Category Archives: Movies

The 2010 blockbuster movie season is officially underway with Tim Burton’s take on Alice breaking records and celebrating all things mad and fantastical. Alice is only tangentially related to Labyrinth, but this movie has long been on the radar of … Continue reading →

There’s a new trailer out for Alice in Wonderland that finally hints at the direction the story is taking (previous trailers have shown characters from AiW and Through the Looking Glass as seen through Burton’s lens, but mostly out of … Continue reading →

We’re well into December, so you know what that means — it’s time for bloggers to rank things and make lists! I used to be a big fan of lists, but this year, I’m having a hard time mustering the … Continue reading →

1) The plot is threadbare. By no means does a movie need a complex plot to succeed. Just last week I saw and enjoyed immensely the Japanese film Still Walking, the plot of which involved a family hanging out on … Continue reading →

Spike Jonze’s long-in-development and hush-hush cinematic adaptation Where the Wild Things is finally teasing itself to the world, and WOW, it looks amazing. What do you guys think it’ll be — heady cult film, kids-only, new fantasy movie classic or … Continue reading →

Wired presents a great behind-the-scenes look at how Coraline is being adapted from Gaiman’s original story. To be honest,  Coraline the book didn’t make much of an impression on me, despite being a big fan of most anything Gaiman, but … Continue reading →