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 | 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 | Nov 20, 2007 | Comment, Gadgets, Kindle, Neil Gaiman, technology, Thoughts
Amazon have released the Kindle reigniting the debate over the future of the book pulling in comments from many people such as John Scalzi over at Whatever and Paul Raven over at Velcro City. Meanwhile Neil Gaiman’s got in on the action, you can check out his...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 8, 2007 | Fiction, Free Online Fiction, Neil Gaiman, Not Friday Flash Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Writing
Last week I tried to be organised and to write my Friday Flash Fiction before Friday. And I did. I also then forgot it, having been none to impressed with it in the first place, and so I had to write a brand new one that became “A Bit of a Pickle”. Anyway...