Henry Bevan defends conventional storytelling… One of the most annoying and backhanded critical compliments is “it’s great but conventional.” So many films met with critical acclaim are often simultaneously bashed for presenting their stories in a popular way. It is lazy and naive thinking to dismiss something as conventional without engaging with why it is. […]
Scarlett Johansson: Lost In Blockbusters!
Tom Jolliffe on Scarlett Johansson… I’m a fan of Scarlett Johansson. As an actress I think she’s interesting. She’s almost always engaging. She has a sultry old fashioned quality. Frankly she’s gorgeous, which whilst that shouldn’t be as important as it is in Hollywood (and it still is) that means she is a leading lady. […]
Ranking The Pixar Sequels
Ahead of the release of Cars 3, Eric Bay-Andersen ranks Pixar’s sequels… When people hear ‘sequel’, they usually think ‘shameless cash-in’, and although Disney’s purchase of Pixar must surely have influenced the number of sequels the studio has produced in the last 20 years (six with at least two more on the way), Pixar’s reputation […]
Patty Jenkins directing Superman, The Mummy bombs, Tom Hardy in Aladdin and more – Weekend News Roundup
PATTY JENKINS 4 SUPERMAN Having scored the best-reviewed DCEU entry with Wonder Woman – which dropped only 45% in its second week – director Patty Jenkins has been talking about other characters she’d like to tackle. In a Reddit AMA, Jenkins told her fans, “It’s no secret that I love Superman but right now I’m just […]
Exclusive interview with Chris McKay on The LEGO Batman Movie and LEGO Universe
Tai Freligh interviews director Chris McKay… Chris McKay has an extensive background in television work, including editing, directing, producing, animation and visual effects. He is best known for his editing work early on for Robot Chicken and Moral Orel before later adding directing to his resume. He was animation co-director on The LEGO Movie with Phil Lord and Christopher […]
Five TV Shows and Films That Need Virtual Reality Spin Offs
Neil Calloway imagines some projects that you should be able to enjoy in Virtual Reality… This week’s news that Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan wants to “do something” involving the show and Virtual Reality may seem odd, but in a world where we want increasing interactivity, it’s not too surprising that familiar properties will want […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the first Black Panther trailer
The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther… On Friday evening, Marvel Studios gave us our first look at 2018’s Black Panther movie with the release of the official teaser trailer for the film, which sees Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed) directing and Chadwick Boseman reprising the […]
The Week in Star Wars – Leaked Star Wars: The Last Jedi art, Episode IX shooting details, Han Solo set video and more
The Week in Star Wars returns after a few weeks’ absence (sorry about that) with updates on The Last Jedi, Episode IX, Han Solo and more… We’ll kick things off this week with some big news from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, featuring some leaked artwork which shows off Snoke’s Royal Guards and the Gorilla […]
The Best TV and Film Performances of 2017 So Far
Samuel Brace with the best TV and film performances of 2017 so far… Having already discussed the top TV shows of 2017 so far, it’s time we cast our gaze towards the standout acting performances, in either TV or film, of the year to date. There have been many truly wonderful turns given, spreading across […]
Tomorrow’s World: Part 1 – Why Terry Gilliam’s Brazil represents our near future
Tom Jolliffe on Terry Gilliam’s Brazil… Over the next week I will be looking at a selection of prescient films (and TV) which represent a cutting depiction of not only our present, but our near future. To start the ball rolling here, I consider Terry Gilliam’s masterpiece, Brazil. A look into a bleak, totalitarian future, […]
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