In Defence Of… Howard The Duck (AKA Howard: A New Breed of Hero)
There are fewer sentences one anticipated having to write when founding Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second than “Damon Carter attempts a defence of Howard The Duck”. Let us know what you think in the comments section. With the widespread critical acclaim that Marvel’s latest and most ambitious movie adaptation The Avengers has achieved … Read more
In Defence Of… Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom
In this latest edition of In Defence Of Damon Carter turns his attention to the Indiana Jones series, but not the film you might expect… Anything goes. If ever an opening to a movie can be an indication of what is to follow then Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom is as … Read more
In Defence Of… Back To The Future Part 2
In this instalment of In Defence Of Damon Carter continues on with the Michael J. Fox trend, and takes a look at Robert Zemeckis’s Back To The Future Part 2. “There’s something very familiar about all this” – old Biff Tannen. With the success of 1985 time travelling comedy hit Back To The Future, … Read more
In Defence Of… Teen Wolf
Damon Carter returns with his continuing adventures of the In-Defence Of kind. In this instalment Damon takes a look at Teen Wolf. Whilst flicking through Britain’s top selling film magazine a couple of months ago I discovered two things: Firstly that one of my most loved childhood movies was now available on Blu-Ray, and secondly, that … Read more
In Defence Of… Crash : The Worst Best Picture Winner
In the second of todays alternative Oscars columns, Damon Carter, a far braver man than you or I, attempts to defend that most heinous of crimes, Paul Haggis’s Crash. “In L.A., nobody touches you. We’re always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, … Read more
In Defence Of… Point Break
Damon Carter returns with his continuing adventures of the In-Defence Of kind. In this instalment Damon takes a look at Kathryn Bigelow’s Point Break. “The plot of Point Blank invites parody” Roger Ebert – Chicago Sun Times That invitation was taken up directly by Messrs Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in the 2007 hit … Read more
In Defence Of… Forrest Gump
Today we welcome back new contributor Damon Carter, with his continuing adventures of the In-Defence Of kind. In this instalment Damon takes on a film considered by many to be the responsible for one of the all-time great Oscar injustices, Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump… What’s your favourite film of 1994? Not an easy question I know. … Read more
In Defence Of… Love Actually
“In Defence of Love Actually” are five words I never thought we’d see on Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second. As ’tis the season Hope Lies newest contributor, Damon Carter tells us why it’s time for Richard Curtis’ tale of chance and circumstance to be reevaluated. Feel free to agree or disagree in the … Read more
In Defence Of… Punch-Drunk Love
Following a couple of weeks hiatus, ‘In Defence Of…’ returns, and “stronger than anything you can imagine”, to paraphrase the protagonist of the film under scrutiny. To mark the rolling of cameras on the set of Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, I thought I’d take a look at the directors lowest considered film, 2002’s Punch-Drunk … Read more
In Defence Of…The Happening
This week, Edwin Davies reevaluates M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening. In Defence Of… is concerned with, as far as I understand it, standing up for films that are rarely, if ever championed. If we are to imagine that the internet is some sort of court, then the film is the defendant, and I am the defence … Read more
