Scotty Newton - All Round Entertainer

THE 2015 FILM AWARDS Well here it is folks, the awards that really matter. The most prestigious and exclusive awards of my entire street. These are my favourite films of 2015 and their messy counterparts, the biggest flops.To top things off you can see how I got on with last year’s predictions as well as my predictions for 2016. TOP FILM OF THE YEAR WHIPLASH Stand out performances and intriguing character motives all create the most tense and interesting film of the year. The question asked here is 'how far would you go for greatness?' and luckily Whiplash goes all the way. Runners Up- Birdman Inside Out Ex Machina Bridge of Spies BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT FANT4STIC Although expectations weren't high, it's still incredible that something this disjointed and boring was allowed to be shown in cinemas. Watching 2 hours of Cillit Bang commercials with Barry Scott is a much better use of your time. Runners Up- Terminator Genisy...

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Film of the Year 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier is both a saviour and a fatal destroyer to the comic book movie. A film that got audiences thinking ‘actually Captain America isn’t the lamest Avenger’ and being so critically and commercially well received that people can finally forget that The First Avenger ever happened.   Excellent direction, more twists than a game of twister and a villain who nearly raises to Joker-level iconicness. Robert Redford and Anthony Mackie are excellent additions to the cast with Sam Jackson, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson all raising their game beyond anything else we’ve seen of them in the MCU.   Seriously exciting to watch action scenes with great choreography and sound editing in particular. However, this movie did so well, at least partly, because in a time when people are beginning to tire of comic book super hero films, it presented itself as a political thriller, with some ...

Transformers: Age of Extinction Worst Film of the Year 2014             You may have realised that I am the champion of ‘bad’ movies. I even go back to my blu ray boxset of the Transformers trilogy and actually enjoy myself while watching it. I like Shia LaBoeuf, Jon Tuturro’s madness, the constant explosions and am not even worried by the ridiculous plots. I find them genuinely entertaining so I was first in line to see Michael Bay’s next attempt at assaulting my ears and eyes. And honestly, I wish I’d stayed in the line and not went into the screen. ...still more exciting than Transformers 4.            After having  initially refused to go back to Transformers after number two ( Revenge of the Fallen ), Bay openly criticised it, agreeing with his haters and saying he would right his mistakes and prove everyone wrong with number three ( Dark of the Moon ). ...

Lara Croft, The Latest Xbox Turncoat? Latest news in from Microsoft's Gamescom announcement is that 'Rise of the Tomb Raider', highly anticipated sequel to 2013's Tomb Raider reoobt from Square Enix and the first true 'next gen' Lara Croft experience, is that the game is coming Holiday 2015- Exclusively on Microsoft's Xbox One. -What?!- Lara never was a Playstation exclusive, as many believe Lara Croft, who made her debut on Playstation consoles and was a flagship title for Sony during the Playstation one and Playstation Two era, with titles such as Tomb Raider 1-3, Revelations and the less well received The Angel of Darkness on PS2, has flirted with other consoles before and was never a true Sony exclusive, as many fans believe. The original Tomb Raider title was released on Saturn at the same time as PSX, then she had a fling with the Dreamcast and then after a brief exclusive PS2 relationship, she joined in an open relationship with t...

You may be thinking 'Wow, you still run this blog?' Or 'Wow I haven't disagreed with you about a movie in a while' Or even just 'I miss hearing about the life of an All Round Entertainer.' But have no fear, for I'm back and maaaaaaaannnnnn are there alot of crazy updates coming your way including LOADS of movie reviews LOADS of artwork (I've still been drawing, just not posting) NEW collaboration NEW full-time NEW freelance jobs MORE Guess the Sketches MORE films UPDATES to the website PROJECT 250 and much, much more. And so without further ado, allow me to proceed onto first on the list. The Superman reboot, Man of Steel . Reboot of Steel? What were they thinking with the Superman Reboot?! Admittedly it's been over a month since I last viewed Man Of Steel but I'll see what I can remember... OK so everything needs a dark, brooding reboot these days. It's an unwritten rule. Everything has to be ...

Issues of Trust- The Definitive Mafia Short Film. That's right folks, it's finally finished! This is a short 6 minute film that a few of the guys and girls from Uni have been cooking up over the last while. It will be appearing in the April Film Devour festival in Belfast so stay tuned for more details. Issues of Trust is about... well issues of trust! Tony Valcone, head of a mafia family has called an emergency meeting in order to 'reshuffle' the positions within his crime family business. Here's the official poster I made when we announced the film The film stars local legends Chris Heath and Joel Mulhern and was directed by Chris Madden. Behind the scenes were me, planning and setting up the lighting and pre vis-ing the shots, Eoin Feighan on camera, Amanda Bowes recording the sound and Chris Madden editing the final piece. We had a few problems with the sound, as in the room next to the one we hired out were music and drama lessons all day, alon...

People ask me 'What is your job?' and 'What are you going to do  when you grow up/graduate? Well at the moment I'm a *Part Time Graphic Designer *Part Time Comic Book artist *Part time Filmmaker *Part TIme Web Designer *Part Time Music (piano, guitar and drums) Tutor *Enthusiast Movie Reviewer *All Round Entertainer But the last few months my portfolio's really been coming on a lot (hence my lack of blog activity) and it's time for an update. So being Bond's graphic designer has meant that I've been doing the small things, such as their job adverts and here's the first of things that I've designed for them that I've actually came across in use. (The website and mobile site hasn't been programmed yet and therefore isn't active yet) It's a nice simple job vacancies advert in the Belfast Telegraph. Simple, but hopefully effective! I've just finished working as assistant Graphic ...