CHRIS: The Muppet Christmas Carol (Henson, US, 1992)
Ah, the festive season, with its fine traditions: waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve, realising he’s never going to appear, so you’ll have to do all the wrapping yourself while […]
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Woodython Five (10): Sound and Vision
(Woody’) talent as a scorer of movies is widely overlooked, or is so taken for granted that it passes unremarked upon. Music is such an integral part of Woody’s presentation […]
CHRIS: The Mission (Joffé, UK, 1986)
The opening scene of THE MISSION is one of those moments that are often described as ‘iconic’, like “you talkin’ to me” or Marilyn’s frock blowing up. It features a priest strapped […]
Starburst Memories: Revenge of the Jedi
Dom Dirk has added RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983) to his alternative 100, so I have delved into the archive at Dirk Towers to explore some of the points that he […]
Starburst Memories: Excalibur Poster Magazine
Call off the search, for the Holy Grail has been found, on ebay. The first Starburst Memories feature was about my false memory of a Starburst magazine feature on EXCALIBUR. […]
Woodython Five (9): Woody’s Women
There are two enduring cliches that appear in reviews of Woody’s output. The first has peppered critique at various points over the past twenty years: “a return to form”. Its […]
Desert Island Films #89 – The Dirk Malcolm Alternative
Originally posted on Head In A Vice:
Dirk from The Dirk Malcolm Alternative has kindly submitted his Desert Island Films. Please read on for his choices and reasons, and be sure…
CHRIS: Lone Star (Sayles, US, 1996)
John Sayles has a talent for telling stories about how the political affects the personal. As a writer director he has a reputation for engaging with socio-political subjects and inflecting […]
Woodython Five (8): Writers and writing
“I started out as a television writer, for a show that was on live every week. You didn’t have the luxury of coming in and waiting to be inspired. You […]
Starburst Memories: Disney to make Myhr Rho spin-off
Since Disney purchased the rights to Star Wars and announced that it will be developing more films, there have been daily press releases about how the franchise will develop and […]
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