The Velveteen Rabbit
Stars: Jane Seymour, Tom Skerritt, Ellen Burstyn, Matthew Harbour, Kevin Jubinville, Michael Sinelnikoff | Written by Michael Landon Jr. & Cindy Kelley | Directed by Michael Landon Jr.
Having never read the Velveteen Rabbit story this adaptation is based on, or seen any other film or television version, I was somewhat interested to see what all the fuss was about; obviously this is a story well worth adapting as it is done so frequently. In this version, a young boy (Matthew Harbour) is left to his own devices in his strict grandmother’s (Jane Seymour) house and retreats into a fantasy world of his own creation, populated by animated toys long forgotten by their previous owners, including the titular rabbit.
This blend of live-action and animation seemed promising to me at first, being a huge fan of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, but unfortunately The Velveteen Rabbit doesn’t possess nearly...
Stars: Jane Seymour, Tom Skerritt, Ellen Burstyn, Matthew Harbour, Kevin Jubinville, Michael Sinelnikoff | Written by Michael Landon Jr. & Cindy Kelley | Directed by Michael Landon Jr.
Having never read the Velveteen Rabbit story this adaptation is based on, or seen any other film or television version, I was somewhat interested to see what all the fuss was about; obviously this is a story well worth adapting as it is done so frequently. In this version, a young boy (Matthew Harbour) is left to his own devices in his strict grandmother’s (Jane Seymour) house and retreats into a fantasy world of his own creation, populated by animated toys long forgotten by their previous owners, including the titular rabbit.
This blend of live-action and animation seemed promising to me at first, being a huge fan of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, but unfortunately The Velveteen Rabbit doesn’t possess nearly...
- 12/23/2011
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
By Neil Pedley
With all eyes on the upcoming Academy Awards (not to mention the Spirit Awards, the afternoon before), it's a relatively quiet week at the box office. There are some bubblegum high school antics, a couple of documentaries about the dysfunctional, a children's literary classic and a somber drama set during WWII. Take heart, we're nearly over the hump.
Download this in audio form (MP3: 6:11 minutes, 8.5 Mb) "Delhi 6"
BAFTA-nominated director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra returns with this transatlantic journey of self-discovery that offers itself as another girder in the bridge between Bollywood and the U.S. American-born Indian Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) makes a pilgrimage from New York to India to bring his ailing grandmother home. In the process, he discovers a little something about himself, his ancestral homeland and the proud traditions contained within it. Veteran composer A.R. Rahman, who's vying for an Oscar for his work on "Slumdog Millionaire,...
With all eyes on the upcoming Academy Awards (not to mention the Spirit Awards, the afternoon before), it's a relatively quiet week at the box office. There are some bubblegum high school antics, a couple of documentaries about the dysfunctional, a children's literary classic and a somber drama set during WWII. Take heart, we're nearly over the hump.
Download this in audio form (MP3: 6:11 minutes, 8.5 Mb) "Delhi 6"
BAFTA-nominated director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra returns with this transatlantic journey of self-discovery that offers itself as another girder in the bridge between Bollywood and the U.S. American-born Indian Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) makes a pilgrimage from New York to India to bring his ailing grandmother home. In the process, he discovers a little something about himself, his ancestral homeland and the proud traditions contained within it. Veteran composer A.R. Rahman, who's vying for an Oscar for his work on "Slumdog Millionaire,...
- 2/16/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
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