Posted in Animation, Reviews on May 30th, 2007 9 Comments »
Over the grey bank holiday weekend I watched Arthur and the Invisibles, Luc Besson’s part-animated children’s film, released in France as Arthur et les Minimoys. I think Minimoy sounds a lot cuter than Invisible, but that’s not the only part of the French version I wish they had carried over.
The story is pretty straightforward - […]
Posted in Documentary, Politics on May 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve had great affection for Michael Moore since I first saw his 1994 series, TV Nation. Produced by the BBC, it was funny, political, and it featured Crackers, the Corporate Crime-Fighting Chicken (a man in a giant chicken costume wearing a cape).
(”He can’t come in,” said the security guard at one corporate HQ, eyeing Crackers […]
Posted in Adaptations, Animation on May 16th, 2007 No Comments »
When I was growing up, my eager young mind was fertilised by two sets of books - Goscinny and Uderzo’s Asterix, and Herge’s Adventures of Tintin. My father had a habit of scouring local libraries for books that were withdrawn for being dogeared, chewed, crayoned or drooled upon, and I soon greedily amassed an near-complete […]
Posted in Horror, Reviews on May 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
There can be no question that Zombie movies are among the finest films ever made.
The lurching, ever massing menace of an army of undead, combined with the increasing claustraphobia and growing panic of the remaining survivors, is perfectly suited to the language of cinema.
(If only zombies had been in vogue back when F. W. Murnau […]
Posted in Adaptations, Reviews, Stage on May 1st, 2007 3 Comments »
Last night I was fortunate enough to see Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation of The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre in London. Someone had inadvertently left the fire-escape ajar, and there happened to be a seat free in the stalls, so I was able to shelter from the smoke and sweat of the streets for […]