Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories… BE CAREFUL NOT TO CHOKE ON YOUR ASPIRATIONS Disney and Lucasfilm delivered one of – if not the – greatest Darth Vader moments with his final scene in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and screenwriter Gary Whitta has revealed that his original draft of the script featured an […]
Faster & Furiously: How Vin & the Family Owe an 80s & 90s Debt
Tony Black on how Fast & Furious owes a debt to 80s and 90s action movies… You may have avoided the Fast & Furious franchise. I did, for ages. To me it was nothing more than ‘car porn’, full of slick machismo, bad dialogue and poorer plot choices. 2008’s semi-reboot Fast & Furious began a […]
Alan Menken: A Life in Disney
As Beauty and the Beast shatters box office records worldwide, Sean Wilson looks back at the illustrious Disney career of its celebrated composer Alan Menken… Disney’s in-vogue trend of rebooting their animated classics shows no signs of abating, as their live-action take on 1991 masterpiece Beauty and the Beast waltzes onto screens. Starring Emma Watson […]
The Malicious Misogyny of the Modern Movie Geek
Anghus Houvouras on the malicious misogyny of the modern movie geek… I haven’t written anything in a few weeks. This is because I only write columns when I feel compelled to do so. Like any sanctimonious writer I require the sweet touch of inspiration. Half the reason most people write in the first place is […]
Marvel’s Iron Fist: A Reasonable Response to a Very Reasonable Show
Samuel Brace on Marvel’s Iron Fist… Iron Fist is not good. That’s what you’ve been hearing in the build up to Netflix’s new Marvel series. You’ve been hearing that it is the first misfire from Marvel’s Netflix venture, a flop, a bag full of nothing good. Reviews have been indifferent to bad, its metacritic score […]
Why We Don’t Need More Matrix Movies
This week, Neil Calloway argues against a return for The Matrix… So, we’re getting another load of Matrix films. Or we will be if Warner Bros get their way. It would be easy just to throw my hands up in the air and go “Oh, I’m sick of reboots, can’t we have something original?” but […]
Is Disney’s Beauty and the Beast a misogynist horror story?
Anghus Houvouras on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast… Walt Disney was a visionary who created the most powerful entertainment industry the world has ever known. Since its modest, hand-drawn origins, the company has worked its way into merchandise, theme parks, television, video games, and has spent untold billions for every major pop culture franchise they […]
Can we all just admit the Golden Globes are kind of terrible?
Anghus Houvouras on the Golden Globe Awards… This headline feels redundant, as if it’s a deeply held belief by 88% of the civilized world. The other 12% are made up of the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and people like my wife who enjoy watching the red carpet fashion on display no matter […]
Get Out: Social Commentary in the Horror Genre
Tony Black on Get Out and social commentary in the horror genre… A romper stomper of a low budget hit, Get Out is the first breakout picture of 2017 and may end up being the biggest. Jordan Peele’s tense tale isn’t just an exercise in horror thriller theatrics, it’s also the first of four ‘social […]
Free Fire: The 70’s Crime Pictures It Takes a Bullet From
Tony Black on Free Fire… Let’s be honest, if you’ve seen Free Fire, you’ll know it’s not particularly like a lot of the 1970’s crime films that, on the face of it, Ben Wheatley’s movie would sit alongside. This pulpy, lean slice of comic violence owes more to the early 90’s stylistics of down’n’dirty Tarantino […]
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