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Why are people getting so crazy about Joker?

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Anghus Houvouras on Joker… There’s one film right now that is generating a catastrophic level of buzz online. A movie that has some people ridiculously excited while others are working themselves up into a foaming frenzy on what the film could potentially represent. Based on early expectations, the movie looks to be a massive financial […]

The Most Disappointing: Fandom in the Social Media Age

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Anghus Houvouras on fandom in the age of social media… The internet has ruined everything. It has given us a window into the soul of humanity and the view is pretty damn depressing. Like all great technical innovations, people have found out how to exploit this potentially amazing resource into a method of control. Elections […]

It’s time to #ReleaseTheTrankCut of Fantastic Four

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Anghus Houvouras with a call to #ReleaseTheTrankCut… In 2017 Justice League was released into theaters. ‘Released’ like a synthetic virus engineered to numb your senses and lull you into a state of catatonia. Ever since Joss Whedon took a dull hatchet to Zack Snyder’s original gonzo vision for Justice League, fans have been clamoring to […]

Four ways Disney has decimated the Star Wars franchise

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Anghus Houvouras on Disney’s decimation of Star Wars… After Solo’s lukewarm reception with the ticket-buying public and the lasting schism caused by Rian Johnson’s divisive The Last Jedi, it feels like the Star Wars franchise has taken a hit. What was once the most popular franchise in the world doesn’t even feel like the most […]

Why Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek is a gift to blockbuster cinema

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Anghus Houvouras on Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek… Quentin Tarantino is doing a Star Trek movie. Take a minute. Let that sink in. Hollywood’s most interesting auteur is being handed the sci-fi toybox to one of the most entertaining franchises ever. This is cause for celebration. An R rated Star Trek movie that can take the […]

Do Kaiju movies need human characters?

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Anghus Houvouras on kaiju movies and whether they need human characters… I love a good monster movie. They can, on occasion, still produce some of the childhood joy of watching massive creatures stomping on skyscrapers and battling one another to determine hierarchical dominance. All Kaiju movies deal with the same problem: the movie has to […]

Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame – A Post-Mortem

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Anghus Houvouras delves into Avengers: Endgame (major spoilers follow)… As a writer, there are times where you are genuinely excited to sit down in front of your computer and hammer out a column. When your typing fingers can barely keep up with the thoughts pouring out of your overactive cerebellum. There are others where your […]

Same-er Things: Yesterday, Stranger Things and the painful lack of originality in Hollywood

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Anghus Houvouras on Hollywood’s lack of originality… I’m not sure if I can convey the cringe-inducing feeling I get while watching any of the marketing for the new film Yesterday. As soon as the voice over establishing the basic premise of the movie is spoken, my brain begins to boil. “In a world where only […]

Was Avengers: Endgame really a realistic depiction of grief?

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Anghus Houvouras on Avengers: Endgame and its depiction of grief… People want so badly for the things they enjoy to be profound. It’s a strange trend that has emerged in recent years where people can’t simply enjoy music, television and movies but have to spend time explaining why these things transcend their medium and become […]