With 2017 coming to an end and Oscar season coming up faster than Dwayne Johnson driving a muscle car, I started to have a think about my favourite films of the year and I surprised myself.
Category: Bilbo’s Blog
Emotions at the Picture House
So unless you're emotionally frozen or your hard ass scale is equivalent to Aliens' Sgt Apone, then you've probably got a bit teary, shocked, scared, or laughed uncontrollably at the cinema.
Why We Need “Bad” Films
Justice League is out, "Huzzah!!" but like the majority of its predecessors in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) it's not reviewed very well, "Who'd have thunk it..." but is being bad, actually a bad thing?
Leave it Alone!
I can't remember who it was, or to what context it was in, but my favorite opinion about reboots is that; why do they only ever remake the good things, why doesn't someone take another shot at the films that were lacking?
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Nine years on from the 2008 release of Iron Man and Marvel Studio's dominance over the blockbuster market isn't showing any signs of slowing down.
Getting Your Monies Worth
So I had Blade Runner 2049 spoilt for me. Twice. Each time about a different aspect of the film. Now I won't repeat the spoilt (or any) plot points here, but in an interesting twist on my blog the other week - about film studios revealing spoilers about their up-and-coming releases - this film's producers …
Boldly Working?
Are the crew in Star Trek working hard ,or hardly working?
Do We Need Trailers?
How do you get people interested in a film, without giving away all the best bits?
Death Holds No Power Over Me?
Discussing the paradoxical death dilema in comicbook adaptations.
Collaboration and Repetition
Your listening to the radio and that new, hooky song comes on. You have a sing and dance about, and when it's finished you decide you're going to get the album to hear more stuff like it. You're about to encounter one of three possibilities: The rest of the album is nothing like the hit …
Sorry We're Closed 