Adapting anime (and in this case Manga too) to live-action is a particularly challenging task. Reality is strictly confining, what with gravity and other limitations. While the page’s only limit is your imagination and your talent. In 2008, the cinematic duo, The Wachowskis, who made … Continue reading Speed Racer (2008)
It’s no secret that films are increasingly becoming big-budget affairs, with photorealistic computer-aided motion-captured antagonists accompanied by teams of professionals to ensure a big return for the dollars spent. But for those without these resources, it’s not impossible to make a film. In fact, sometimes … Continue reading Macabre Month 3 Part II: Colin (2008)
It’s hard to make Romantic Comedies interesting, audiences have certain expectations how they should play out, as such it’s pretty easy to stick to a formula and harder than you think to mess it up. In 2008, A romantic comedy tested all those conventions to … Continue reading From Paris to Berlin Part 2: The Hottie and the Nottie (2008)
When you create a cult legend, it can be hard to follow up that initial success, you don’t want to be seen as repeating the same thing again in your work, so you try something fresh, this can either take off or crash and burn. … Continue reading Sit Down, Shut Up (2009)
It’s hard to think how close we as a species are to total annihilation, sure we have mitigated the modern dangers that befell our ancestors, but secured in our concrete fortresses a lot of those dangers have felt quaint, almost eradicated. But these unknowable terrors … Continue reading The Happening (2008)
