http://www.joescaramanga.co.uk/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:01:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Let's face it, most of us at one time or another have wanted to smash Dennis Waterman's face in. Whether it be not being as good as John Thaw in The Sweeney, not looking at all comfortable 'having a ruck' or 'pulling the birds' in Minder, or lisping his way ... http://www.joescaramanga.co.uk/blog/?p=34 NAKED SPACE VAMPIRES!!!!! Need I say more? Well, OK then. First a bit of history... Cannon films, run by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus (the "Go-Go Twins") had by the early 80s found itself a niche in mid-range trash, normally starring Charles Bronson or Chuck Norris. They had also invested heavily ... http://www.joescaramanga.co.uk/blog/?p=33 'Freedom is obedience, obedience is work, work is life'  Ozploitation is big business at the moment. Since the release last year of the excellent documentary Not Quite Hollywood, everyone and their dog has been jumping on the bandwagon and claiming that Brian Trenchard-Smith is an unacknowledged genius and Tony Ginnane movies ... http://www.joescaramanga.co.uk/blog/?p=32  With Hollywood seemingly on a mission to remake every single film of the past 30 years, it's nice to remember those more innocent times when smaller nations would shamelessly just rip-off the latest big budget blockbuster with little or no concern for international copyright law. Whilst the Turkish variants of Star ... http://www.joescaramanga.co.uk/blog/?p=31 If you find yourself watching a high school comedy (it could happen) and you can't decide if what you're watching is a medium-budget piece of Hollywood fluff, or a zero-budget, heartfelt indie film, there are some simples tests you can apply. (a) Is your main character a tall, attractive blonde, from ... http://www.joescaramanga.co.uk/blog/?p=29 "Impress me", M in Quantum of Solace I should really have reviewed QoS back in October when it opened, but due to a combination of the usual month-long Bondmania (where every TV presenter and z-list celebrity declares their undying passion for Bond but probably couldn't name one actor who's played ... http://www.joescaramanga.co.uk/blog/?p=28 The news yesterday of the death of Jade Goody had a rather numbing effect on me. every TV and radio channel was running regular 'reports' on it, and the fact it had been so long in coming made it feel like a relief from the past couple of months media ... http://www.joescaramanga.co.uk/blog/?p=27    It's tough following a big Oscar win. Cuba Gooding Jr decided that the best way was to appear in a succession of appalling 'comedies'; Halle Bery and Nicolas Cage went down the 'awful action movie' route; and most directors normally disappear up their own arse making impenetrable, pretentious drivel, in ... http://www.joescaramanga.co.uk/blog/?p=26 Doctor Wynn: ... For God's sake. He can't even drive a car! Doctor Loomis: Well he was doing very well LAST NIGHT! With that exchange of dialogue, John Carpenter probably best explains his motives with the superlative Halloween. Logic is so far out the window that it's on the next train ... http://www.joescaramanga.co.uk/blog/?p=25 Hooray! It's Friday the 13th and that can only mean one thing. Yes, it's the most pointless horror remake since... er... the last one, as Friday the 13th Redux hits screens to a chorus of shrugs from anyone over the age of 15. This particular remake has irked me more than ... http://www.joescaramanga.co.uk/blog/?p=22