Cruisin’ For A Bitchin’ As arguable as it is to consider how many properties of entertainment strive towards and inevitably lack any original idea which either reference something else from pop-culture or is adapted from a well-known book, it’s easy to fathom how hard success really is for a lot …
Bittersweet Swan Song? Regardless of Netflix’s infamous and recent pursuit in culling-off adhered T.V. series that some respectfully had room to develop and conclude in their own distinctive way, as seen with the likes of One Day At A Time or Santa Clarita Diet, the said streaming service’s approach in producing a wide …
The Art Of Action As much as the superhero genre, specifically the Marvel strain of films, have rather saturated audiences with its abundance of choreographed heroics, the action genre is a category of features which was always morphed into many different styles; depending on the contextual circumstance. Indeed, Whereas the …
Wanting To Be The Very Best?! Ever since the initial recognition of Japanese animation in the West within the era of the 1980’s, both the anime and video-game mediums have, in many ways, coalesced with one another to create a globalised outlook that has permeated our own understandings of now …
CGIsm Why is the famed cinematic franchise of Star Wars so loved? This is a question which I believe possesses numerous answers and opinions all of which are appreciated. Whereas others love them because of their tuned affinity in deconstructing the values and noticeable aspects of stories – of which we’ll get …
Whatever It Takes Such is the norm in this contemporary age where Superhero theatrical features seamlessly dominate the box-office space and last years Avengers: Infinity War is the prime precedent of this. In now taking the fourth spot in the highest-grossing films of all time, surmising profit of over $2 billion dollars worldwide, it’s …
Through The Rabbit-Hole Admittedly, while the majority of my higher education as a college and University student involved me learning and being engrossed in different histories and theories of film, if there’s one cinematic genre that I’m personally not acquainted with, it’s the horror genre. As much as I’ve seen …
Tick-Tock As much as animation style, from my personal point of view, is an imperative tool for a Japanese Animated series to competently exhibit – considering how a particular drawn or CG style will inherently resonate with those viewers watching the trailers or seeing the posters – it’s equally imperative …
Stylistic Void: Duck Duck…Goose… What’s paramount to fathom in perceiving the plethora of recent cinematic features that Marvel have released in recent years, is their faith in giving niche directors the chance to share their vision through a super-heroic scope. Indeed, whether it’s through James Gunn’s vision in providing an …
The Beginning Of The End For any established film-franchise that has exhibited features of intrigue and critical acclaim, one aspect that these blockbuster series have to attain to is audience expectation and hype. It’s this very anticipation that can often be seen as a double-edged sword. As much as the …
