Articles Tagged Doug Liman

PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – 9th June

In this week’s Plato’s Cave the team discuss the Oscar-nominated Omar, Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow and John Pilger’s Utopia (DVD). With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah, Cerise Howard and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – 9th June Episode (.MP3)

PODCAST: ABC 774 – 6th June

This week on Friday Film I discuss the latest Tom Cruise-led blockbuster, The Edge of Tomorrow, and director Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson. Plus, talkback on ‘extra-terrestrial films’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

REVIEW: Jumper

“From the Visionary Director of The Bourne Identity”, so reads the promotional tagline on one of the pre-release posters for Doug Liman’s Jumper. Call it my unremitting critical cynicism but when it comes to ‘visionary directors’, the name Liman, seems strangely out of place with the likes of Welles, Hitchcock, Bergman, Kurosawa, Marker, or Fellini. […]