Posted in Horror on Oct 30th, 2007 6 Comments »
There can be no doubt about it: I am a colossal coward.
So I have only gradually come to appreciate the unconventional beauty of a well-made horror film.
Growing up, I studiously avoided the video nasties of the 80s. In my childish innocence, I took the lurid artwork on the videocassette as an accurate reflection of the […]
Posted in Animation, Children's films, Reviews on Oct 23rd, 2007 4 Comments »
People often come up to me and ask, “Milo, how is it you have such good taste?”.
Wearing my pinstriped cummerbund and orange jodhpurs, I look down at them through my pink tortoiseshell spectacles and reply,
“It’s a gift”.
One way or another, the Pixar films are all about gifted people, so I identified with them instantly.
Of course, […]
Posted in Blockbusters, Rant, Sequels on Oct 16th, 2007 10 Comments »
In the innocent days of my youth, I had little time for intangibles such as artistic quality.
For me, the worth of a film was directly related to how long it was. Any film that tipped over the two hour mark gained merit simply by virtue of the attention span it demanded of me to sit […]
Posted in New releases, Rant, World Cinema on Oct 9th, 2007 2 Comments »
As those who know me will attest, I am normally quite a calm person, but certain things make me fly into an uncontrollable rage.
The first of these is lupins. The other is the use of transliterated English words in the titles of Japanese films.
Let me explain what I mean.
A few days ago, I was adding […]