Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind the Mel Gibson action thriller Payback as it turns 25… Payback was made when Mel Gibson was one of the biggest and most bankable stars in Hollywood, and with the involvement of Oscar-winning L.A. Confidential scribe Brian Helgeland the project had all the makings of another bona fide […]
The Boondock Saints at 25: The Controversial Cult Film Revisited
Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind The Boondock Saints as it turns 25… There’re very little movies out there whose behind-the-scenes drama have achieved the notoriety that The Boondock Saints has been able to achieve. The rise and fall of a narcissistic director, unnecessary meddling by a notorious studio head and the Columbine high-school […]
Ranking the Major Best Picture Contenders for the 2024 Oscars
EJ Moreno looks at films heading for the 2024 Oscars… As we enter the New Year and the 2024 award season begins, the contenders for Best Picture are starting to take shape. While anything can happen from now to the Oscars in March, we have over ten films that most likely play a part in […]
The Best Horror Movies of 2023
EJ Moreno looks at 2023’s best horror movies… When we look at the horror genre, there are a few things fans want out each year. The demands aren’t wild but vital to a good genre year. Most horror lovers want great scares, a few mainstream outings worth touting, and the new indie cult classic. Surprisingly, […]
7 Enjoyably Bad Christmas Movies
It’s Christmas season and it’s a time of forgiveness…for bad movies. Here are seven enjoyably bad Christmas movies… Something about the Christmas season raises the spirits in people. Come December, it feels like audiences suddenly gain a tolerance for rubbish, be it food, music or movies. Yes, the humble cinematic Christmas offering has a crapola […]
The Prince of Egypt at 25: The Crowing Glory of DreamWorks Animation
Hasitha Fernando on the story behind DreamWorks Animation’s crowning glory The Prince of Egypt as it turns 25… The Prince of Egypt was DreamWorks Animation’s second animated feature film, which saw the adaptation of the first fourteen chapters of the Book of Exodus, which detail Moses’ journey from a mere Egyptian prince to his rise […]
Your Angel of Death Awaits – The Greatness of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm on its 30th Anniversary
Ricky Church revisit Batman: Mask of the Phantasm on its 30th anniversary… Batman has appeared in nearly a dozen live-action films, beginning with 1966’s campy Batman with Adam West to last year’s dark detective film The Batman with Robert Pattinson. No doubt there will be plenty more as Matt Reeves is working on The Batman Part II and DC Studios co-head James […]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Strangely Bittersweet Story at 15
Hasitha Fernando on David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as it turns 15… Many a collective eyebrow was raised when auteur David Fincher announced that he’d be tackling a rated PG-13 romantic drama cum period piece after his underrated masterpiece Zodiac. But as always, the supremely talented filmmaker proved us all wrong with […]
Scarface at 40: The Story Behind the Seminal Gangster Classic
Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Scarface as it celebrates its 40th anniversary… There is nary a filmgoer who has not heard of Brian De Palma’s Scarface. Debuting 40 years ago this month, the movie stirred controversy and polarized audiences with its graphic violence, excessive profanity and depictions of drug usage but has since then […]
Has the Oscars Finally Embraced “The Weird”?
EJ Moreno looks at the Academy Awards and the new era of films vying for recognition… As we enter a new awards season, it’s refreshing to look at the landscape of potential contenders. Loving the race to the Academy Awards for decades and later entering my own awards season as a Critics Choice Association voter, […]
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