If there is one disadvantage to the internet, it is the knowing about all the cool stuff in advance that I know won’t be coming for a noticeable length of time. This time, the cool thing was Heroes – reading the comic blogosphere and news sites, I have known about…
(All the talk of Harry Potter had me looking around at my old notes, where I found my original review of the third film. So I thought I'd include it for completeness.) This is the best film of the franchise so far. This is probably helped by the fact that…
The Observer announced the results of the poll for their readers’ favourite comedy films. You can find the results here and here. Note that they say ‘hundreds’ voted – that's not very much, is it? If it wasn't for the fact they had been trailing it in their paper for…
As I’ve mentioned, I enjoy the Harry Potter series. I enjoy the world that JK Rowling has created and the characters that fill it. The attention to detail, from the huge history to the names of people and spells, and the placing of a world of magic next to the…
There are many aspects of the Harry Potter films that have got darker as they have progressed, to be expected from a series about the rise of a dark wizard who killed the hero's parents, with the last film including the onscreen death of an albeit minor character. And this…
(When I said tomorrow, I obviously meant the day after the day after tomorrow. You knew that.) The third film is where things begin to click and is my personal favourite. It is utterly charming – Aunt Marge is still floating in the sky when we see Harry leave the…
As the fifth Harry Potter film gets ready to hit our cinemas, and the final novel gets ready to assault our book shops, it seemed an appropriate time to remember the earlier films. I enjoy the books and the films, and have read and seen them a few times respectively.…
Rather than reviewing stuff, as I usually do, I have to comment on a comment. Recently, I posted an old review of mine for a film called Londinium. Today, I was notified of a comment left about that post. It said: Hey man, thanks for taking the time to bash…
It’s been too long since these films to come out for these thoughts to be considered current or topical, and neither film merits intense discussion, so I’ll merge my musings (alliteration!) on the two into one semi-coherent post. Let’s take it chronologically, with Spider-Man 3. After the first two films,…
No, I’m not dead. I’ve felt like it sometimes, but that’s just work for you. So, with a mix of serious work overload, fatigue and a few days off for a break, no blogging for some time now. This regular blogging mularkey is tough. Enough with the angsting, and get…