Posted in Lists on Nov 27th, 2007 No Comments »
A short while ago I was railing against the epic-isation of the summer blockbuster. The Peter Jacksonification of the mindless action movie. The two-and-a-half-hour-aramas that clog up our multiplexes.
Well, several readers came to my rescue with a short-list of short-films that are as sweet as they are brief.
So sit back, prime your stopwatches, and enjoy […]
Posted in Politics, Rant, Stage on Nov 20th, 2007 No Comments »
I am probably the most politically-correct person I know.
For example, I once spent hours agonising over a brief synopsis for The Singing Ringing Tree to ensure that I correctly distinguished between dwarfs and dwarves.
(for your information, the former are small humans; the latter, fantasy creatures. When we speak of being ‘plagued by evil dwarves’ we […]
Posted in Adaptations, Animation on Nov 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Last Friday, I was lucky enough to see Beowulf in 3D at the BFI Imax in London’s South Bank. Now, I have long been a fan of Beowulf ever since I came across a picture of Grendel in an illustrated book of monsters when I was a child.
It was, I can reveal, the scariest creature […]
Posted in Rant on Nov 6th, 2007 8 Comments »
It was horrible.
Steve Coogan’s giant, lopsided face loomed above me, leering hideously.
But no - this wasn’t some drug-addled night-time catastrophe!
I was sat in my local cinema, watching the opening scenes from Hot Fuzz, and the projectionist had failed to attach the anamorphic lens to the projector.
After, oooh, ten minutes or so (and after several members […]