Neill Blomkamp is the Real Thing. By which I mean he’s managed to combine social commentary and action in a fashion that doesn’t alienate either audience. His first film, “District 9” while excellent, could have easily been a fluke. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time that a director sees a decline in their […]
I have heard some people complain that the Smith children–Jaden and Willow in particular–are (so far) largely beneficiaries of their parents’ success. I say: So what. Hell, if my dad were, let’s say Stephen R. Donaldson (the creator of “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant,” The Gap Saga, among many others) and he offered me the […]
“”ParaNorman,” particularly its story, is not as innovative as its animation, though it often uses established tropes in an interesting fashion.” Chris Butler and Sam Fell‘s “ParaNorman” is an interesting film primarily for two reasons: The first is that it’s made in stop-motion, a painstaking method of animation that involves figures built upon a metal […]
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