I like to imagine that the final shot in Spider-Man 3 (2007) in which we see Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson embrace one another, is a bittersweet meeting between… Continue reading "Romance, Idolization, and Ego in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy."
Attack on Titan, or Shingeki No Kyojin as it’s known in Japan, is heading into its third season this year, five years since the series launched back in 2013. Adapting… Continue reading "Attack on Titan: Season 1 Part 1 (2013) – Review."
The character of James Bond has somehow managed to stand the test of time despite, what some may consider, a rather generic formula and a central character that cannot grow… Continue reading "Casino Royale (2006) – Successfully Rebooting a 44 Year Old Franchise."
The opening scene to Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, the latest DC Animated original film, is bloody and borders on gratuitous. It involves the titular Task Force of deadly villains… Continue reading "Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018) – Review."
The thing that struck me while watching Wes Anderson’s latest picture, Isle of Dogs is the knack that the director has for taking a fairly basic premise and using that… Continue reading "Isle of Dogs (2018) – Review."
A Quiet Place opens with a caption, informing us that 89 days have passed. Since what exactly? That’s something we can deduce rather quickly, though not before an almost entirely… Continue reading "A Quiet Place (2018) – Review."
As is often the case, the Joker overshadows the Bat in Batman: The Enemy Within, the five-episode sequel to Batman: The Telltale Series. Only here, we’re privy to what might… Continue reading "Batman: The Enemy Within (2017-18) – Review."
The protagonist in Alex Garland’s second feature film, Lena, has a military background but also an academic one. She specializes in biology and has found success as a professor in… Continue reading "Annihilation (2018) – Review."
There are a number of great films that have left their mark on the neo-noir-drenched corner of cinema, the colourful void in which inspiring and terrifying futures exist under bright,… Continue reading "Mute (2018) – Review."
In a bizarre move, Paramount has made it abundantly clear that it has little faith in Ex Machina director Alex Garland’s forthcoming film, Annihilation, having opted to skip a theatrical… Continue reading "Alex Garland’s ‘Annihilation’ and an International Distribution Dilemma."
