Tag Archive: movies

Will CARRIE be a worthwhile remake?

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Oh here we are once again with the age-old question: why must they remake everything?  The answer is that Hollywood is sadly out of ideas, and they would rather do crappy re-dos of… Continue reading

The Dark Knight Trilogy – A Hero’s Journey

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The Dark Knight Trilogy – A Hero’s Journey Batman Begins was all about fear, mastering it, manipulating it and its overall power. The Dark Knight was about chaos, how it is fair and… Continue reading

Top 10 Replacements for David Slade as Daredevil Director

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10. Neil Jordan Past Work: The Crying Game, Interview with a Vampire, The Brave One, Ondine, and the upcoming Byzantium In almost all of his work no matter what genre he is dabbling… Continue reading

Michael Bay: An Unbiased View

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What’s the first word that comes to mind when someone says “Michael Bay”? Is it negative? I’m willing to bet that it’s anything from hack to asshole to all style and no substance,… Continue reading

A History of Helen of Troy on Film

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Homer’s The Illiad and The Odyssey are two of the most famous, reproduced, referenced, and loved stories of all time. The story of the Trojan War is a complex telling of gods, heroes,… Continue reading

‘Man of Steel’ Trailer Fails to Take Flight

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Trailers for Superhero movies are, on a whole, some of the easiest ones to sell the audience with. Even a terrible superhero movie like Green Lantern had an awesome trailer. The voice-over, the… Continue reading

‘The Dark Knight’ Trilogy Villains – A Guide (Part 3)

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Having already covered a detailed look at Nolan’s interpretations of the villains in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight it’s time to turn our gaze onto the concluding chapter of the trilogy: The… Continue reading

‘The Dark Knight Trilogy’ Villains: A Guide (Part 2)

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In the previous entry of this limited series we analysed the comic and Nolan movie versions of Ra’s al Ghul, Carmine Falcone, Victor Zsasz and The Scarecrow. Now, with logic as our guide,… Continue reading

‘The Dark Knight Trilogy’ Villains: A Guide – Part 1

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So you’ve seen Christopher Nolan’s three epic Batman movies and you’re thinking: that was awesome. But who were all those bad guys? Sure I know who The Joker and Catwoman are, but Scarecrow,… Continue reading

50 Years of Bond: ‘Live and Let Die’ Review

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Director: Guy Hamilton Cast: Roger Moore, Jane Seymor, Yaphet Kotto, David Hedison, Clifton James, Bernard Lee, Gloria Hendry Plot: When Bond investigates the deaths of three agents in America, along with the CIA,… Continue reading