A pair of big names from the graphic novel world prove it’s not easy to cross over to the movies. “MirrorMask,” written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Dave McKean, is a visually lush fantasy that ...
Either writer Neil Gaiman is overrated or he’s having dreadful luck with adaptations of his work. To suggest the former is to provoke the wrath of fantasy fans everywhere, but Gaiman wrote the ...
As averse as the studios are to relinquishing control, when the vision is big and the budget is small, as it was on “MirrorMask,” giving the filmmakers creative authority was the only way to get ...
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MirrorMask is a breakthrough in sheer imagination. The Jim Henson Company has produced a worthy successor to its lineage that includes classics like Labyrinth and Dark Crystal. Although it bears the ...
English artist Dave McKean produces the kind of images that you feel compelled to pause and peer at for a while, gazing into the shadows to see what abstractions and reflections might stare back. Dave ...
Director Dave McKean has only two short films to his directing credit but he has spent much of his career as a digital and graphic artist. It's no surprise that his first feature, the British film ...
It's appropriate that "MirrorMask" offers us a psychedelic journey through a weird, vivid, disorienting dream world. Because like many dreams, it's jam-packed with strange, surreal and memorable ...
As averse as the studios are to relinquishing control, when the vision is big and the budget is small, as it was on “MirrorMask,” giving the filmmakers creative authority was the only way to get ...
2005-09-25 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- Writer Neil Gaiman and director David McKean thought the hardest part of making "MirrorMask" would be finding the lead. After all, Helena, the rebellious ...
MirrorMask tells the story of Helena (Stephanie Leonidas), a young girl who hates her life performing in her parents' circus. Although her mother (Gina McKee) tells her that every kid wants to run ...