I’ll be honest, I never intended to write anything about the Oscars, but I find that I can’t help posting at least once on the subject since films I actually enjoyed have been nominated this year (I won’t gripe about the absence of Moon…not in this post, at least). I read a rather interesting article […]
Cinema
A hand drawn Disney film? It can’t be!
I just posted the first instalment of my new web serial over at my new blog, Tales from Vertigo City. Go follow the blog, or subscribe, and you’ll get a new instalment every week! In other news, I went to see The Princess and the Frog today. I bet you didn’t guess that I’m a Disney fan, […]
Apocalypse
On 5 February, I wrote an entry about the power of books, inspired by The Book of Eli. Today I want to write about something else, inspired by the same film – the post-apocalyptic trend in fiction. Back on 21 January, I wrote an entry about The Road. Films often reflect the world or society […]
The Power of Books
Being as I am a fan of both Gary Oldman and Denzel Washington, I went to see The Book of Eli on Wednesday. Before going in, I knew nothing about the film, and had few expectations, but I wasn’t quite expecting what I saw. For those who have yet to see the film, the basic […]
We’re on The Road to nowhere…
Let me get this out of the way before I get to the meatiest part of my post. The Road is a very beautifully-shot, gorgeous film, and I can’t fault its cinematography. However, it feels to me like it’s related to one of those vapid bimbos that you come across from time to time – […]
To CGI, or not CGI…don’t make the Phantom Menace mistake
Celebrated sci-fi author China Mieville has written this post for The Wall Street Journal to explain just why CGI is rotting sci fi cinema from the inside. For the most part, I’m only too happy to agree with him. If you ever read my post about Pixar, you’ll know that I like CGI only if […]
