Burton’s ALICE, A Not-so-Wonder(ful)land – Reviewing ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)
Dir. Tim Burton
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 3/6/10, 10:00pm
Just a few weeks after declaring myself a Burton and Depp nut on assignment #4 I found myself face to face with one of my most anticipated films of 2010. Tim Burton’s latest fairy tale is yet another remake of a beloved childhood adventure. He’s done Dahl. He’s [...]
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010) makes me yearn for Sex, Lies, and 3D glasses
Dir. Tim Burton
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 3/14/10, 10:00pm
As Tim Burton’s new film starts, the camera whisks us through a Victorian landscape, scenery blushing with artistic flourishes, costuming brilliant and gorgeous. The first five minutes features subdued dream sequences, subjective perspective, ambiguous characterizations. I sat in the theatre, my special, non-temporary AVTR 3-D [...]
Assignment #4: Dedicated Fans
Every week, we will be posting a prompt related to cinephilia, and some of our founding members will contribute a short response. Hopefully you, our dear readers, will feel compelled to respond in our comment section as well. This week’s prompt was:
Are there any actors/directors whose new films you will see regardless of any conditions?
Daniel
I [...]
I’m not going to post about ED WOOD (1994)
I was going to post about the Tim Burton film Ed Wood, which I saw at the Paramount on Wednesday night, but I was gravely disappointed when the first images of the gorgreous black and white movie started playing. This is a DVD! stephen and I exclaimed. We don’t write about DVDs here [...]
FANTASTIC MR FOX (2009)
Dir. Wes Anderson
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 11/27/09, 3:45pm
Am I disappointed by Wes Anderson’s newest film, an animated, extended version of a children’s novel by Roald Dahl? I must admit I was pretty excited for the film. Anderson is one of our best directors, and I spent the past week watching Rushmore, The Royal [...]
