Anghus Houvouras on whether studios should leave troubled productions alone… There’s a terrible line uttered by Rose Tico in the terrible movie that was Star Wars: The Last Jedi. A goofy, cringe-inducing piece of writing that should make everyone shudder. In that awful final act where she stops Finn from sacrificing himself to save his friends […]
The Most Disappointing: The ‘Genetically Engineered Killing Machine’ trope
Anghus Houvouras on the ‘Genetically Engineered Killing Machine’ trope… Blockbusters are frequently rife with clichés and tropes, gingerly strung together to construct a flimsy narrative from which they can hang their set-pieces. No one ever said big budget crowd-pleasers had to be wholly original. If that was a requirement we might only get 2 to […]
Why are people crying at the end of Avengers: Infinity War?
Anghus Houvouras on the end of Avengers: Infinity War (spoilers in the house)… Avengers: Infinity War is a massive, worldwide, expectation-exceeding box office busting phenomenon that has managed to capitalize on 10 years of world building. All the success is a victory lap for what Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios have accomplished. This is well-earned […]
We’ll never see Zack Snyder’s Justice League and I’m angry
Anghus Houvouras is angry that we’ll never get to see Zack Snyder’s Justice League… The best and worst thing about being an opinion based columnist is that the only requirement to write a column is having a strong opinion about something. For the last month or so, I haven’t. I’ve started a few pieces here […]
Does Avengers: Infinity War Ruin Thor: Ragnarok (and The Hulk)?
Anghus Houvouras on Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, and The Hulk… I really enjoyed Avengers: Infinity War. Not since the original Avengers have I felt this excited about a Marvel movie as well as the urge to see it multiple times. As someone who had been suffering a case of Marvel movie malaise, this is […]
Venom looks goofy as hell, so why am I now more interested in seeing it?
Anghus Houvouras on Sony’s Venom movie… If I’ve learned anything from nearly 20 years of writing about movies online, it’s that I appreciate movies that defy expectations. This explains my Marvel movie malaise with everything from Age of Ultron through Captain America: Civil War. I was bored with the Marvel Cinematic Universe because it wasn’t […]
Can we all just admit Ready Player One was terrible?
Anghus Houvouras on Ready Player One… Every movie doesn’t need to be a movement. These are some wise words spoken by one of cinema’s most prolific and revered voices: Myself. This deep kernel of wisdom was uttered sometime around the turn of the century when everyone was freaking out about the tragedy of Star Wars: […]
Avengers Dead Pool: Who Doesn’t Make It Out of Infinity War Alive?
Anghus Houvouras on which characters might not make it out of Avengers: Infinity War alive… We’re a little over a month away from the second most anticipated movie of 2017, Avengers: Infinity War hitting theaters. Fans are at a fevered pitch as Marvel studios brings together 10 years of storytelling into an epic intergalactic showdown […]
Is it OK to be angry about Jared Leto’s Netflix Yakuza movie?
Anghus Houvouras on whether it’s okay to be angry about Jared Leto’s Yakuza movie The Outsider… No. It’s absolutely not you mewling children. Spare me your indignation you pathetic, easily offended politically correct windbags already looking for the next ‘controversy’ to feign outrage over. Thanks for clicking. Remember to like, subscribe and share with your […]
Huffing Hyperbole: Is Black Panther really a game-changer?
Anghus Houvouras on Marvel’s Black Panther… Black Panther has finally come out and the internet has blasted into Vibranium-powered overdrive to heap praise upon the finished film. Since the first reviews started surfacing online, the amount of hype and praise felt instantly excessive. And I’m not even talking about the 100% Rotten Tomatoes score (which […]
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