Owen Wilson - suicide attempt!

Los Angeles police have confirmed actor Owen Wilson did try to kill himself at his Californian home on Sunday. The 38-year-old Wedding Crashers star was taken by ambulance from his Santa Monica property to the emergency room at the nearby St. John's Hospital at midday on Sunday. Reports immediately began circulating that Wilson had cut his wrists and taken pills in an attempt to end his life. He was reportedly found found by older brother Andrew, who called the authorities. And now the Santa Monica Police Department's Calls For Service report - obtained by U.S. news show Extra - lists the reason for the emergency 911 call to Wilson's address as an "attempted suicide." The phone call was received by authorities at 12:08pm on Sunday and "cleared" nearly five hours later at 5:07pm. Wilson made no mention of the controversy in a statement he released on Monday: "I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time." The actor's family was seen at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was reportedly transferred to, on Sunday night. A hospital spokesman reported Wilson to be in a "good condition" on Monday.

(pinched from IMDb.com)

Get well soon dude!

The 3D 3rd Movie Law

Remember back in the day when a third film of a (successful or not) franchise came out it would sometimes be shot in 3D? It must have been an early eighties thing although 3D movies have been around almost as long as the regular kind (the first was made in 1922, 'The Power of Love').

'Amityville 3-D' and 'Jaws 3-D' instantly spring to mind (for some strange reason) as third 3D movies.

Anyway, whilst bored and out of my mind at work I was thinking, what if it was the law to shoot every third film in 3D. Any genre, any time period just as long as it's the third film the law would apply.

Just imagine it...


Godfather Part III : In 3D!

That's about as far as I got with the idea but go and think about it for yourselves, it could have been pretty awesome!

The Dark Knight (2008)

Here's the most recent picture released for the forthcoming Batman movie, The Dark Knight.

Superman : Doomsday (2007)

Here's a trailer for a new Warner Bros. (straight to DVD) animated feature. I wouldn't mind seeing this, its the really famous story about the death of Superman!

Here's the official website.

Rush Hour 3 (2007)

It was my birthday yesterday, I fancied watching a light hearted movie so ended up watching this film.

I've since read some really bad reviews about Rush Hour 3 but ask yourself this; What do you really expect from a Rush Hour movie? If you have a problem with Chris Tucker why are you watching this (you do realise he's still in it!)? The film series is based around two different police officers working together from different countries, did you think that would have changed for the third installment?



I thoroughly enjoyed this film having liked the previous two. It follows the same formula and has some very predictable moments but the journey through the film was very fun and entertaining.

Some of the laugh out loud moments include an interrogation scene at the hospital with a French speaking member of the Triads. Neither Jackie Chan or Chris Tucker can understand a word of French and the suspect they're interrogating cannot understand English/Chinese so they ask if someone can translate for them. The only person that can speak French happens to be a nun. The Triad member starts off by calling Tucker the 'N' word (which the nun refers to). The scene ends up with the nun translating everyone swearing at each other, it was really funny!

The action sequences were as sharp as ever with the awesome Jackie Chan proving he can still do it. Even Tucker tries his hand at some Wu-Shu. There's some decent car chases and the final battle on the Eiffel Tower was really cool. Watch the end credits, you'll be treated to a Smokey & the Bandit style of outtakes (minus Burt Reynolds of course!).

The eye candy award would definitely go to the gorgeous Noémie Lenoir, I've not seen her in anything before but will certainly look out for her in the future.


Oh yeah, the Lalo Schifrin score is still there and sounding brilliant. For anyone who's not familiar with Schifrin's work he's created a tonne of movie soundtracks including the theme to the Steve McQueen movie 'Bullitt', the score for 'Enter The Dragon' (one of my most favorite Kung-Fu movies ever) and most famously the 'Mission Impossible' theme (among many many others).

Iron Man (2008)

I'm really looking forward to this comic book adaption of Iron Man, thats partly to do with the great images released showing the suit in all its glory and also that Robert Downey Jr. (I'll call him RDJ for short) is playing the lead.


I love the quirky characters he has played in previous films such as the hilarious 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' and the strange but interesting 'A Scanner Darkly'. The self narrating, fast talking, semi-crazy missfits that I expect mirror certain aspects of RDJ's personal yet very public life. I hope in Iron Man he'll play a similar type of character.

This film is being directed by former 'Swingers' actor turned director Jon Favreau who already has a few films (Zathura & Elf) under his belt (non of which I've seen though). It'll be interesting to see what he can do with this movie, can he turn it into the new big franchise to take over from Spider-Man?

I'm sure a teaser trailer will become available soon so watch this space.