A couple of weeks ago the Foo Fighters released their sixth studio album 'Wasting Light'. To promote the album the band also released this film of them performing the whole album live from the bands own Studio 606 complex.
You can buy Wasting Light from Amazon by clicking on the album cover -
2011 is turning out to be a pretty good year for quality cinema releases. Already Submarine has proved how great British films can be and Thor has kicked off the blockbuster season in spectacular fashion. Over the next few months we have a many more huge films to look forward to and this week has seen the release of yet more exciting trailers.
First up is Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2. The Harry Potter series has come a long was since the first film way back in 2001. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was such a great start to the series and for me has become one of the classic children's films. Since then the series has matured and developed with it's audience just like the books and is now about to conclude with what looks like a fittingly epic final film. I very much enjoyed Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Part 2 (although I wish it was actually being released at Christmas which for me is the perfect time for these Harry Potter films) can't arrive soon enough.
Next it's the latest and final trailer for X-Men: First Class. I've enjoyed all of Matthew Vaughn's previous film and his latest collaboration with screenwriter Jane Goldman looks likely to put the X-Men franchise back on track after a couple of disappointing outings. This trailer rams up the emotion, the poignancy, and amazing visuals this film is promising to deliver.
It would appear that 2011 will be the summer of the superheroes.
Okay so I admit it - I couldn't think of a suitable post title so this will have to do - but if you have suggestions for puntastic titles, please leave them in the comments below.
So this week it's a couple of trailers I quite like the look of. First up is the latest trailer for Iron Man director Jon Favreau's latest Cowboys and Aliens. The film stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde in the adaption of Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's 2006 Platinum Studios comic.
Next is the first official trailer for Rupert Wyatt's upcoming Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. Starring current hot property James Franco and featuring effects work, including all digital apes, by long time Peter Jackson collaborators WETA, this is looking to be an interesting take on the Apes mythology.
Finally just a quick mention for two films I hope you'll take the time to seek out at your local flea pit. Both will probably require some effort on your parts as they probably aren't getting the promotional push they deserve. First and most importantly I urge, plead, implore you to go and see Richard Ayoade's debut feature Submarine. This is a sublime piece of filmmaking and should be on your must see list. It's certainly one of my films of the year already.
Some nice animation appeared online this week - first up is an animated version of Tim Minchin's 9 minute beat poem 'Storm' - please note the audio on this is NSFW.
Credits - Written and performed by Tim Minchin. Directed and animated by DC Turner. Produced by Tracy King.
Next up is an animated prologue for the film Priest 3D, starring Maggie Q and Paul Bettany. The interesting thing about this is it's been done by one of my animation heroes - Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of Samurai Jack. Not sure about the live action film but this short animation is great.
I would rather see this made into a full length feature than the 3D tinkering we are getting. Enjoy.
