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Creator Critique: Sarah Z

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Anghus Houvouras spotlights YouTube creator Sarah Z… One can easily get lost in the sea of content creators waxing philosophical about pop culture. The difference between the most entertaining creators on YouTube and the countless throngs of noise making time-wasters churning out worthless reaction videos comes down to the quality of their analysis. That thought […]

The Best Original Shows on (Almost) Every Streaming Service

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Anghus Houvouras on the best original shows on (almost) every streaming service… There are so many streaming services out there and so many shows. It’s impossible to keep up with all of them. The vast majority of content is an ocean of mediocrity leaving we, the viewers, adrift desperately seeking a lifeline to guides us […]

A Lack of Vision: The Missed Opportunities of the Skywalker Saga – Rey Nobody

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Anghus Houvouras completes his analysis of the missed opportunities of the Skywalker Saga… The following is a continuation of the thought process laid out in Part One: The Emancipation of Anakin where I suggest one minor pivot to Anakin’s core motivation; The deep psychological scar of slavery. Every motivating factor from why he wants to […]

The Most Disappointing: Pushing Reset on the Hollywood Happy Ending

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Anghus Houvouras on Hollywood resetting its happy endings… Sequels have always been a sore subject for some. Hollywood’s penchant for rewarding successful movies with uninspired follow-ups is a feature of the film industry, not a bug. While some movies lend themselves to serialization, there are other cinematic successes that garner sequels in spite of not […]

Creator Critique: ralphthemoviemaker

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Anghus Houvouras on ralphthemoviemaker… My recent column ‘The Five Best YouTube Movie Channels’ fired up a great discussion about the current state of film criticism and commentary online with a number of great channels and creators mentioned as being worthy of inclusion. I thought it might be interesting to explore some of these well-respected creators […]

A Lack of Vision: The Missed Opportunities of the Skywalker Saga – Pharisees & Fiancees

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Anghus Houvouras continues his deep dive into the Skywalker Saga… In part one we discussed the missed opportunity of connecting Anakin’s emotional arc to the pain of slavery and losing his mother. Anakin’s disturbing past is abandoned. The anger and rage that we see him capable of in subsequent films never feels sufficiently connected to […]

A Lack of Vision: The Missed Opportunities of the Skywalker Saga – The Emancipation of Anakin

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Anghus Houvouras begins a deep dive into the Skywalker Saga … Believe me, I wish I could just… wish away my feelings. My relationship with Star Wars has changed significantly over my lifetime. From the first movie I ever saw in theaters to the pop culture universe I gleefully devoured in the form of comic […]

Four Director’s Cuts We’d Like To See

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Following on from the news that Zack Snyder’s Justice League is coming to HBO Max in 2021, Anghus Houvouras picks four director’s cuts he’d like to see… The idea of a Director’s Cut or ‘Extended Cut’ isn’t necessarily new. There was a time when letting the director back into the editing booth to take another […]