I’m not entirely sure why, but I’ve wanted to see The Killer Inside Me for a few weeks now. I saw it had garnered a few decent reviews, and seeing as how serial killer films are something of a specialty for me (my undergraduate dissertation compared three of Hitchcock’s serial killers with that of contemporary […]
Cinema
The Cinema of Spectacle – Or Pure Escapism
I went to see Clash of the Titans on Saturday night, and I’m pleased to tell you that I actually really enjoyed it. Sure, it’s hardly Hamlet in terms of dialogue, and Sam Worthington proves yet again that his acting talents don’t stretch far beyond “thug with a heart” (but he’s so watchable, I’ll forgive […]
We Can Remake You
I’m not exactly famous for any ability at seeing the future, but I had an awful premonition the other day that Tim Burton would remake Mary Poppins. Unsurprisingly, my ghastly vision showed Helena Bonham Carter as the eponymous nanny, silly voice and mad hair included, and Johnny Depp (who else?) as lovable chimneysweep Bert. The […]
Shutter Island
I went to see Shutter Island at last today. I’ve never been the biggest fan of Martin Scorsese, but I am a fairly big Leo fan, so off I trotted to my local cinema to see if the so-called ‘Gothic thriller’ would live up to expectations. For the most part, it did. Set a thriller […]
And the Oscar goes to…
I’ll be honest, I never intended to write anything about the Oscars, but I find that I can’t help posting at least once on the subject since films I actually enjoyed have been nominated this year (I won’t gripe about the absence of Moon…not in this post, at least). I read a rather interesting article […]
A hand drawn Disney film? It can’t be!
I just posted the first instalment of my new web serial over at my new blog, Tales from Vertigo City. Go follow the blog, or subscribe, and you’ll get a new instalment every week! In other news, I went to see The Princess and the Frog today. I bet you didn’t guess that I’m a Disney fan, […]
