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The Most Disappointing: Game of Thrones Season 8

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Anghus Houvouras on the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones… Spoilers. Lots of Spoilers. If we’re being honest, the final season of Game of Thrones was always going to be a disappointment. If for no other reason than this fully realized world that we became so fond of would no longer exist. Sure, […]

The Ridiculous Notion That Batman Never Kills

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Anghus Houvouras on Batman and the “no kill” policy… At this point in my career, I’ve spent a few hundred thousand words devoted to analyzing movies and television and the fevered hyperbole of fandom that encompasses it. Truth be told, I find myself far more fascinated by the pop culture zeitgeist and fandom that surrounds […]

Why Jamie Dornan should be the next Batman

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Anghus Houvouras shares his pick for the next Batman… Ben Affleck is out as Batman, something no one should be surprised by. Warner Bros. is looking at hosing themselves off after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League showered audiences with wet, hot stinky garbage that was about as well received a white […]

2019 has proven that Disney is going to win the Franchise War (if it hasn’t already)

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Anghus Houvouras on Disney and ‘the franchise war’…  When it comes to long term strategies, Disney has orchestrated a masterful game of chess. Like a master playing multiple games moving from board to board using a variety of techniques to back every other Hollywood studio into a corner. A few years ago it became clear […]

How Captain Marvel mishandles Nick Fury

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Anghus Houvouras on Captain Marvel’s treatment of Nick Fury… I’m having a real Mugatu moment here. Marvel movies, for me, have become like the ‘many’ looks of Derek Zoolander: Everyone seems to be excitedly waiting for what’s next while I sit back and wonder how on Earth no one notices that we’re staring at the […]

Steven Spielberg: Old Man Yells at Cloud Services

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Anghus Houvouras on Steven Spielberg’s anti-streaming stance… It’s always interesting when people you admire get older and make startling third act turns and engage in questionable behavior. Like Woody Allen marrying his adopted daughter or Ian McKellen deciding to defend his sexual predator friends by using their closeted sexuality as an excuse. You can’t help […]

Why Blockbusters Shouldn’t Be Nominated for Best Picture

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Anghus Houvouras on blockbusters and Best Picture… Before I opine on blockbusters as Best Picture nominees, allow me to vent: Award season is the absolute worst, especially if you consider yourself a true lover of cinema. It’s an absolutely ridiculous time when studios, artists and film fans gets a little too invested in the concept […]

Is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse the best comic book movie ever?

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Anghus Houvouras on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse… If you would have told me at the start of 2018 that the most entertaining, most perfectly realized comic book movie would be released, I probably would have agreed with you. If you told me it was going to be an animated film from Sony, I probably would […]

The faulty logic of “You’re not the intended audience”

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Anghus Houvouras on the faulty logic of “you’re not the intended audience”… In nearly two decades of writing about movies, the motivating factor has always been the joy of discussing film with others. Whether that cinematic discussion was happening at a bar after the movie, a chat room or the toxic bowels of social media, […]