Samuel Brace on four things that Disney has got so right with Star Wars…Navigating the toxic pages of the internet can open oneself up to a host of narratives that are infuriatingly mendacious. This is, after all, a place where dwellers operate routinely in schadenfreude and where negativity rules the day. It’s hard not to […]
5 Things We Want To See From Daredevil Season 3
Samuel Brace with 5 things we want to see from Daredevil season 3…Daredevil has been an unequivocal success. The once forgotten blind vigilante has quickly become a house hold name, turning a second string hero into a true fan favourite thanks to the quite remarkable Netflix series. Capitalising on our so desperate urge to binge, […]
Maybe they shouldn’t have brought back Han, Luke & Leia to Star Wars
Anghus Houvouras on whether Lucasfilm should have kept Han, Luke and Leia out of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy…There are times where I feel like Star Wars has become my white whale. At some point in my life I marveled at its magnificence, but now I’ve become embittered by its existence which continues to perpetually […]
Do Kaiju movies need human characters?
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 be […]
Same-er Things: Yesterday, Stranger Things and the painful lack of originality in Hollywood
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 one person […]
Netflix Is Great, But Cinema is Special
Neil Calloway argues that despite the strides made by streaming services, cinema is still a cut above…It’s become such a cliché that you probably sigh every time you hear it, but received wisdom is that nowadays the best TV is at least as good as, if not better than, films. First HBO, and now Netflix […]
Are Our Star Wars Expectations Too High?
Neil Calloway argues that everyone should relax when it comes to films set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…Just as the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the road to something as successful as the MCU is paved with thousands of franchises that crashed and burned before they got […]
The B-Movie With The Oscar Powered Pedigree – Best of the Best
Tom Jolliffe revisits Best of the Best… We’ve all seen those trailers before. You may see them predominantly around the time that Oscar baited films begin popping up, in readiness for an Autumn and winter push for Academy recognition. A principal cast loaded with calibre. They get announced on screen. Starring Academy Award winner…, Academy […]
Avengers: Endgame – Are Earth’s Mightiest Heroes now the MCU’s primary antagonists?
Pim Razenberg on the unconsidered consequences of Avengers: Endgame…Warning: If you have not seen Avengers: Endgame and want to avoid spoilers, do not read the following article.Did the Russo Brothers turn Earth’s Mightiest Heroes into Earth’s Greatest Foes with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame? After casting the Avengers in the role of Thanos’ primary […]
Is it time to move away from Legacy Characters?
George Chrysostomou on legacy characters…Franchises have a lot of bankable qualities, but one thing that will forever boost the box office of a much loved film saga is the continuation of a well known individual’s story, or the return of a legendary character, one that people would actually pay money to see return to the […]
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