80s remakes: Hollywood goes too far Posted by Gargleman

"Come in to the mutliplex, or there will be ...trouble."

The news that Eighties movies are now old enough to be remake fodder fills me with terror, trepidation and, yes, a teensy bit of excitement.

Films reported to be in the pipeline include Flash Gordon, Robocop, Dune and Ghostbusters. › Continue reading

Crazy foreign movies: Big Man Japan Posted by Gargleman

Big Man Japan is a sort of mockumentary about a Godzilla-like crime-fighting ordinary-joe. In Japan.

Sadly, despite the awesomeness of this trailer, early word is that Big Man Japan is patchy, with intensely weird highs and averagely dull lows, if you can call a a giant semi-naked fella hunting down giant grotesque mutants in any way average.

Although average does at least mean that Big Man Japan will be 450% better than the similarly-themed Hancock, at the very least.

And I still reckon it looks much better than average. Personally, I can’t wait for the subbed version’s release on DVD in June.

Hat-tip: Graham Linehan’s blog