I remember the first subtitled film I ever watched all the way through. It was Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and I must have been in my mid-teens at the time. I found it distracting at first, having to follow the words on the screen whilst simultaneously trying to take in all the images the […]
Cynics have suggested that Pixar’s recent move into spinning off its existing properties (first with Cars 2 and now with Monsters University) rather than producing more original content is (a) a sign of creative bankruptcy, and (b) a calculated attempt to further monetise old products. It would be naive to suggest that the latter consideration […]
Classical literature has provided storytelling fodder for cinema since the invention of the medium, but rarely is it adapted as unconventionally as in Emperor Visits the Hell, the new film from Chinese director Li Lou. Based on a part of the 16th century Ming Dynasty classic Journey to the West (which also inspired the cult ’70s TV […]
To watch Man of Steel is to see a wrestling match take place between producer Christopher Nolan and director Zack Snyder. It is, perhaps, a little too simplistic to attribute responsibility for different elements of the film to these two individuals (especially when writer David S. Goyer will also have had a good deal of […]
Doug Johnstone’s latest novel, Gone Again, is an Edinburgh-set thriller that has made quite the impact with critics and sales alike. Doug took time out from his hectic schedule to answer Geekzine editor Andy Jamieson’s pesky questions. Andy Jamieson: What was the inspiration for Gone Again? And was the plot for Gone Again something that […]
Upon entering a darkened screening room and observing the humanoid shapes within, two questions immediately strike the intrepid amateur film critic as he nervously clutches his satchel of empty carrier bags and discounted pork pies: who are these people, and how should I act around them? That the gathered patrons are film critics is obvious; […]