tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222471722025-09-09T19:59:50.469+00:00film ickBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comBlogger3158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-26306233459274322532020-10-07T16:41:00.001+00:002020-10-07T16:41:11.868+00:00 It is now 2020 and I haven't written anything new for Film Ick in many years.Everything has changed, really. The world seems to have crashed into a wall. And then burst into flames. And then collapsed into a pile of dust. But I think we can fix it. Together. I hope so, anyway.I have written for lots of other sites since I was last posting here. Some were horrendous and I regret having Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-5048182261813606052009-01-24T21:42:00.003+00:002009-01-24T21:44:52.799+00:00So, What Do You Reckon?Is my work at /Film as good as the stuff I was doing here at film ick? Mail me and let me know.I've been drawing some negative comments over there... as well as some very positive ones.The future of film ick is to be unveiled this week - something rather different than you know from before, but hopefully better. Wait for it. And then tell me what you think of that too.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-72704414197277742702009-01-16T12:37:00.002+00:002009-01-16T12:40:48.982+00:00It's SlashfilmIf you haven't found me at Slashfilm yet, here's a direct link to my work there so far, to the post that introduced me, and to the site overall.Come and support me there. And stay tuned here for the evolution of film ick into something... well, you'll see.Thanks!Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-60032975233435526422009-01-14T09:37:00.003+00:002009-01-14T09:43:57.134+00:00Big News DayWell, for me anyway. And I hope it works out very well for you too.Expect to see me on the contributors roll of a big, well-read and rather nifty film website today.Yep - it is one of the big ones. Yep - you most probably read it already. Yep - I'm going to be doing what I used to do over here but doing it over there now. Nope - I don't mean Forces of Geek, though I will still have Union Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-66568168673508268082009-01-12T21:06:00.001+00:002009-01-12T21:08:57.187+00:00Scorcher ClunkerDuring the Golden Globes back-slapping last night, Scorsese apparently claimed that Steven Spielberg "reinvented cinema with each new picture".Jesus.By the way, I have been blogging LOTS over on ForcesOfGeek... but have other very exciting things to report sometime soon. Keep tuned.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-60340881364118101432009-01-06T09:17:00.003+00:002009-01-06T09:19:11.525+00:00The Mark of BCHere's a handy link to my first couple of posts at Forces of Geek. I'm just sorta-kinda testing the water out over there. Indeed, that link will show you just the bits of Geek that I write, now and from here on out. Not that I'm suggesting you bookmark it or anything. Of course not.I'll be back posting here before you know it.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-7462979770417713172009-01-04T10:48:00.003+00:002009-01-04T10:59:24.250+00:00Forces of GeekAs of Thursday, I'll be publishing a weekly column over at Forces of Geek. My column will be called Union Jacked and, once it's there, I'll include a link here to help you find it.Below you can see the official invitation to the site launch proper - which takes place tomorrow.There are numerous other Geeks lining up to put their own Force behind the project - and it isn't all movie stuff, thoughBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-39254900822205783202009-01-02T23:29:00.003+00:002009-01-02T23:40:26.356+00:00Better The Devil You Don'tHugh Jackman has pulled out of talks to appear in Stephen Soderbergh's Cleo. The film, if it ever happens, is to be a 3D musical, set in the US in the 1920s, based upon the story of Cleopatra and with songs by Guide by Voices. How exciting does that sound?Why has Jackman done this? Scheduling conflicts, apparently. And the word on the street (well, currently just in the sewers, really) is Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-23168089103396699122008-12-31T00:40:00.002+00:002008-12-31T01:07:52.050+00:00They Mentioned My Home Town, So I Gotta Say Something, Right?According to a new piece in Variety, Art House Cinema (capital A, H and C) is on the wane in the UK. Their number one example? A local institution, the Phoenix right here in Oxford, "a revered university town arthouse, [which] was screening Waltz with Bashir -- alongside Mamma Mia! and Wall-E"What isn't mentioned, of course, that the local Odeon cinemas here often screen foreign language fare (Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-76735436529563346562008-12-19T09:44:00.002+00:002008-12-19T09:58:28.194+00:00DisappointmentsTwo news stories that have bubbled up to the surface today have left me feeling rather short on optimism, in two different ways. Please indulge me while I sulk a little.Firstly: Stephen Chow is to no longer directed the Green Hornet film due to "creative differences" but is still "likely" to play Kato. That pretty much cuts off my enthusiasm for the project, and near the root too. Of course, Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-35566106319944164222008-12-15T09:56:00.003+00:002008-12-15T22:42:02.633+00:00Terry Gilliam Developing Zero TheoremPat Rushin's screenplay The Zero Theorem is currently undergoing development with director Terry Gilliam. Seeing as Gilliam's supposed next project - a remounting of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - depends somewhat on the compliance of one J. Depp, who is a very, very busy man, I think Zero Theorem has every chance of going before cameras next year...Well, pending the development process, Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-51368186491237730812008-12-08T16:51:00.004+00:002008-12-08T17:47:29.923+00:00DVD Picks For XmasWant to get the film lover in your life something special for Xmas? I would hope so - even if that film lover is you.Here's my list of DVDs you probably haven't even considered for them but really should. I got my hands on each of these this year and love them all. They didn't have big marketing budgets. They didn't generally get cinema runs. They didn't get love heaped upon them by big nameBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-9548168023794429232008-12-07T22:40:00.004+00:002008-12-08T16:51:11.497+00:00Are These The 20 Best Films Of 2008?Roger Ebert has published his list of the 20 best films of the year on his website, and here they are in alphabetical order:Ballast, The Band’s Visit, Che, Chop Shop, The Dark Knight, Doubt, The Fall, Frost/Nixon, Frozen River, Happy-Go-Lucky, Iron Man, Milk, Rachel Getting Married, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Shotgun Stories, Slumdog Millionaire, Synecdoche New York, W., Wall-ENow, there's Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-72697684673240139072008-12-05T22:28:00.002+00:002008-12-05T22:29:58.699+00:00Michael Sheen Is NOT The Cheshire CatSo, if Michael Sheen is not the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland...Somebody out there must know who he's playing however. And I want to know.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-79326326594219034382008-12-05T14:09:00.002+00:002008-12-05T14:13:39.242+00:00Five Point ZeroOkay, so of the thousands of people to read the announcement here, a couple of dozen went over to the film ick community messageboard. A few links from other sites and still nothing.So it won't live on. Not unless something miraculous happens.I need to find a way to make film ick happen but not take up all of my life. I am so busy - 12 hour days regularly - but I don't want film ick to die.So Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-57411036042108438582008-12-03T19:07:00.002+00:002008-12-03T19:09:45.841+00:00First Trailer For The Boat That RockedA leak has sprung and from it flowed the first trailer for The Boat that Rocked - not officially online yet. And perhaps this cut of the trailer never will be.I've popped the link up over at the film ick community board. Please come get it.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-6823521023850507472008-11-29T16:23:00.003+00:002008-11-29T16:42:09.931+00:00film ick 4.0To bridge the gap between film ick as you know it (which is probably in the 2.x Blogger incarnation) and the much more manageable Twitter flash-news feed, I've created a new film ick community.Please come, join up and join in. Get my version of the news, sure, but also get your voice heard too.To get the ball rolling, I am currently transposing the Twitter items over to this community.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-72087656079408514932008-11-26T19:34:00.002+00:002008-11-26T19:36:30.068+00:00Twitter UpdateI'm now starting to get my head around the Twitter thing.You can see me by clicking on this very sentence.More followers, please. Without you, how do I know to carry on? A couple of weeks of continued (exponential?) growth would keep the wheels on.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-162939427973016382008-11-24T21:45:00.002+00:002008-11-24T21:48:06.540+00:00TwitterLet's try an experiment. Or play a game. Or dip our toes into some strange water.I'm going to reprise film ick, sometime in the next two days. There might be any number of updates per day. What's the catch?I'm going to do it via Twitter. I'm there as brendonconnelly. Does that give you all the info you need to find and follow me?Jump on now, so I can see you in my stats. And then the Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-47024152882876019632008-11-21T10:22:00.004+00:002008-11-22T10:41:18.520+00:00Oldboy UpdateWill Smith has been pushed over the upcoming Oldboy remake, and what he had to say is likely to have varying results on people's anticipation levels.Apparently, the remake won't be of the Chan Wook Park film at all, but another adaptation of the original manga. That means the most basic elements of the premise will be intact, but that the mystery will have an entirely different solution.So, Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-63257976269978238402008-11-11T19:55:00.008+00:002008-11-11T22:36:32.297+00:00McG's Wonder Woman Versus Spielberg's OldboyNice to see you again.Lets get some basics straight, right off the bat - Whedon's Wonder Woman should have been given the greenlight years ago; the last film Spielberg made that I can care about, for the good at least, and in any significant way is Jurassic Park, and that was because of the work of Phil Tippet and Dennis Muren.Two prospective projects are getting discussed at length on the geek Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-70668397044417383162008-10-21T20:26:00.002+00:002008-10-21T20:27:43.923+00:00Heath Ledger In The Imaginarium Of Dr. ParnasssusTell the world.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-33002025551803460682008-08-30T13:46:00.003+00:002008-08-30T13:51:49.251+00:00Educational OpportunitesClick on the ad, make it bigger, be seduced, e-mail for more info, sign up, get wowed and come back every term.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-578036150414604952008-07-10T19:41:00.002+00:002008-07-10T19:45:12.247+00:00Wedding BellsRachael and I got married last Friday, 4th July. Independence Day. Woohoo for us! She's made some kind of honest man out of me.Prompted by my UK passport and Rachel's US one, Rich Johnston (of LitG) commented at our reception: "Taking 'em back, one woman at a time".I could have phrased that better. Not Rich's quip, the context. But I think you followed it. I hope. I thought it was a Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-3044779876523169302008-06-23T21:33:00.002+00:002008-06-23T21:36:03.801+00:00Oxford Film SchoolI'm running a free film class. Tuesday 1st July, St. Anthony's College, Oxford. 6.30pm. It's on the Woodstock Road, so right near the very centre of town. It's a real class, so you'll be learning something - but there will also be a chance to ask questions about my courses, find out when and where they are next running, meet other people interested in film and film-making and so on.Should be Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0