Hugo Addendum: The Film In Context
To mark the release of Martin Scorsese’s latest work, the highly lauded Hugo, we thought we’d take the opportunity to take a look at some of the films and ideas referred to and explored in the film. Clips of many of the films featured in this piece can be found at the bottom of the … Read more
Méliès Reborn – Martin Scorsese’s Hugo
The story of an orphaned boy that lives inside of the walls of a parisian train station, Hugo, adapted from Brian Selznick’s novel The Invention Of Hugo Cabret combines mystery and adventure with a lament on the early cinema and biography of a once-lost cinema pioneer, and marks director Martin Scorsese’s first foray in to the world … Read more
The Wednesday Debate – Stereoscopic Liberties
We haven’t done a Wednesday Debate for a while, alas, the news that a bunch of Charlie Chaplin films were being prepped for 3D re-release filtered out of Hollywood earlier this week, provoking many a diverse response ranging from anger to complacency. With that in mind, and following a recent discussion on the virtues of … Read more
As Bad As It Gets – A Review Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Editor’s Note – A follow-up article appears here. Feel free to check it out once your done with this. With this, the third part of his Transformers Trilogy, director Michael Bay has surpassed himself. That is to say that he has reached a new low. Clunky, tactless and downright unethical, Transformers; Dark Of The Moon … Read more
