Mirrormask


Speaking of Dark Crystal, thinking of Labyrinth: see Mirrormask (now showing in Melbourne at the Nova). It is like them.

It’s better than I expected. I haven’t liked much of Gaiman’s work outside his run on Sandman, but this was very witty and scary and clever. The actors all give fine performances. And seeing Dave McKean’s art moving, further blowing away the idea of fantasy movies merely building worlds…