millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com
A Million Monkeys: TV Review: This is England '86
http://millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/tv-review-this-is-england-86.html
Books, films and London life. Wednesday, 15 September 2010. TV Review: This is England '86. One of the things that made the film This is England. This is England 86. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Priscilla McClay is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared on Comment is Free. And in the Independent. View my complete profile. In the Trenches of Fancy. Spring Festival Fireworks #1. The Benefits of Reporting Workplace Accidents. Jo and the Novelist. TV Review: This is England 86.
millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com
A Million Monkeys: The pleasure of slow reading
http://millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/pleasure-of-slow-reading.html
Books, films and London life. Friday, 3 December 2010. The pleasure of slow reading. I’m a fast reader. I’ve always been a fast reader, ever since I learned to read, and went racing ahead of the rest of the class through the Village With Three Corners series. But lately I’ve been starting to think that maybe I read too. Just one example of an extract where the writing stopped me in my tracks and made me read it again, just to appreciate it fully:. Who wouldn’t want to read that slowly? Jo and the Novelist.
millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com
A Million Monkeys: February 2011
http://millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html
Books, films and London life. Wednesday, 2 February 2011. Is about a ballet dancer's self-destructive quest for perfection. Nina (Natalie Portman) is a driven, hard-working dancer, whose dreams seem to have come true when she is cast as the lead in Swan Lake. It is interesting to compare Black Swan. To director Darren Aronofsky's previous film The Wrestler. However, where The Wrestler. Was essentially a naturalistic, character-driven film, Black Swan. Is driven by ideas, symbolism and mythology. There is...
millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com
A Million Monkeys: My 3D dilemma
http://millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-3d-dilemma.html
Books, films and London life. Thursday, 9 September 2010. This is probably not a great confession to make on a film-related blog but I didn’t see Avatar. The first time round. Now it’s back, re-released and even longer, and so the dilemma I had the first time round returned to bug me. That’s not such a good option. The main selling point of the film was its cutting-edge effects, so if you’re going to watch it, it might as well be on the big screen in all its 3D glory. So, after finally watching this film...
millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com
A Million Monkeys: July 2010
http://millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html
Books, films and London life. Monday, 26 July 2010. Tells the story of Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), an expert at entering people’s dreams and stealing their secrets. Then he is given a new challenge – to do the opposite, to use his skill to plant an idea in someone’s mind. To do this, he needs to go deep into the dreamer’s subconscious, by creating a dream within a dream within a dream. Nolan also finds hugely imaginative ways to represent the subconscious mind, to visually stunning effect.
millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com
A Million Monkeys: Review: Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
http://millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-big-fat-gypsy-weddings.html
Books, films and London life. Wednesday, 26 January 2011. Review: Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. Although this was not the point of the documentary, it is also worth pointing out that all of these issues are merely magnified and more overt versions of ones still widespread in mainstream society today. Labels: Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Priscilla McClay is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared on Comment is Free. And in the Independent. View my complete profile.
millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com
A Million Monkeys: March 2010
http://millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html
Books, films and London life. Friday, 26 March 2010. Why 6 Music should be saved (And not just because I like it). I have to admit I love 6 Music. I listen to it all the time, and if they do get rid of it, there won’t be much point me even owning a radio any more, let alone a digital one. But that’s not the only reason it should be saved. The ‘fewer things’ it chooses to concentrate on will necessarily have to be crowd-pleasing, populist things, similar to what commercial channels and station...The revie...
millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com
A Million Monkeys: December 2010
http://millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html
Books, films and London life. Friday, 3 December 2010. The pleasure of slow reading. I’m a fast reader. I’ve always been a fast reader, ever since I learned to read, and went racing ahead of the rest of the class through the Village With Three Corners series. But lately I’ve been starting to think that maybe I read too. Just one example of an extract where the writing stopped me in my tracks and made me read it again, just to appreciate it fully:. Who wouldn’t want to read that slowly? Jo and the Novelist.
millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com
A Million Monkeys: August 2010
http://millionmonkeysreviews.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html
Books, films and London life. Monday, 30 August 2010. Film Review: Scott Pilgrim vs The World. I am so relieved that this film lived up to pretty much all my expectations. Edgar Wright has completely understood where the comic books are coming from, has managed to keep in a staggering amount of the plot and supporting characters and has delivered something that should be satisfying even to those not familiar with the books. Some plot adjustments have been made to condense the action of the books, which t...
