As with Wonder Woman, there is an unfair burden placed on Black Panther. It has to excel because it has the weight of representation on it. Justice League, Batman vs Superman, these can suck and that’s shrugged off. If either of these movies had sucked execs and white audiences would… Continue reading
This JJ Abrams production was (apparently) released on Netflix unexpectedly after an ad at the Super Bowl. This has caused some musing about release schedules and campaigns in the digital age, but is really just an expensive version of ‘straight to video.’ Sadly this may be the most innovative thing… Continue reading
The summer releases made it apparent that creating blockbusters that are not steaming piles of crap, is strangely difficult for Hollywood. And so it is with a sense of relief almost that we get Rogue One. It’s almost perfect for what it is – an action sci-fi flick with just… Continue reading
What a strange mess this film is. It really has no idea what it wants to be, and should be a film studies lesson in knowing what you want from your outcome. I can’t be bothered to detail the fractured plot, but it has multiple threads which seemingly are unaware… Continue reading
I am old enough to remember going to the cinema to see the first Star Trek film in 1980. And that in itself was a reboot of the TV series which was nearly always on rotation on TV. I bumped into some mates from school at that screening and the… Continue reading
The law of sequels states they will always be inferior to the original, and as films such as Scream 2 and 22 Jump St have spelled out for us, they need to be bigger, but with exactly the same plot. 10 Cloverfield Lane ignores all of these demands. In making… Continue reading
In Germany there is a black and white 1963 British film called Dinner for One, which is shown across most of the major TV stations, every New Year’s Eve. Up to half the German population watch it, every year. It is quite pointless to review Dinner for One in isolation, as… Continue reading
