Articles by James Keast

King Kong: Deluxe Special Edition

Peter Jackson

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

Like he did with all three The Lord of the Rings films, Peter Jackson presents an extended version of his King Kong update, and like LOTR,...

Space Odd-yssey

GRAPHIC NOVEL

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2007

Every movie becomes a book, usually a paperback cheapie. Occasionally they become graphic novels, but rarely are they definitive alternate...

Alias: The Complete Fifth Season

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2007

It is to the benefit of future TV viewers — particularly of popular serialised dramas like Lost (more on that later) — that spy drama Alias...

The Departed

Martin Scorsese

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2006

With one of his most powerhouse casts, some brilliant performances and a fascinating take on a Hong Kong classic, Martin Scorsese’s The Dep...

My Name Is Earl: Season One

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

There almost wasn’t a moustache; without it, there would be no show. Perhaps that’s an exaggeration but the My Name Is Earl creators prevai...

Thank You For Smoking

Jason Reitman

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

It’s an outrageous gambit - to make a tobacco lobbyist (In the Company of Men’s Aaron Eckhhart) the hero, a Vermont senator (William H. Mac...

Feeding Time

COMIC

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

It’s been over a decade since director David Fincher dropped his sintastic Se7en; now Zenescope Comics is launching a seven-part limited se...

A Bad Man By Any Name

Stagger Lee's Fascinating Journey Into Myth

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

That he was a bad, bad man, no one disputes — not Woody Guthrie, not Fats Domino, nor Ike and Tina Turner, Dr. John or Neil Diamond. They c...