ScreenScribe

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest: TV2, 7.30pm Saturday. The writing of this first sequel didn’t start until pre-production, which explains why the screenplay isn’t as shipshape as the spectacular special effects. Otherwise, it’s an even more rollicking mix of goofy gags and gung-ho derring-do in which barmy buccaneer Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) spars […]

Such are the vagaries of film and DVD distribution that Kiwis are getting the inferior Region A Blu-ray of The Ghost Writer instead of the Region B edition with more extras – even though NZ is a Region B territory. How so? The Roman Polanski thriller was distributed on Blu-ray by Summit in the US […]