Ricky Church revisits Michael Bay’s Transformers as it turns 15… Throughout the nearly 40 years of the Transformers franchise, it has spanned many different forms of media from toylines, animated series, video games and comics. While the franchise hit the big screen early on with Transformers: The Movie, the animated tie-in to the original cartoon series, […]
Tom Cruise’s self-aware movie stardom in Top Gun: Maverick
Wesley Stenzel on Tom Cruise’s self-aware movie stardom in Top Gun: Maverick… About twenty minutes into Top Gun: Maverick, a disheveled Tom Cruise is surprised to find himself in the most generic American diner imaginable. It’s filled with featureless white bread normal people who gaze upon his tattered otherworldly figure with amazement and disgust. Cruise […]
Minority Report at 20: From Book to the Big Screen
Hasitha Fernando revisits Minority Report as it turns 20… For decades Philip K. Dick’s works have enthralled readers the world over with their high-brow concepts, philosophical themes and engaging narratives. Posthumously his efforts have attracted the attention of many a talented Hollywood filmmaker, who seek to bring his singular vision to life. Ridley Scott accomplished […]
A Forgotten Sylvester Stallone Gem: Lock Up
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Lock Up, one of Sylvester Stallone’s less heralded peak era films… 1989. Sylvester Stallone had topped the mountain in the 80’s. It all came to a head in 1985 when Rocky IV and Rambo: First Blood Part II dominated the box office. In today’s world, it was akin to having […]
Who Cares About Spoilers Anymore?
Tom Jolliffe ponders whether audiences still care about being surprised… Some spoilers will follow (featuring Obi-Wan, Doctor Strange 2 and Stranger Things)… if you still care… Right now the world eagerly awaits the arrival of Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 2 . We’ve also got through the entire run of the much anticipated Obi-Wan series […]
Celebrating Man of Steel: A Great Modern Day Superman Origin
Ricky Church praises Man of Steel… Nine years ago today, the Superman film franchise was revitalized with a reboot from director Zack Snyder and writer/producer David S. Goyer in the form of Man of Steel. It’s crazy to think of that as the beginning of the DCEU and seems a lifetime ago given all the […]
Ranking the Predator Franchise From Worst to Best
Shaun Munro ranks the Predator franchise from worst to best… The Predator franchise has certainly endured its fair share of ups and downs over the last three decades. From the sequels and kinda-reboots that have attempted to take the series in ambitious new directions – with wildly varying results – to those shameless spin-off fans […]
The Last Champions of Practical Work Over CGI
Tom Jolliffe looks at cinema’s last stalwarts of practical work over CGI in movies… What does the future hold? Technology is wonderful. Constant evolution brings with it new trends. In cinema, the computer generated image has developed exponentially in the past 30 years. From being something of an eye-catching new toy initially (or garish, nightmarishly […]
Propelled to Greatness by Set Pieces: A Maverick Approach to Action Cinema
Tom Jolliffe looks at two of the best action films of the last decade, Mad Max: Fury Road and Top Gun: Maverick… There are great films. There are great action films. Attaining greatness through your action amounts to nailing your set pieces and imbuing proceedings, with just enough characterisation to give the propellant action some […]
Why Scream no longer needs Sidney Prescott
Anghus Houvouras on why Scream no longer needs Sidney Prescott… Let me first say this; Neve Campbell is an absolute treasure. The following thoughts have nothing to do with Ms. Campbell and all of the amazing contributions she made to the Scream series, of which I consider myself a huge fan. The original Scream is […]
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