When ranting on the internet pays off…
Yesterday I had a bit of a rant. Part of that rant was aimed at Mark Kermode’s recent comments on Radio 5 Live about Pirates 4. Today I got an email from the BBC. And then a phone call. And now I’m going to Manchester on Friday to the Kermode and Mayo 10 year anniversary [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 11 so far )It’s that time of year again…
I’ve been a bit absent recently, and I thought I’d better write a quick post to warn you it’s only going to get worse. If you’re one of the eccentric individuals who has been reading this blog since the early days you will have heard me mention The Opera before. Well folks, it’s opera time [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Top 5 (Non-Disney) Animations
Following on from my post about childhood Disney memories, I thought I’d draw your attention to some non-Disney animations which are just as good, if not better, than some of the Disney standards. 5. Spirit A film about a horse, with next to no dialogue besides a voice over by Matt Damon. Not your standard [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 14 so far )Top 5 Original Movie Scores
Way back when this blog was just a baby I wrote a post about the importance of movie music and how I thought we should hold the film composers up against the classical masters. Continuing on that idea I thought I’d write a post about my 5 all time favourite pieces of movie music. I’m [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Top 5 Tear-jerkers
Carrying on with my Top 5 posts (an idea not even slightly nicked from Ross vs Ross) let’s look at those lump-in-the-throat moments we for some reason can’t get enough of. I am absolutely useless when it comes to crying at movies. In the right (wrong?) mood I will end up crying at the most [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Top 5 Magical Movie Moments
Yet another post inspired by channel hopping to films on TV. Back in October I told you about my Top 5 fight scenes, but today I want to get you thinking more generally about those moments that are just great pieces of cinema. The ones where the direction, the acting, the score, the cinematography, everything [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Public Enemies
I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while and, despite reading a bad reivew, was determined to see it on the day it came out. As it turns out, I caught a preview 2 days early. Public Enemies is effectively a typical ’30s gangster movie, but with the added bonus of it being [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
Following up on my Ramble about the genius of Tim Burton, I wanted to write another post about a director with an equally distinctive style, namely Baz Luhrmann. Over the last month I’ve watched 3 out of 4 of his major hit movies, all of them linked by his trademark fast pace cinematography and hyper [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )It’s a comedy: Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate’s daughter.
OK, this should be a quickie, since I have an exam tomorrow and am (clearly) not revising for it, but I wont be able to concentrate until I’ve blogged. (I think it’s becoming an obsession). Last night a rediscovered a film I hadn’t seen in ages and I wanted to remind you all of it [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Mozart, Beethoven, Bach…Williams?
OK, first, right click here, open in a new tab, press play, and then read while you listen. I wanted to add the track myself but it was the wrong file type and I’m not clever enough to convert it. Hopefully they’ll appreciate the hits. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll probably have noticed that [...]
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