Before I start with my drivel, I want to paint you a picture. On Tuesday I arranged a day off work. The plan was simple: brief shopping, lunch, then movie. Then out of the movie in time to pick up the small person. We turned up nice and early only to find the place devoid [...]

I challenge anyone not to get excited by the new trailer for Transformers: Dark of The Moon. The pre-release reviews are so far very good and from this trailer, the mass destruction that seems to be on display should be pure popcorn fodder and pretty much unrivalled in cinema to date. I love the first Transformers [...]

Yep. I am officially excited. X-Men: First Class opens June 1st in the UK (two days before the yanks!).

Who the hell does James Cameron think he is to abuse the fans in releasing Avatar again? Taking the somewhat over used concept of a Directors Cut is common place for home video, but to do this in the cinema while the original is still playing is plain wrong. But I’m glad to see that [...]

Yahoo Shadowlocked is reporting that Ridley Scott’s plans for the mooted Alien prequel include not just one film, but a whole trilogy, on top of getting the 3D treatment. Original Alien Art Director Roger Christian is quoted as saying “Ridley told me some of his ideas when we were here in Toronto. He has a [...]

I don’t know what everyone is getting het up about. Really….what do people expect TF2 to be? Some sort of intergalactic Shakespearean drama? I went to see it the other night and expected a few things: Robots. Big ones. Hitting each other. A straight forward narrative. A good laugh. What did I get? All three. [...]

I know it sounds a little over the top, but The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has changed my life. Never in a million years did I think that a film could have such an impact on me. It is a little hard to define in words the true scale of this as both a [...]

I have been trying to get my head around the prospect of “Twilight” for some time. The movie which is based on Stephenie Meyers book, has received a huge amount of fanfare, primarily from its “target audience” (and I use that term loosely) of teenage girls. I will come back to the problem I have [...]

Ah….they don’t quite seem to get it do they? The WSJ is printing a story that Warner’s are trying to combat Marvel’s dominance in the comic book adaptation area with trying to formulaically copy the Batman franchise to other comic properties such as Superman and Wonder Woman. This just smacks of blatant stupidity. “Like the [...]