Across the Blogosphere ...



I love this SCRE4M poster in the style of classic SCREAM posters...

This seems to only take place once-a-month lately, but having said that, at least I have some damn good recommendations...

There is so much talk about Scream 4 it is difficult to sift through it all and find something you haven't heard before, well, via Final Cut, I found a new blog - Cinema Romantico - which i am keen to exploit due to the incredibly well written piece on self-referential cinema (that term is already copywrighted by moi) marked by Jay and Silent Bob turning up in Scream 3...

As is customary on these linking posts, gotta link to Mad hatter as his post on Speed Racer has, again, made me consider watching the film. I saw it for £5 on blu-ray the other day and was again, very close, to purchasing it... but decided not too. I know I will eventually satisfy this inevitable viewing of the Wachowski's follow-up to The Matrix trilogy.

Sebastian at Films From The Supermassive Hole states "Now, I may be alone on this, but I think the original Scream is absolutely brilliant"... Sebastian, you ain't alone, everyone knows Scream is better than all the sequels that followed it. Now, I may be alone on this, but you should read his review of Scream 4...

A friend of mine gave up beer for lent. It is nothing to do with Film, but is impressive at any rate. Well done Sir, we salute you. I think everyone should meander to his blog and tell him how great that achievement is!

Finally, Rory at Above the Line always reviews film in depth and always has something facsinating to say. His latest review of Four Lions, is incredibly well written and, I tell thee, you should throw some LAMMY nom's his way!

Across the Blogosphere...

Its been a long time since I have written a linkage post. Since the finish of the podcast, I have tried to ensure that the site is as accessible as possible. Those A-Z's continue, the Incredible Soundtrack's have reached their fourth post whilst a new Top 5 List was created through the recent spat of music-in-movies obsession begun by Anomalous Materials and his Desert Island 'Movie' CD's.

There has also been some recent passings in the death of Elizabth Taylor and Farley Granger. Interestingly enough, though Taylor is much more of an icon, I have seen more Farley Granger films in Strangers on a Train and Rope than the zero films I have seen with Taylor in. At any rate, the Hitchcock Geek discusses the passing of Granger whilst A Shround of Thoughts discusses the passing of Taylor.

Last year, Blog Cabins had a beast Ladies of the 80's Tournament and so, inevitably, he has followed this up with the Ladies of the 90's Tournament that is currently running. Its a strange beast these tournaments ...  pitting hotties against each other. Hot or Not. Reminds me of The Social Network and the first Fash Mash - "Left", "Left", "Left", "Right", "Left"...

The Dark of the Matinee is always celebrated across the Blog world - and with good reason - especially as he has written a pretty controversial post about Americanism in movies. I was halfway through writing a comment and my laptop shutdown so I never replied to his post. But I will do in due course... because he has got a point.

Finally, a friend of mine, Mark, wrote a great post pondering 'What If..' Ronald Reagan died from his wounds following the assasination attempt on his life. What has this got to do with films? Well, indeed the reason the assasinator attempted to kill Reagan was because he wanted the attention of Jodie Foster...