Flickering Myth

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Why You Should Avoid All Movie Marketing

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Neil Calloway argues that believing the hype only leads to disappointment… I can pinpoint the precise moment the scales fell from my eyes and I stopped believing the hype. It was a morning in 1999, and George Lucas was sitting in a shed not far from where I now live, autographing a pair of boxer […]

Making Sense Of The X-Men Movie Timeline(s)

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Eric Bay-Andersen on making sense of the X-Men movie timeline(s)… To say that the X-Men movies are convoluted and confusing would be an understatement – over the past 17 years the franchise has seen multiple spin-offs, re-boots and re-castings, making any hope of coherence impossible. But there is a way to make (partial) sense out […]

The Creativity of Sequels

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George Chrysostomou on creativity in sequels… It has to be said, adaptations, sequels and soft reboots are dominating the box office year in and out and there’s no getting away from that. This is the most profitable way to produce films, having a pre-existing audience, an easy way into a new story, and most importantly […]

Could VOD Save Film by Killing Movies?

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Samuel Brace on whether VOD could save film by killing movies… The mourning of film has been a long and arduous affair, a grieving process that has lasted quite some time. The death of film has been put down to a number of things; immature audiences, a disinterested populace, asinine competition outside of the medium, […]

Rick and Morty Season 3: What Does the Szechuan Sauce Really Mean?

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Liam Hoofe on Rick and Morty and Szechuan sauce… The surprise premiere of Rick and Morty season 3 last weekend has sent the internet into meltdown [read our review here]. Fans have started a petition to bring back the Mulan Szechuan sauce and are now waiting in eager anticipation for what the rest of the season has […]

Critical Thinking: Reviewing Content in the Digital Age

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Anghus Houvouras on reviewing content in the digital age… I was in a discussion with a friend regarding Rick and Morty; a show I love more than just about any piece of produced content in the 21st century. My friend gave the show a go but decided that he, and I quote, ‘just didn’t get […]

How Deadpool Could Bridge the Gap Between the MCU and Fox’s X-Men Universe

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Ben Robins on how Deadpool could bridge the gap between the MCU and Fox’s X-Men Universe… Forgive me if we’ve all already had this thought (and I’m fairly sure we all, at some stage, have) but, this whole ‘different universes’ world-building business is a bit of a ball-ache isn’t it? Most casual superhero fans seem […]

Raising Caine: Sir Michael Going On In Style

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Tony Black on screen legend Michael Caine… His recent political leanings aside, Sir Michael Caine remains one of the surviving legends of British and indeed American cinema of the last fifty years, and this weekend’s Going in Style–a heist caper directed by none other than Scrubs‘ Zach Braff–sees him share top billing with fellow aged […]