Archive for May, 2008
Monday, May 26th, 2008
Harsh Realm: part 1
I was going to review the series Harsh Realm, but it looks as if Lt. Thomas Hobbes has an important message, so I’ll give him access to my keyboard for a couple of seconds. Lt. Hobbes?
A world exists exactly like ours. You live in this world, your family and friends. And though you may not [...]
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
William Castle double bill: House on Haunted Hill / The Tingler
Wasn’t it Peter Greenaway who recently lamented that cinema has existed for more than a century and that basically we’re still watching moving paintures? If there was one director who tried to change cinema by making it more interactive (long before movies like My Little Eye were made) it’s William Castle.
William Castle had been [...]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Les Nuits Botanique
Les Nuits Botanique offers a unique concept in Belgium: it’s a festival (in Brussels) that lasts a fortnight and allows lots of bands to appear in one of the venue’s rooms. There’s the Orangerie (the regular room), the Rotonde (a smaller and round room) and the Chapiteau, a big tent outside of the premises, just [...]
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Supersonic Man
It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane, it may be wooden, it’s the Spanish Superman ripoff Supersonic Man and it’s directed by Juan Piquer Simon (Slugs, Los Nuevos Extraterrestres).
Juan Piquer Simon used to be a postman (thus linking him to Fabrizio de Angelis, ex-postman and director of “Killer Crocodile“), but quit his job to [...]
