VOTE NOW FOR YOUR FAVOURITE MOVIE BLOG AT TOTALFILM.COM
To celebrate the diversity of film writing from around the web, Total Film launches its inaugural Movie Blog Awards today. The Total Film team have compiled a list of their favourite independent blogs and categorised them into genres that visitors to TotalFilm.com can vote on.
Blogs have become part of daily life for tech-savvy film fans out there and some of the bigger and longer running blogs have established themselves as trusted destinations for up-to-theminute
film news and gossip. The nominations for the first annual Movie Blog Awards
features a cross section of blogs of all genres and sizes. Mainstream blogs including Perez Hilton, SlashFilm, Hollywood Daily and The Movie Blog sit alongside the more obscure blogs such as Cult Trailers, OMG Horror and I Love Korean Movies among others.
The categories and nominations for the inaugural Total Film Movie Blog Awards are as
follows:
1. Majors – the big blogs of the film world
SlashFilm
The Movie Blog
Screen Rant
First Showing
Twitch
2. Fan – blogs about one film or franchise
The Hobbit Movie
Transformers Live
Twilight Movie News
Trek Movie
3. Horror – blogs about horror movies
Hammer and Beyond
Fatally Yours
OMG Horror
Horror Movies Blog
The Vault Of Horror
4. Cult – the best of cult movies
Cult Trailers
Cult Sirens
House of Self-Indulgence
Criterion Contraption
Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies
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5. World / Indie – blogs about non-Hollywood fare
I Love Korean Movie
LoveAsianCinema
European Films
Like Anna Karina’s Sweater
Movie City Indie
6. Hollywood – The latest news and gossip from Hollywood
Hollywood Daily
Women And Hollywood
Perez Hilton
With more and more blogs and sites appearing every week, the Total Film Movie Blog
Awards are a fantastic opportunity to showcase the variety of film genres and expose film fans to new and exciting film websites that they may not normally encounter. The sites that have been nominated are at the forefront of movie news, gossip and reporting and represent some of the brightest new talent in film journalism. Voting in the inaugural Total Film Movie Blog Awards will close on January 25 2009 and the winners will be announced through TotalFilm.com on January 26 2009. Have your say now. Vote for your favouritemovie blog.
TO VOTE GO TO http://www.totalfilm.com/features/total-film-blogs-awards-2009
Melanie Ward
Film Sub-Editor 2008/2009
Monday 12 January 2009
Thursday 8 January 2009
Max Payne
MAX PAYNE (15)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris
Directed by: John Moore
Released: 14/11/2008
...is literally that . . . a pain! Walking out of the cinema, I was questioning whether I would rather break my leg and suffer excruciating physical pain or be forced to watch Max Payne again... I’d happily take the cast.
I think out of all of the reviews I have read about this film, two were positive towards this shambles of cinematic viewing. Mark “Marky-Mark” Wahlberg plays ex-homicide cop, Payne, whose wife and child were brutally murdered and ever since he has been seeking vengeance and knowledge. Everyone who seems to be a lead is either a liar or meets an unfortunate end. Be careful who you trust?
Based on a very popular selling video game, on paper this film had a lot of promise. A huge fan base already existed due to the game so a lot of great things could have happened – but didn’t. Firstly, the script is completely dire and the acting (particularly from Mila Kunis – last seen in Forgetting Sarah Marshall) is worthy of a Razzie. Move over Lindsay Lohan! As for the plot, it should have stuck to the console. The film relies way too much on atmosphere and whilst attempting to copy the beautiful and clever style of Sin City it manages to overuse the one thing it has going for it – the cinematography. The entire film is set in dark and seedy areas with snow constantly falling. Sound familiar?
The actions sequences are average, it annoyed me that the film is nowhere near as exciting as it should have been. Granted, Payne is not a superhero; but nor is Batman and look how high The Dark Knight raised the bar for its genre this past summer! I wanted this to be good. I kept lying to myself and saying it would get better any minute… sadly, just like Payne’s predicament I was living in denial without a clue.
Amy V Gathercole
Editor
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