Our experience of movie-going has transformed utterly in the last few years, with CGI, motion capture and (half-decent) 3D offering a series of fully realised worlds. 2012 was an incredible year for speculative adventure movies with The Avengers (a major triumph), Dark Knight Rises (certainly dark), Snow White and the Huntsman (some fabulous effects), The Hobbit (first of three – I …
Short film: No Escape
Have you seen the magnificent fanzine site SF Signal? I often check out their book cover stories and new book reviews, but I had not taken their short films as seriously as I should. Big mistake! They are fantastic, 2-6 minutes of tasty cinematic exploration. As sample here’s No Escape, which appeared a while ago, but it stands out as …