Over familiarity and repetitiveness is not a great combination for a movie. From Hollywood’s point of view a familiar character can mean attracting an established following, from the audience’s point of view however this can be one of the most disappointing aspects of cinema-going. With Man Of Steel […]
From the moment a curtain opens on stage at the start of Sucker Punch, the audience can’t wait for it to close on this pitiful excuse of a movie. With its slow motion corny-ness, fake theatrical set-pieces, and wannabe erotic costumes, this is surely one of the biggest […]
Zack Snyder has somehow risen though the ranks of Hollywood by merely possessing the skills of a B-Movie Director. His films which are usually colour-graded to hell, have all the artistic merit of a Soft-core Porn romp, and mimic the aesthetics of a noughties Pop Music Video. This […]
Film and Television is a white dominated industry, not only in your country, but across the globe. For many years now, we have been entertained by Caucasian actors and actresses playing Caucasian characters. Most lead roles in most popular films are white, but this is hardly a surprise […]
Russell Brand started off life looking like an East End version of the character “Buzz” from Home Alone. Then with the help of illegal narcotics and their associated contrived aesthetics; he became a superficial Goth-wannabe, complete with all the clichéd piercings and tattoos. This pseudo-70’s throwback then began […]
Kathryn Bigelow was best know for her thriller Blue Steal and her action-thriller Point Break, both of which were average films if it weren’t for the late Ron Silver and the late Patrick Swayze respectively (and maybe Keanu Reeves). For the last few years however, she has teamed […]
The Last Stand is a film which wishes it was made in the ’80s or ’90s, a time when contrived characters and prejudicial stereotyping was accepted. Watching this film in the present day however, just goes to show how outdated the classic “Action Movie” template has become. In […]
Comedies for the past ten years have been on a downward spiral due to the blandness of the writers and actors on offer. Gone are the days of laugh-out-loud, thoroughly entertaining comedies like Trading Places and Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. Instead we have dullness masquerading as funny, films […]
Jason Segel; a walking, talking, and acting example of how plain and unexciting Hollywood has become, an institution so out of original ideas that they now hire the most forgettable and un-charismatic people in existence to act in, or to rehash any of their properties. Jason Segel is […]
Peter Jackson, the once underrated cult director of low-budget, ultra-gory horror comedies such as Bad Taste and Braindead, has now become synonymous with big-budget adaptations. He has now become an unofficial member to an ever-increasing clique of overrated blockbuster-bullshitters whose inability to enthral audiences or display directorial individuality, […]
Judd Apatow: a producer of lacklustre humdrum comedies which for some unfathomable reason are hugely successful. His portfolio includes scripts which, in an attempt to portray real life speech, are filled with staccato lines and awkward moments between awkward people. The result is not-that-comedic comedies and not-that-entertaining entertainment […]
Hollywood it seems, has created a conveyor belt system of movie production. Instead of beginning with an innovative idea or exceptional plot, contemporary movie making begins by either optioning popular mediums such as best-selling books or “re-imagining” some property already owned by the studios. Collaborative screenwriters are then […]
I remember as a kid looking in amazement at the giant screen which filled my field of view. I used to love the virtual experience of swimming miles underwater or flying above beautiful landscapes. IMAX screens were immersive and transformed edutainment into a cinematic adventure. In the 1990s […]
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