I was very fortunate to be able to attend the media preview for a new exhibition at The O2 in London – DC Exhibition: Dawn of Super Heroes. This has transferred to London from Art Ludique – Le Musée in Paris, and opens on February 23rd. The official information says that it includes “more than…
Read MoreA post shared by SiX (@sixthemusical) on Nov 30, 2017 at 2:33am PST I bought my dad tickets for Six the Musical as a Christmas present. As a historian I thought he would enjoy a different take on something he knows so well, and it’s always fun to take him to something a bit different….
Read MoreNon-spoiler thoughts: I wanted something to match the quality of a Lord of the Rings film. What I got was a Harry Potter film. I’ll explain later. This is a good movie. Not great, but it does some interesting things. Visually this is one of the best looking films I have ever seen. The 3D…
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In the huge marketing cycle for the Justice League film there were three full trailers released by the studio, plus some footage screened at Comic-Con. It’s not unusual for trailer material to change or disappear from the final product, however Justice League went through an unusual process whilst in production. Director Zak Snyder stepped down…
Read MoreThe look and style of films can be very difficult to do in any non-visual medium. I tried to talk about the striking colours used in our podcast about the 2016 movie Ghostbusters: Answer The Call. Without being able to present examples it’s hard to get across how strongly this film uses colour. Fortunately, I have…
Read MoreI wasn’t sure about getting the SNES Classic Mini until I saw one important thing – it comes with a brand new game. Star Fox 2 is the follow up to a Super Nintendo game that represented a leap forward in graphical quality using polygons. This sequel was completed but shelved by Nintendo before releasing,…
Read MoreNote – There is one spoiler below. The font has been changed to white so it is only visible if you highlight that section. The miniseries of It is known as a solid adaptation of a hard to adapt novel. It didn’t take too many liberties with the source material, and what it did change…
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In preparation for our episode on American Beauty I watched the film through a couple of times. Once to watch it and put some thoughts together about what to discuss. The second was to look at the film, really look at it and engage with the way it is shot and how information is presented on…
Read MoreThe Big Sick is one of my most eagerly awaited films of the year, having been a big fan of both Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nunjiani for several years (bring back the Indoor Kids!). It absolutely did not disappoint. The film was charming, funny, affecting, and all over just a well crafted romantic comedy….
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