Category Archives: cinema

how do you tell racism from diversity?

Posted on Thursday, 2005 November 24 by Anton

I’m watching a collection of Tom and Jerry cartoons, made by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, who were later known for the much cruder animation of The Flintstones. I’m puzzled by the opening disclaimer in which Whoopi Goldberg explains that … Continue reading →

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it’s Bollywood Week

Posted on Sunday, 2005 November 13 by Anton

Netflix’s list of new releases this week has five Israëli titles, ten Chinese and 55 Indian – not counting 23 collections of songs from Indian film.

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know your weapons

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 November 08 by Anton

A dreadful blunder in Granada Television’s version (1985) of “The Greek Interpreter”: in a non-canonical scene, Mycroft Holmes refers to a derringer as a “revolver”. Tsk!

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BrowncoatBlogging

Posted on Monday, 2005 October 24 by Anton

Unqualified Offerings cites numerous comments on Serenity, which I’ll read later.

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what’s so good about it

Posted on Sunday, 2005 October 23 by Anton

Orson Scott Card reviews Serenity

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Framestore CFC Press Release

Posted on Sunday, 2005 October 09 by Anton

noitulovE, a quick recap (in reverse) of the last few hundred million years of life; gorgeous animation (Quicktime). Cited in povray.off-topic by Gilles Tran.

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“Joss Whedon is my master now”

Posted on Wednesday, 2005 September 28 by Anton

Naturally, Serenity rawks. I’ll have to see it again with fewer noisy fans to drown out the jokes!

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