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.
Tag: film
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?
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 …
Do We Need Trailers?
How do you get people interested in a film, without giving away all the best bits?
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 …
The issue with the “Hype Train”
So Star Wars is coming out in less than a week...
Big Game
This week's choice of movie provided me with three very different options: Spooks: The Greater Good (a spy movie based on a TV series I never got round to watching, Age of Adaline (A drama I knew little about), or Big Game (a potential stroke of genius according to one very persuasive friend)... and successfully persuasive he was. …
Avengers: Age of Ultron
As a devout fan of the Marvel Universe, this week was quite the special one for me, but alas I'll try to write an unbiased review and stop myself from kissing the feet of Mr Feige, Mr Whedon or anyone else important for that matter. Making an irregular move to watch Age of Ultron in …
Sorry We're Closed 