It's that time when we approach the end of the year and I feel immense pressure to catch-up on as many 2017 movies as I possibly can before putting together an end-of-year "Best Of" list that has a wide enough sample to be somewhat legitimate. Spoiler alert however: The list I put out in December …
It is no secret that movies directed by women are few and far between. Part of the fanfare surrounding Patty Jenkins directing Wonder Woman earlier this year was the simply pathetic fact that it had been so long since a woman was handed the realms of a blockbuster. Additionally even though we've had close to a hundred superhero movies, …
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Thor: Ragnarok could have gone in one of two directions. It could have either decided to act as a Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) expansion machine (like Captain America: Civil War) as it tried to connect all the loose threads to set up next May's enormous Avengers: Infinity War. Or it could function as a proper conclusion to the …
Ever since Studio Ghibli closed shop with its final feature film When Marnie Was There in 2014 it is safe to say that there has been something of a void in Japanese animation. The latest to try and stake his claim as heir apparent to the legacy of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata is Makoto Shinkai …
Although Netflix has been in the business of making original movie content for about two years, it's fair to say that 2017 is the year when they finally broke through as a major player on the movie scene in general. This year they are on track to release an astonishing 60 original narrative and documentary …
The decision to revisit a classic movie is always a risky move, especially when said classic is a dense sci-fi movie that was never popular when it was first released, has several cuts of the film with wildly different meanings making it even harder for the average filmgoer to jump int, and has developed a …
Stephen King, other than being a famous horror fiction writer, is a famous fan of horror movies, using many of the horror movies of his youth as inspiration for his horror novels. Things have naturally come full circle in that his novels, short stories, and novellas have become a treasure trove for Hollywood, starting with Brian …
John Carpenter's impossibly bleak horror movie The Thing has the rare distinction of being both a remake - of the Howard Hawks produced The Thing From Another World (1951) - and having been remade itself as the unnecessary reboot/prequel The Thing (2011). Among the few movies that this is true of, it has the even rarer distinction of being the best version of …
With all respect to Misters Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Christopher Lee, the undisputed godfather of horror movies is well and truly Vincent Price. With his unique baroque voice, imposing demeanour, and trademark twinkle in his eye denoting devilish playfulness, he has punctuated many a horror film spanning from the 1950s all the way to …
Being frightened is an underrated quality of childhood in our often overprotective parenting environments. We fear scarring our kids and we value their innocence so we do everything we can to shield them from the darker side of life. As a parent of two myself, I completely understand the instinct and am entirely susceptible to …
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