Posted in Animation, Children's films, Reviews on Jan 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Like many of my generation, Martin Rosen’s Watership Down (1978) remains an indelible part of my formative years, second only to birth and pubescence in terms of its impact on my psyche.
It’s difficult to pin down exactly what elevates a cartoon about rabbits to one of the best children’s films even made, and what must […]
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 Animation, Children's films on Aug 7th, 2007 2 Comments »
I was hunched over my desk a few days ago, when I was disturbed by a sudden commotion.
I soon discovered the frenzied baying from my colleagues heralded the arrival of a complete set of the Studio Ghibli Collection at MovieMail Towers.
Ten minutes later, I emerged from the scrum, my clothes bloody and torn, my shirt […]
Posted in Adaptations, Children's films, Reviews on Jul 17th, 2007 6 Comments »
If they ever build a statue to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling (which is looking increasingly likely) then I hope that, when I die, they bring me back as a pigeon.
Now, Rowling may be the greatest authoress of the 21st century. I haven’t read any of the Harry Potter books, so I really wouldn’t know.
But […]