So, we have Tim Burton covering Lewis Carroll with ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Then there’s Spike Jonze putting a spin on Maurice Sendak’s WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. Think that’s it for auteurs covering children’s literature? think again. Here’s Wes Anderson giving the world another dose of Roald Dahl (author of James and The Giant Peach…
Talking Book (Top Five Book-to-Film Adaptations)
I end off my top weekly top fives the same way every time – by asking for other people’s additions to the topic at hand, and a call to suggest another top five. Well, lo and behold after almost two years of blogging, someone has finally suggested a five. This one goes out to my…
FUNNY PEOPLE
Here’s the problem with titling your movie FUNNY PEOPLE – you’re almost daring people not to laugh at it.
Everybody’s Talkin’ 8-2 (Chatter from Fellow Bloggers)
Its a long weekend again here in Canada, which gives us lots of time to get out and enjoy some sunshine…catch up on things around the house…and, y’know, not blog! Works out nicely since I don’t have a whole lot to write about today anyhow, though a matinee of FUNNY PEOPLE should go a long…
Life in Cartoon Motion
Today, I feel like this…
What a Day That Was
I’m trying to decide what it was about last night’s free showing of STOP MAKING SENSE that has turned it into one of the best nights out at the movies I’ve ever taken part in. It could be the way the “Psycho Killer” opening was momentarily drowned out by a passing Porter Airlines Q400. I…
Tomorrow Never Knows (TRON LEGACY Teaser)
It’s interesting. On one hand, we’re given movies that already have entire trilogies in development…they’re just waiting to be greenlit by a mondo opening weekend. On the other hand, there are movies where entire generations go by before a sequel is curiously unleashed on the unexpecting. In that vein, here’s a look at TRON: LEGACY…which…