I’ve just watched Gerald McMorrow’s debut sf film, Franklyn, which I wanted to see when it came out by it appears to have by passed Oxford. It is an extension of an earlier short film, Thespian X, which featured the suicide attempt video. The film shows four characters – Preest (David), Emilia (Sally), Milo and [...]
Emma Brockes has an article on the Guardian’s film section about the film of the Wizard of Oz which turns 70 this year. I’ve got to admit that the film has always slightly concerned me so I’ve sort of avoided it for years. I hadn’t appreciated the difficulty in bringing it to the screen but [...]
It appears from WENN via Yahoo News that the Hobbit may feature some of the Hobbits from Lord of the Rings, despite Bilbo being the only one who does so in the books. I really hope it isn’t true but I’m not holding my breath.
The Times has a great article on the need for lunacy in children’s TV and a brief history of nonsense in children’s literature focussing on Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. Derived from the sad news of Oliver Postgate’s death, it is reminder that we seem to be running short of good lunatics.
Terrence Rafferty in the New York Times has an article on the forthcoming film of Twilight (Twilight movie site with trailer). As he ends:
“What that means, maybe, is that the world of “Twilight” is one where incoming calls from the real world can rarely be heard with any clarity in a fantasy universe of perpetual [...]
The Independent is running a story which casts doubts on the films of the Northern Lights trilogy currently being finished due to Christian protests which affected box office takings in the US.
Whilst part of me is curious about the takings affecting future plans, I wonder if it is the subject matter of the books, Chris [...]
The New York Times book review has a piece on The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation (Amazon UK) which discusses the pastoralist view of nature presented (think Bambi which outraged hunters in 1942 on its release) in its films.
Disney does sentimentalise the children’s stories that it creates and arguably always has done. The [...]
OMG, Neil Gaiman’s got a sneaky trailer of the Henry Selick’s animation of Coraline. It looks absolutely fab (its short though) and reminds me a little of Tim Burton’s animation style or Jan Svankmajer. Coraline is one of my all time favourite books and I cannot wait.
The BBC show on Mervyn Peake has just been out forward to March 5th according the Sebastian Peake’s blog.
Holly Black has set up a thread on her Livejournal for the Spiderwick Chronicles film.