Persepolis (review)
Apes the style of Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel of the same name, with its scratchboard vitality and black-and-white insistence.
Year: 2008
watch it: “Doctor Who buying a Tardis wardrobe from Harveys”
I wondered when the Doctor had ever put together a flat-pack wardrobe… (Technorati tags: Doctor Who, TARDIS, wardrobe)
High School Musical 2 (review)
I will admit to a certain curiosity about the Disney tween phenomenon, and I will admit that my first look at it left me far more charmed that I had expected to be.
Casting About (review)
Here’s a side of the filmmaking process that even serious cinephiles — the fans who listen to DVD commentary tracks and read scripts and dissect directors’ intentions — never get to see…
movie-ku #121
What is a movie? Is it about the image? Or the emotion?
what the ‘Cloverfield’ monster could be…
Paramount is keeping a tight lid on the secret of what, exactly, is rampaging through Manhattan in the new monster movie Cloverfield, opening on Friday. Needless to say, I’ve got a few ideas: • a giant pigeon made super-ginormous by genetically engineered breadcrumbs • the bloated ego of Donald Trump • the psychic manifestation of … more…
James McAvoy and screenwriter Christopher Hampton on ‘Atonement’’s Dunkirk tracking shot
Atonement is an astonishing movie in many ways, one of which is the amazing tracking shot on the beach at Dunkirk, one uncut five-and-a half-minute take as British soldier Robbie Turner takes in the horror and anarchy of the retreat from the Continent of his countrymen. I can’t top Jake Coyle of The Associated Press, … more…
movie-ku #120
When does wonder close? And the critic’s eye open? My wish: that it won’t
watch it: “Big Yellow Storage ‘Tide’ TV advert”
Yes, it’s an ad, but it’s clever: (Technorati tags: Big Yellow Storage Tide TV advert)
‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ blogging: “Pilot”/“Gnothi Seauton”
So now we know: forget Terminator III. Everything that happened in Terminator III doesn’t count. Until Terminator IV, of course, which will follow on from the events of III. But till then, consider the future changed. Just not changed enough. These two debut episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — the pilot and “Gnothi … more…
