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Category Archives: Film/TV
Weeknotes: Where the Wild Things Are, Neil Gaiman
I’ve finally started re-reading and re-writing my book with a little more earnest this week. I’ve was merrily putting it off and then just knuckled down and began. There is a definite art in trying not to melt through the … Continue reading
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Weeknotes: Seeing Alice flashforward
It has mainly been a visual sort of week. I saw the FlashForward finale which I’m sure was thought of as “in which we seriously screw the pooch”. What might have been an interesting high concept series musing on multiple … Continue reading
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A Preest, meanwhile, imagines Franklyn
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 … Continue reading
The celluloid yellow brick road turns 70
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 … Continue reading
A bad hobbit…
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 … Continue reading
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Times on nonsense in children’s TV
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 … Continue reading
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Twilight on the world
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 … Continue reading
No more Northern Lights films yet?
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 … Continue reading
Pastoral passions in Disney
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. … Continue reading
Neil Gaiman’s Coraline sneak peak trailer
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 … Continue reading