Category: Reviews
-
Room
Read more: RoomRoom, written by the Irish author Emma Donoghue, was published in 2010. It was around that same time that I read her novel and now, 6 years later, a film adaptation of the novel has been released, directed by the Irish film director Leonard Abrahamson. Room is about Jack, a 5 year old boy,…
-
The Success of The Bridge
Read more: The Success of The BridgeThe first time I wrote an article for Writer’s Block I talked about my love for Scandinavian television. There is something about Swedish and Danish crime shows, especially, that makes them much more thrilling than any of their American or British counterparts – at least as far as I have seen so far. After…
-
Experiencing That Dragon, Cancer
Read more: Experiencing That Dragon, CancerI put off writing this for a long time, which is unusual for a text about a video game. Then again, I put off playing that videogame for an even longer time, because I was afraid of playing it. Now I’m putting off actually introducing it… I’m writing to you today about That Dragon, Cancer,…
-
Identity and Societal Issues in Zootopia: Disney Doing It Right
Read more: Identity and Societal Issues in Zootopia: Disney Doing It RightI like the direction Disney is heading into lately. While caucasian princesses and male superheroes singing jolly songs and going on quirky adventures are as popular as ever, Disney’s Studios show that they are also capable of addressing more serious issues – in a non-threatening, more cuddly way. An example of this is the…
-
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky
Read more: Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? An Animated Conversation with Noam ChomskyWhat happens when one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century and one of the dreamiest film directors of the 21st century meet each other? That is the starting point of the quirky documentary Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?, in which director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)) employs…
Writer's Block Magazine 