You know what would really help you over humpday? A dash of Disney… Bitta Avenger’s anyone? Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon, “Marvel Avengers Assemble” is based on the Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963. It’s not here until April 26th but here’s a wee tease…
Last year, Scarlett Johansson surprised a lot of people when she released her album of Tom Waits songs, not least of all me. I loved the album, Anywhere I Lay My Head – her smoky voice perfectly suited Waits tunes. Produced by Dave Sitek and with backing from Bowie, the album featured some of my most listened to tracks from last year. Her follow up, released last month, is a collection of original songs written by and recorded with Pete Yorn, called The Break Up Album and this theme runs right through it – misery, anger, loss and disappointment punctuate an album of reasonable tracks. The opening track is perhaps unfortunately the best track on the album. That’s not to take from the pleasantness of some of the other songs, but none of them reach the perfect sound of Relator.
I‘m still reeling from the possibility that there could be a Buffy movie without Joss Whedon. Argh!!! Did you know…it was 32 years ago yesterday that Star Wars was released? May 25th 1977 saw the release of the George Lucas’s massive movie franchise in just 32 cinemas. It went on to be huge of course, but it’s initial release was without much fanfare. Were you around to catch it in the cinema, or (like me) did you watch it on VHS in the late eighties? And do you remember Flight of the Navigator? That was another slow burner in the cinemas that did big business on video. Well, they’re remaking it - yup, the bastards are fiddling with my inner child. Check out the trailer for the original about a 12-year-old kid snatched by an alien spaceship in 1978, only to crop up eight years later with zero memory of … There’s more
