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,...by Neil | Nov 27, 2007 | Beowulf, Crispin Glover, Entertainment, Film, Hal Duncan, Movies, Neil Gaiman, Ray Winstone, Review, Robert Zemeckis
Normally I post reviews within a few hours of having seen the film but I waited in the case of Beowulf. Why? I needed time to digest it, to consider what I thought and to wonder if I should in fact wait to see it in 3D before making a decision. I still plan to see it...by Neil | Oct 21, 2007 | Entertainment, Film, Movies, Neil Gaiman, Review
After months of waiting and jealously watching blogger after blogger go to see Stardust in the states it finally went on general release in the UK. Yesterday I finally got to see the movie. And it was wonderful. Most regular readers would expect me to say that. I am...by Neil | Oct 11, 2007 | Entertainment, Film, Guillermo del Toro, Movies, Pan's Labyrinth, Review
I finally got round to watching this after it sitting in a box in my house for months. It was well worth the wait. Mark Kermode called it the best film of 2006, I rarely agree with Mark but on this one he was dead right – it wasn’t just the best film of...