#gavin millar

[robsclan]

9/12/23-New photo of Robert 💥💥💥

📷 by Gavin Millar

[thefugitivesaint]

‘Dream Child’, ''Starburst'', #81, 1985 Source The sequence involving the caterpillar can be seen here if you’re curious. “A fictionalized account of Alice Liddell, the child who inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The story is told from the point of view of the elderly Alice as she travels to the US to receive an honorary degree from Columbia University on the centenary of Lewis Carroll's birth.” From the film’s wiki, “The film evolves from the factual to the hallucinatory as Alice revisits her memories of the Reverend Charles Dodgson, in Victorian-era Oxford to her immediate present in Depression-era New York. Accompanied by a shy young orphan named Lucy, old Alice must make her way through the modern world of tabloid journalism and commercial exploitation while attempting to come to peace with her conflicted childhood with the Oxford don.” If you’ve never seen this film, give the whole thing a go, it’s a forgotten gem. Here’s film critic Roger Ebert’s review of the film from 1986 to peruse if you needed further convincing. 

[studiotriggerfan397]

Dreamchild by Gavin Millar.

Ian Holm is amazing as Lewis Carroll. But like Return to Oz, so are the Lyle Conway/Jim Henson Creature Shop characters.

Check it out, you won't be disappointed.

[salvador-daley]

Just some homeless guy. Robert Sheehan photographed by Gavin Millar 😘❤️

[rheo-tu]

Complicity (2000), dir. Gavin Millar

Журналист охотится за сенсацией, которую ему медленно сливает по телефону некий неназванный информатор: кто-то убивает высокопоставленных лиц, и между этими убийствами, похоже, прослеживается связь. Вдруг в какой-то момент оказывается, что главным подозреваемым в этом деле является он сам...

Как экранизация - хуйня. Безотносительно первоисточника - пожалуй, тоже. Похоже на формат телефильма для вечера за чашечкой виски чая: самое удачное в Complicity это шотландский колорит и пейзажи. Но это, напомню, еще и триллер. Никакого саспенса здесь нет. Детектива - чтобы можно было строить теории о личности убийцы - тоже. Подбор актеров - серединка на половинку - Камерон и Энди удались, так, что не подкопаться, а вот у Ивонны совсем другой образ, который ей не идет. Флэшбеки, ключ к происходящему, поданы отрывочно и выборочно - из них, в отличие от романа, так и не ясно, почему убийца включил в ��вой список жертв не только жадных политиков и бизнесменов, но и ГГ. Фильм следует книге более-менее точно, но это просто перенос событий на экран, вроде обязательной экранизации классики. Бэнкс - классик, который заслуживает большего.

[davidhudson]

Ian Holm, September 12, 1931 – June 19, 2020.

As Lewis Carroll in Dreamchild (1985), written by Dennis Potter and directed by Gavin Millar.

[ridethepunkhorse]

Dreamchild (Gavin Millar, UK, 1985)

[nostabaile]

Shots from the 1985 film “Dreamchild” (dir Gavin Millar), a kind of biopic about Alice Liddell/Hargreaves. Very hard film to watch.

[remixinc]

FOX SPORTS - Win the Crowd from Dan DiFelice on Vimeo.

KEEPING THE CROWN

Gavin Umeh

Errol Spence Jr Jermall Charlo Jermell Charlo Manny Pacquiao Deontay Wilder Leo Santa Cruz

Client x Fox Sports, PBC Agency x Wieden+Kennedy NY Creative Directors x Gary Van Dzura + Christine Gignac Creatives x Nathan Wigglesworth + Matt Herman Producer x Alexey Novikov

Production Company x Biscuit Filmworks EP x Jeff McDougall + Holly Vega Director x Dan DiFelice Producer x JD Davison Cinematographer x Oliver Millar 1st AD x Daryl Patterson Production Designer x Shane Valentino Casting x Beth Melsky Styling x Deborah Ferguson Locations x Brendan MacDevette

Original Score x Luke Atencio Visual Effects x Artjail Grade x Tom Poole @ Company3

Addt'l thanks to Salomon Ligthelm, Emma Backman

[rabbittstewcomics]

Episode 359

Comic Reviews:

DC

Batman 125 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Belen Ortega, Tomeu Morey, Luis Gurrero

Black Adam: The Justice Society Files – Hawkman 1 by Bryan Q. Miller, Cavan Scott, Scot Eaton, Marco Santucci, Norm Rapmund, Andrew Dalhouse

Dark Crisis 2 by Joshua Williamson, Daniel Sampere, Alejandro Sanchez

Marvel

Strange Tales: Thor and Jane Foster Infinity Comic 1 by Tim Seeley, Ramon Bachs, Javier Tartaglia

Marvel Meow 10 by Nao Fuji

Image

Prodigy: The Icarus Society 1 by Mark Millar, Matteo Buffagni, Laura Martin

Starhenge Book 1: The Dragon and the Boar 1 by Liam Sharp

Creep GN by John Arcudi, Jonathan Case

Dark Horse

Mind MGMT: Bootleg 1 by Matt Kindt, Farel Dalrymple

Stranger Things Summer Special by Keith Champagne, Caio Filipe, Dan Jackson

Dynamite

Savage Tales 1 by David Avallone, Scott Brian Wilson, Al Barrionuevo, Hamish Steele, Will Rio, Mariano Benitez Chapo

AfterShock

There’s Something Wrong With Patrick Todd 1 by Ed Brisson, Gavin Guidry, Chris O’Halloran

Ablaze

Promethee 13:13 1 by Andy Diggle, Shawn Martinbrough, Dave Stewart

AWA

Absolution 1 by Peter Milligan, Mike Deodato Jr., Lee Loughridge

Ray’s OGN Corner: M is for Monster by Talia Dutton

Additional Reviews: iZombie TV show, Thor: Love and Thunder, the Sea Beast, Wayne Family Adventures s1, Ms. Marvel ep5, A Talent For Murder, The Ghost and Molly McGee s1

News: Snyder releasing three new ComiXology books this month, Duffer brothers launch a production studio, Wakanda mini coming in October, Hood is reportedly the main villain of the Ironheart Disney+ series, Candice Patton tells all, Ram V may be taking over Ms. Marvel, Captain America 4 director, Disney chibiverse

Trailers: Clerks III

Comics Countdown:

Batman 125 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Belen Ortega, Tomeu Morey, Luis Gurrero

King Conan 6 by Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, Matt Wilson

Avengers Forever 7 by Jason Aaron, Aaron Kuder, Cam Smith, Guru eFX

Time Before Time 14 by Rory McConville, Ron Salas, Chris O’Halloran

Batman: Killing Time 5 by Tom King, David Marquez, Alejandro Sanchez

Little Monsters 5 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen

Twig 3 by Skottie Young, Kyle Strahm, Jean-Francois Beaulieu

Batman ’89 6 by Sam Hamm, Joe Quinones, Leonardo Ito

There’s Something Wrong With Patrick Todd 1 by Ed Brisson, Gavin Guidry, Chris O’Halloran

That Texas Blood 15 by Chris Condon, Jacob Phillips, Pip Martin

Check out this episode!

[moviesteve]

A Murder of Quality https://bit.ly/3heEuFd Written by John Le Carré, a master spy storyteller, and featuring a masterspy, George Smiley, you’d expect A Murder of Quality to be, well, a story about spying. In fact it’s a bare-bones whodunit with not a spook to be seen. Both Le Carré and Smiley are here essentially moonlighting. The grisly murder of a … Read more

[dynamofilms]

Dreamchild (1985)

7/10

[miszy]

i am very not used to posting here but i just really felt the need to contribute to all the amazing fan work coming from this movie!

this movie means so much to me from a fan view and from a representation view. seeing myself so clearly represented in a movie for the first time was honestly one of the best feelings ever. not to mention the amazing diversity within the cast and crew!

but even beyond that, the movie was so incredibly well made. the cinematography, the lighting, the story, the chemistry, the emotions; it was all so perfect. so thank you, michelle @octopunkmedia , for such an incredible film!

[jerseydeanne]

Meghan Markle’s claims against Press branded ’embarassing, irrelevant and vague’ by judge

Meghan Markle’s claims against Press branded ’embarassing, irrelevant and vague’ by judge

Meghan Markle lost the first stage of her privacy case when a High Court judge ruled a swathe of her arguments were “embarrassing”, “vague” and “irrelevant”.

Lawyers tonight described her defeat as a “humiliation” and “a complete disaster”.

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[classicmarvelera]

Wolverine movies: Quintessential Marvel

Hardly a year goes by in which comic book readers and super hero fans are served with 3-4 superhero movies on a silver platter. The success of MCU’s phase 1 and DCEU’s Dark Knight Trilogy expanded the base of Superhero movie fans around the world. Thanks to movies that were released then, Superheroes found a wider acceptable audience i.e. the Gen X that grew up reading superhero comics only to see their dreams fulfilled along with their children

They have now been succeeded by millennials, a generation born in or after 1980. Never before Superheroes genre has enjoyed such a mass acceptance but as is usually the case, there have been some negative outcomes, which are detrimental to the source material whose ultimate existence depends on the success of their silver-screen adaptations

The tragedy has been that what started out as a promising project has deteriorated significantly in terms of quality content, one that projects core values of super heroism on to the silver screen. Post-Nolan DCEU is trying to redefine core characteristics of a super hero but the problem is that this job is better done by a comic book writer rather than a movie director. In MCU, there is a deliberate attempt, in the name of appealing to Millennials, to maximize ticket sales by creating content that is comedic, loaded with cheap thrills and just too painful to watch. The only things that transcend from comic book to silver screen in MCU are characters, name of a successful story-arc and that’s it. The true essence of the characters that were shown by DCEU’s Nolan, Sony’s Raimi, 20th Century Fox’ Singer and MCU Phase 1 (notable mention Captain America: The Winter Soldier from Phase 2) has been forgotten by the production houses 

Enter: The Wolverine

While the superhero movie genre went through the change, within it, one movie series remained consistent in its approach towards a character. It didn’t abandon the standards that were set by 1st batch of superhero movies, it’s team gave credence to source material and re-imagined it for the silver-screen without damaging the character’s equity. The movie series is Wolverine and the man who deserves most credit for it is James Mangold 

The spin-off movie series was a dream come true for die-hard Wolverine fans. After all, he was the character that saw the most success with his limited series and on-going series more than any X-Men character and way before Deadpool. In fact, there is no character in MU who was introduced as part of a team but who landed with a series of his own whose success continued for decades thanks mainly to writers like Chris Claremont and Larry Hama which explains why the content produced for all 3 parts resulted in one hit movie after another only to end up with Logan that might end up winning an Oscar 

Gavin Hood took Wolverine’s rogues gallery to a new level especially with Sabretooth, played masterfully by Leigh Schrieber. Hiring Ryan Reynolds to play Deadpool is proving to be the best decision time and time again. Even Gambit was awesome and James Mangold did the same with Madame Hydra, Silver Samurai, X-23 and The Reavers

Secret to Success: The Marvel (Comics) Approach

“...because even though they’re heroes, they’re still human” 

- Stan Lee  

Yes heroes are vulnerable in MU. They are not loved or adored by their community. Their life changes for the worse after they’re exposed to super-human or mutant powers and deep down inside, the struggle of a superhero in MU is relatable to our lives in some way or another

In case of Wolverine, it is more about Logan who has flashbacks in the form of nightmares about his past which he can’t seem to recall because of countless experimentation.It is his painful journey which is his life that drags on whereas he wishes to be free from it. Maybe that’s why he’s selfless when it comes to saving others, it’s not just about his healing factor, it’s something bigger, something greater; for him it’s more about sacrificing oneself for the innocent than it is about justice and the plight of the innocent is his reason for vengeance against those who he knows are out there to provoke his beastiality, his berserker rage, to make him lose it by exploiting the innocent to which he responds again and again: 

“I will bring you down I will make you hurt”

- Trent Reznor

But Logan isn’t successful all the time. His enemies get the best of him, as they did with Silver Fox. Nothing exemplifies life’s torment metaphorically than Wolverine’s story and to the credit of comic book writers, they preserved the main theme of Logan’s life flawlessly, all the way from Chris Claremont to Mark Millar

What makes a Superhero Movie successful?

Comic books in the US have a rich history. They have told some of the greatest stories. To channel them to silver screen requires a Director to add value by mixing stories with common threads and other media components that add value to the portrayal of the character and their defining stories 

For example, it is hard for a reader to imagine which song exemplifies a given situation within a comic book panel nor is it possible to have a separate  bubble or a box to force a reader into imagining a particular song playing in the background. It takes superb direction to lead to that. We all saw Logan’s trailer and felt as if the song “Hurt” was actually composed for Wolverine more than anyone  

A movie director can select which stories have common thread and how 2 or 3 great stories can be combined to deliver 160 minutes of masterpiece provided that the stories aren’t tempered with, beyond repair

The approach that made earlier superhero movies successful remains valid to this day. Thank You James Mangold for giving us a movie series, one for the ages

Classic Marvel Reading List for Wolverine movie series:

Essential Wolverine Vol. 3

Wolverine (Limited Series Collection by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller)

Old Man Logan 

Death of Wolverine

[tunglo]

Gavin Millar interviews Gary Kurtz and Mark Hamill about the various robots used in ANH for Arena: Cinema. 

(Ep aired Sunday Jan 29th 1978 - BBC2, 14:45 - to coincide with ANH opening in major cities outside London, but this was probably filmed c. Dec 16th ‘77 when the SW exhibit at the London Science Museum opened.)