http://www.chewingpixels.com A website dissecting media, especially videogames, written by a British journalist: includes published videogame reviews and features as well as thinking about morality in and around pixel media. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:04:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.chewingpixels.com/halliwells-four-star-films/comment-page-1/#comment-27630 chewing pixels » On Life’s Toughest Question Thu, 22 May 2008 13:26:47 +0000 http://www.chewingpixels.com/?page_id=91#comment-27630 [...] just one memory from this life to take with them into the next one. I saw it because it’s a Halliwell’s Four Star title and fell in love with it immediately. Order it [...] [...] just one memory from this life to take with them into the next one. I saw it because it’s a Halliwell’s Four Star title and fell in love with it immediately. Order it [...]

]]> http://www.chewingpixels.com/halliwells-four-star-films/comment-page-1/#comment-27550 5 Star Ratings | Jon Jolly Sun, 18 May 2008 12:00:53 +0000 http://www.chewingpixels.com/?page_id=91#comment-27550 [...] This approach would be similar to the four star rating in Halliwell’s Film Guide, helpfully explained by Chewing Pixels: all films by default receive a zero star rating. Only exceptionally interesting and important [...] [...] This approach would be similar to the four star rating in Halliwell’s Film Guide, helpfully explained by Chewing Pixels: all films by default receive a zero star rating. Only exceptionally interesting and important [...]

]]> http://www.chewingpixels.com/halliwells-four-star-films/comment-page-1/#comment-4936 Yodelling Llama » Blog Archive » Leslie Halliwell. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:56:22 +0000 http://www.chewingpixels.com/?page_id=91#comment-4936 [...] Being a relative youngster, I had not ever heard of film critic Leslie Halliwell until a couple of days ago. What changed? BoingBoing linked to a list of those films Halliwell gave four (out of a possible four) stars. Why is this significant? I suppose part of it is that Halliwell supposedly has good taste. There’s something to that, I suppose. Looking at the list, there aren’t too many films on there that I have seen that I would rate below three stars. The other part? Halliwell is supposedly a particularly discriminating critic. Which I translate to mean something along the lines of “he hates a lot of movies.” Or “he doesn’t like very many movies.” I’m not sure this is a particularly good quality to have as a film critic. But it is an interesting frame of mind to place a film’s default rating at zero stars, and make the film work to get out of the basement. Rather than what I suspect is the norm of starting at two stars and letting the film move things up or down. [...] [...] Being a relative youngster, I had not ever heard of film critic Leslie Halliwell until a couple of days ago. What changed? BoingBoing linked to a list of those films Halliwell gave four (out of a possible four) stars. Why is this significant? I suppose part of it is that Halliwell supposedly has good taste. There’s something to that, I suppose. Looking at the list, there aren’t too many films on there that I have seen that I would rate below three stars. The other part? Halliwell is supposedly a particularly discriminating critic. Which I translate to mean something along the lines of “he hates a lot of movies.” Or “he doesn’t like very many movies.” I’m not sure this is a particularly good quality to have as a film critic. But it is an interesting frame of mind to place a film’s default rating at zero stars, and make the film work to get out of the basement. Rather than what I suspect is the norm of starting at two stars and letting the film move things up or down. [...]

]]> http://www.chewingpixels.com/halliwells-four-star-films/comment-page-1/#comment-4935 Monday roundup at teabyrd.com Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:16:43 +0000 http://www.chewingpixels.com/?page_id=91#comment-4935 [...] Halliwell’s four star films: chewing pixels gathers Haliwell’s four-star films. Even more to add to the ol’ netflix queue. Leslie Halliwell, creator of the most ambitious and comprehensive guide to films, died in 1989. Passionate and informed he was one of the most respected film critics of the last century both to those in the know and those of a ruthless critical persuasion. [...] [...] Halliwell’s four star films: chewing pixels gathers Haliwell’s four-star films. Even more to add to the ol’ netflix queue. Leslie Halliwell, creator of the most ambitious and comprehensive guide to films, died in 1989. Passionate and informed he was one of the most respected film critics of the last century both to those in the know and those of a ruthless critical persuasion. [...]

]]> http://www.chewingpixels.com/halliwells-four-star-films/comment-page-1/#comment-4901 Quick Links 01/28/2007 at juniorbonner.net Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:03:09 +0000 http://www.chewingpixels.com/?page_id=91#comment-4901 [...] Halliwell’s Four Star films [...] [...] Halliwell’s Four Star films [...]

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