Hollywood can be a difficult business, and sometimes it is hard for a filmmaker to get their projects off the ground. It is also a merciless environment, and as the saying goes ‘you’re only as good as your last hit’. … Continue reading 13 great directors whose careers went missing
Let us take a look into the future to see the kinds of films we may all be watching in 2022. Once again the landscape of Hollywood blockbusters is dominated by superhero stories. C’est la vie, it is what sells … Continue reading 15 blockbusters to watch in 2022
I was curious, and did a little experiment, and figured you might be interested in the results. We film enthusiasts are living through a seismic change in how we watch the movies we love, as physical media – DVDs, blurays, … Continue reading The Streaming vs Physical Media Experiment
I have always adored movie poster design, and like to appreciate the best examples when I see them. In this 21st century age of badly Photoshopped heads I think we need to praise good poster art more than ever. Here … Continue reading 10 Great Movie Posters from 2021
Science fiction cinema often feels synonymous with big budgets, glossy production values, and lavish Hollywood tentpoles. Thankfully that isn’t the case in reality. Cutting-edge filmmaking tools are getting cheaper and cheaper, while an interconnected world is bringing films from all … Continue reading 10 Great Contemporary SF Films
It is said that ‘listicles’ – opinionated top 10 lists based on some arbitrary topic – are among the laziest and least inspired articles on the Internet. They’re easy for a writer to throw together, are easily shareable on social … Continue reading 10 Great Songs from the Movies
August sees the return of the Fantasia International Film Festival, arguably the world’s premier screening event for science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other unusual genre cinema. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, this year’s festival is offering its Canadian audiences unprecedented online … Continue reading Eight films to watch at Fantasia Film Festival 2021
Amazon’s US$8.45 billion dollar purchase of film studio MGM was announced this week, giving the tech company the rights to literally thousands of hours of archive content as well as a number of ongoing feature film franchises. It has led … Continue reading Amazon’s MGM purchase: the franchises
Poster art is one of the most important elements in marketing a movie, as it is often the first thing an audience will ever see about the film. It needs to be eye-catching, attractive, stimulating, and most importantly it must … Continue reading 10 great movie posters from 2020
Last week’s second season finale of Disney’s online serial The Mandalorian certainly grabbed the Internet’s attention, with an action-packed climax, more than one historical Star Wars cameo, and the surprise announcement of yet another short-run series due for release in 2021. It … Continue reading “This is the way” | Why it’s okay to like The Mandalorian, and why it’s still bad for Star Wars
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