The next episode of my podcast is going to be dedicated to recent animated films, and with that in mind I want to find out people's opinions on animation in the past 12 months.

First: please leave a comment with your favourite animated films from the past year. You can rank as many as you want, or just mention your one favourite. I'll tally them all ( Read more... )

I've finished watching "The Leisure Hive", and have now started watching "Meglos". One of the bits I've jotted down is this:

The surreality of an English accountant being held prisoner by space pirates is nothing compared to Meglos himself. He is the last of the Zolfa Thurans, and a diabolical genius, and has a grand master plan to take over the ( Read more... )

I watch a lot of movies each year. How do I watch so many? Basically there are three elements in play. Firstly, Sonia and I will often watch a movie in the evening - it's cheaper than going out, less exhausting if one of you has MS and less stressful if one of you (OK, me) is generally awkward about social situations and will do anything to avoid ( Read more... )

BBC Video have finally released "Meglos", oddly one of my favourite Doctor Who stories, and it made me realise that Season 18 is finally complete on DVD. I have an enormous affection for Season 18, because while my first memory of Doctor Who is Romana being hassled by Daleks in "Destiny of the Daleks", Season 18 was the earliest point at which I ( Read more... )

OK, this year I'm not just going to list films, I'm going to endeavour to at least briefly review each of them and give them a score. The scores are for people without enough time to read three sentences: remember, in the tradition of Edge (the greatest magazine on the planet), an average score is 5/10. A really good film would be 7/10. A masterful ( Read more... )

I didn't posted to this Livejournal much last year, all things considered. I will probably post to it even less in 2011. I am still writing away online, however, so if you want to see what I'm doing or thinking, check out:

• Eiga: Asian Cinema, for my news and reviews on Asian cinema (primarily Hong Kong and China, but also Japan and South Korea, and ( Read more... )

Boring statistics really, for my own interest.
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28 December
Contact

30 December
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

A full analysis of what I watched this year, with comparisons to 2009 and pretty nerd graphs, will come in a day or two.

19 December
Solomon Kane

20 December
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Home Alone

21 December
Tron Legacy

22 December
Love Actually

23 December
The Muppet Christmas Carol

24 December
Millions

25 December
Ponyo

26 December
The King's Speech

27 December
Inception

Watched Inception on blu-ray tonight, still love it, had a new thought. Or maybe an old thought and I simply forgot I'd had it. Anyway...
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