Comments for Mine Was Taller

Comment on Sci Fi Day: Transformers by Ian W

Ian W — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:15:48 +0000

Well we’ve all got an 8 year old inside us and it’s good to let them out once in a while. Without that the likes of Iron Man and Hulk wouldn’t be half as exciting a prospect and Doctor Who wouldn’t be the success it has been since its return.

Comment on Sci Fi Day: Transformers by Tony Woolstencroft

Tony Woolstencroft — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:58:04 +0000

“robots are cool, big robots are even cooler and big robots fighting other big robots is uber-cool”

If you’re an 8 year old, maybe.

Comment on Boldly Going Where Mine Was Taller Has Never Gone Before by kevin

kevin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:49:59 +0000

hi ian
looks like u are going to have a fun day have a good scfi day say hi to Dipa from me

Comment on Horror Day: Inside by Tony Woolstencroft

Tony Woolstencroft — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:48:15 +0000

Can’t see what all the fuss is about with this film. After a promisingly atmospheric start, it becomes totally ludicrous and just degenerates into a deeply average splatterfest. Ridiculously over-hyped, this is a major disappointment. I wonder if it’s aiming for comedy? If so, maybe you have to be French to get the joke.

Comment on Horror Day: Brain Damage by Dan

Dan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:38:59 +0000

Didn’t I watch Brain Damage with you when I stayed over that time? I know we watched The Incredible Shrinking Man, and - I think - Shivers.

Comment on Comic Tales: Death Note by Mine Was Taller

Mine Was Taller — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:26:54 +0000

[...] sequel to the original Death Note picks up directly where the first film left off, no real surprise as the films were made at the [...]

Comment on Comic Tales: Fantastic Four by Jessica Alba Celebrity Gossip | Comic Tales: Fantastic Four

Jessica Alba Celebrity Gossip | Comic Tales: Fantastic Four — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:33:18 +0000

[...] First the misses - Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic and Jessica Alba as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman. Gruffudd lacks the presence for Reed Richards, the part calls for someone who can command the screen, whereas when Gruffudd’s … Source: Comic Tales: Fantastic Four [...]

Comment on Watching the Detectives: Kevin Costner is Eliot Ness in The Untouchables by Mine Was Taller

Mine Was Taller — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:09:55 +0000

[...] sex symbol, he’s always seemed far more suited to roles like the arrow straight Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (made the same year) than this or Bull Durham. Yet both films did very well for him at the box [...]

Comment on The Weekend Western: Valdez is Coming by Mine Was Taller

Mine Was Taller — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:40:51 +0000

[...] more a character actor. In the early ‘70s he gave us a trio of ageing western heroes, in Lawman, Valdez is Coming and Ulzana’s Raid, and all three have a world-weary quality to them. McIntosh is as much teacher [...]

Comment on The Friday Night Fright: Horror Express by Mine Was Taller

Mine Was Taller — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:38:57 +0000

[...] Eugenio Martín, who went on to make the Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee monster-on-a-train flick, Horror Express. Rather than the usual wide open vistas the film concentrates on one settlement, too small to [...]