Simon Thompson delves into the career of Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To…Intensely prolific (with a back-catalogue dating all the way back to 1980) and defiant, Johnnie To is a Hong Kong filmmaking giant who, despite approaching the age of 70 this year, has shown no sign of slowing down or falling out of love with […]
The Essential Modern Conspiracy Thrillers
Hasitha Fernando with ten essential conspiracy thrillers…Conspiracy thrillers are a sub-genre of film that kick-started with the likes of The Manchurian Candidate and The Ipcress File, eventually flourishing in the 70s with bonafide hits such as Three Days of the Condor, All the President’s Men, Marathon Man and Executive Action. The movies were primarily based […]
Japan Is Winning Cinema Right Now
Several great Japanese movies have come out in the past year, adding to a recent golden period, so is Japan making the best of the best right now?Cinema around the world is all about cycles. You’ll see peaks and troughs where a nation is producing stellar work followed by a period of creative lull where […]
A New Golden Age of Espionage TV Shows?
In the wake of the success of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, Chris Connor looks forward to a new golden age of TV spy shows…Espionage and TV have a long and often hugely successful history; if we look at acclaimed adaptations of John Le Carre’s work including The Night Manager and Alec Guinness-led adaptations of the […]
Has Dave Filoni Made the Star Wars Prequels Cool 25 Years Later?
EJ Moreno looks at the re-evaluation of the Star Wars Prequels…Re-released last Friday to celebrate its 25th anniversary and timed to May the Fourth, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace impressed with an $8.1 million domestic haul during its rerelease.It’s going for about $14.5 million globally, which is pretty impressive for what was once […]
Upcoming 2025 Movie Sequels To Add To Your Watchlist
Here’s a selection of the biggest movie sequels of 2025 to add to your watchlist…Deciding what to watch weekly can be difficult, but a list like this can help you start planning ahead. We’ve assembled seven films to watch in 2025 and added a sequel spin to this list.Quite a few movies have already been […]
The Essential Richard Norton Movies
One of action cinema’s unheralded greats, Richard Norton, has sadly passed away. Here are ten essential movies where Norton kicked ass…Action fans were heartbroken to learn that the perennially underrated but legendary Richard Norton passed away recently. The Australian tough guy and martial arts master has had a colourful background, which has included working security […]
A DCEU Obituary: Ranking the DC Extended Universe from Worst to Best
EJ Moreno ranks the DC Extended Universe…Let’s get this out of the way first: everything you are about to read comes from someone who was once a DCEU super-fan. Admitting that feels like the step to recovery, as does reflecting on the journey that began over a decade ago.Man of Steel, the 2013 film by […]
Movies That Actually Really Need A Remake!
EJ Moreno with a selection of movies that really need a remake…The Thing. The Departed. Cape Fear: Sometimes, a remake could be good; sometimes, the remake is even better than the original.As a lifelong horror fan, it’s something I’ve come to accept; nothing is safe, and everything is up for a remake. That fact has […]
Why is CGI Getting Worse?
We look at the strange case of CGI, which for an array of reasons, appears to be getting worse. Why is shoddy CGI deemed acceptable in massive-budget movies? It’s been 30 years since Jurassic Park really kickstarted a major fascination with computer-generated imagery. We’d seen some revolutionary CGI prior to that with films like Terminator 2: […]
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