Tag Archives: Tarsem Singh

Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Is this film the fairest of them all? Marie B answers that question in no uncertain terms…

The man who gave Ariel and Belle their song is now making music for Snow White. Alan Menken, the Oscar-award winning composer is lending his talent to Tarsem Singh’s “Mirror Mirror”, one of two big-screen Snow White adaptations coming out in 2012. Menken seems to have an affinity for fairy tales, having worked on suchContinue Reading

The other Snow White movie of 2012 is a much more light-hearted, whimsical affair, with silly love potions, Bollywood-flavoured dance numbers and trash-talking dwarves…

Director Tarsem Singh is quite the busy bee. He is getting ready for the imminent release of his action-fantasy epic “Immortals” this weekend, while rushing to complete his Snow White project, titled “Mirror Mirror” (due to premiere in March). The India-born director managed to take a little time off his punishing schedule for a phoneContinue Reading

Director Tarsem Singh has been accused of over-designing his films, and that accusation could well be made towards his latest, “Immortals”. Personally, I am not a big fan of the design aesthetic Tarsem has gone for. The look of some the characters is borderline camp, which would be perfectly fine if everything is played whimsicalContinue Reading

So, who really is the fairest of them all? You be the judge. Looks like the Evil Queen has got her work cut out for her with 2 Snow Whites battling it out for the World’s Fairest title. Or at least, the bigger Box Office profit. Welcome to the Snow White Showdown. In one corner we haveContinue Reading

So far, I haven’t seen anything of this movie that has convinced me it’ll be good. Or even decent. The teaser trailer was crap. And just based on the costumes alone, I think this has veered way too far into artistic over-indulgence on the part of director Tarsem Singh. The guy sure likes stylising everythingContinue Reading

Can director Tarsem Singh break his streak of poor luck/bad films with this story based on Greek mythology?…