Anghus Houvouras on The Boys, and why many big shows fail to stick their landing… There is a distinct, recurring phantom that haunts the final seasons of our favorite massive television shows. We watched it hollow out Game of Thrones. We are watching Stranger Things drag its feet against it. We see the strain of […]
How Netflix exclusivity killed Glass Onion
Anghus Houvouras on Netflix and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery… The entertainment industry is smack dab in the middle of a massive paradigm shift. Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed changes in how people consume their entertainment. From the diminishing returns of physical media as a revenue stream for studios to a global […]
‘Sound’ & Fury: The internet’s obsession with ranking movies
Anghus Houvouras on Sight & Sound’s Top 100, Jeanne Dielman, and the internet’s obsession with ranking movies… A few weeks back, Sight & Sound magazine released its most recent list of the top 100 films. An honor bestowed upon cinematic works once every decade, voted on by 1169 filmmakers who were asked to rank their […]
Avatar: The Most Successful Movie with Zero Cultural Impact
Anghus Houvouras on James Cameron’s Avatar and its total lack of cultural impact… We’re living in an age of entertainment extremism, where passionate fans go to ludicrous lengths to engage in hyperbolic talking points about their favorite film or franchise. It can be exhausting, wading through social media and hearing people make bold declarations not […]
Andor: A Star Wars show by any other name…
Anghus Houvouras on Star Wars: Andor… “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” This is a quote from William Shakespeare where he establishes two things: 1. The convention of naming things is irrelevant 2. While being one of history’s greatest writers, he wasn’t […]
Top Gun: Maverick and the Success of Simplistic Cinema
Anghus Houvrouas on the success of Top Gun: Maverick… Top Gun: Maverick is the kind of massive, crowd pleasing blockbuster that felt almost extinct after a global pandemic threatened to end the theatrical experience. Loved by both audiences and critics, the movie has become a phenomenon and the most successful movie of 2022. I always […]
Based on a ‘True Story’: Blonde and the Fallacy of Historical Accuracy in Fiction
In the wake of Netflix’s controversial Blonde, Anghus Houvouras discusses the fallacy of accuracy in historical fiction… Mark Twain famously said “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” It’s a fantastic quote, but here’s something interesting; Apparently Mark Twain never said it. You’ll see the quote attributed to him in […]
The Week in Nontroversies – Daredevil in She-Hulk and Chris Pratt in The Super Mario Bros Movie
Anghus Houvouras on the week’s big nontroversies… Nontroversy – Things people are discussing and seemingly angered by on the internet, but no one is actually affected by or truly concerned about. Social media is a mine field when it comes to nontroversies. On any given week there are a half dozen minor meltdowns prompting mobs […]
How Disney could revolutionize the theatrical experience and put ‘Multi’ back in Multiplex
Anghus Houvouras on how Disney could put the ‘multi’ back into multiplex… Spider-Man: No Way Home was a massive hit. The kind of film that appealed to a wide variety of film fans. A rare blend of comedy, tragedy and bombast that made it one the most lucrative movies ever released. A new version of […]
The Death of Cinematic Discourse
Anghus Houvouras on the death of cinematic discourse… Cinematic discourse has been contentious as far back as I can remember. There were always people extremely passionate about film, who would state their opinions with vigour and steadfastly defend them given the opportunity. Woody Allen famously portrayed the kind of overly zealous cinematic debates that took […]
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