by Neil | Jan 17, 2008 | Entertainment, Film, Horror, Movies, Review, Richard Matheson, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Wil Smith
Hmmm. I finally got round to seeing the recent film adaption of I Am Legend starring Will Smith. I have to admit I was nervous as to what Hollywood had done to one of my favourite books, I’d avoided other, earlier, adaptions for that reason. And quite...by Neil | Jan 6, 2008 | Entertainment, Film, Movies, Review
Having spent the morning in a field following G round as she took pictures and taking one of my own (see below), I decided to spend a chunk of the afternoon watching one of my Christmas presents: The History Boys. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, starring the ever...by Neil | Dec 24, 2007 | Comedy, Ed Hartwell, Entertainment, Film, Fun, humor, Humour, Indie, Random, Video
This video made me smile. I got sent this courtesy of my alumni mailing list. The animator, Ed Hartwell, graduated the year after me, that’s all I really know about him – you can check his site out here. Enjoy:...by Neil | Dec 16, 2007 | Dave Mckean, Entertainment, Film, MirrorMask, Movies, Neil Gaiman, Review, Seemed like a good idea at the time
My sister, S, was visiting this weekend. And very kindly brought her copy of MirrorMask up for me to watch. The plan had been to watch it on Saturday evening after an afternoon spent with a collection of my old school friends. Plans went a bit awry after I sampled one...by Neil | Dec 15, 2007 | Beowulf, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Neil Gaiman, Review, Robert Zemeckis
Ok, now I get it. Constant readers will recall that I saw Beowulf a few weeks ago and that I was not all that impressed. I thumped my animation bible, cursing motion capture as the work of the devil. Which makes this kind of embarrassing because last night I saw...by Neil | Dec 9, 2007 | Entertainment, Film, Movies, Northern Lights, Philip Pullman, Review, The Golden Compass
Let’s be clear: translating a book to the screen is hard, really hard and it shouldn’t be underestimated. Things you can get away with in a book you simply can’t on film for a range of reasons. It’s not the same medium, you have less time and,...