The Green Hornet and Source Code

I posted Spike Jonze's latest here the other day and referred to him as one of my favourite and most influential directors. Two other people who also fall into that category are Duncan Jones and Michel Gondry. Both of whom have new films on the way.

Duncan Jones, director of one of my picks of last year 'Moon', is returning with 'Source Code' starring Jake Gyllenhaal. This first trailer appeared online this week and has me counting the days until release.

Then there is Michel Gondry and 'The Green Hornet'. I've loved all of Michel's previous film and television work, but 'The Green Hornet' has not had an easy journey to the screen. Hopefully this trailer will put people's mind at rest in the knowledge that Michel is going to deliver the goods with what looks to a great opener to the year of the superhero. 

Both films look fantastic and I can wait to see both on the big screen next year.

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Arcade Fire: The Suburbs

Arcade Fire and Spike Jonze, two of my favourite artists in their respective fields have been working together on a sci-fi themed short film.

The first fruits of this collaboration can be seen in this new music video for Arcade Fire's latest release The Suburbs.

Jonze's work continues to impress, I loved 'Where The Wild Things Are' and the internet short 'I'm Here' and this music video cements his place amongst the most influential filmmakers working in the industry today. 

Meanwhile Arcade Fire also continue to produce some of the finest music around and I cannot wait to see them live in Birmingham early next month.

 

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TRON: LEGACY Trailer 3

I was lucky enough to see 23 minutes of TRON:LEGACY at my local IMAX just over a week ago. I was impressed by what I saw and this latest trailer continues to build the excitement. 

I only hope that the story will deliver the goods as the visuals and music look and sound amazing, and I hope that having Jeff Bridges onboard will mean we are getting a worthy sequel.

December can't come soon enough.

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Space: 1999 Revisted

Back in the 70s when I was just 7 years old one of my absolute favourite TV shows was Gerry Anderson's Space: 1999. It was pre Star Wars so for a sci-fi obsessed kid this was a weekly dose of heaven. One of my all time favourite Christmas Day's was the one that saw Father Christmas deliver not one but two Dinky Eagle Transporters to the bottom of my bed. Many happy hours were spent reenacting space battles over Moonbase Alpha.

Although the show only lasted two series, with the second much inferior to the first, I've always had a soft spot for the show and have often considered picking it up on DVD. But now Network DVD are releasing a digitally restored version with crisp new High Definition transfers on Blu Ray. Along with a host of special features this could well be the home edition I've been waiting for.

If you've never seen the show before here's a taste - a trailer for the Blu Ray edition.

And did I forget to mention the series also featured one of the best opening themes of all time.

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