I’ve been putting this off for a while, mostly because I’m a slacker but partly because I’ve been trying to find the best way to say this. Rather than beat around the bush by talking about how A Constant Visual Feast is my baby– which it is– I’ll just say outright that production here is going … Continue reading
This all seems awfully familiar: it’s December, and a big-scale fantasy epic based on one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s essential landmark novels has been adapted to the screen by the man who directed Dead Alive. Forget that we’re trekking back to Middle Earth, the arrival of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is itself a return to a status quo … Continue reading
Walking out of Lincoln, you may be struck at the revelation that Honest Abe had a pretty consistent comedic streak running through him. Would you believe that Spielberg’s biopic on one of the US’s greatest leaders happens to be one of the best comedies of 2012? I’m being dishonest, naturally; Lincoln, mired in a bloody stage … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 