Carrying On The Formula It’s not surprising really that Chris Columbus took up the directorial plinth once again to direct the 2nd instalment of the Harry Potter film series, since he profoundly did a rather successful yet simple job of creating the platform and mood for the first flick. In …
The Haunting Side Of The Caped-Crusader When I look back at my own upbringing throughout my childhood years, within the 1990’s, one of the things that was prominent and always available to watch, was Batman; whether it was the Tim Burton filmic pieces or the animated T.V. series which was …
Where The Magic Began I was only 7 years old when the first Harry Potter film was released into cinemas back in 2001 and I never would have thought back then that this now successful film franchise would stretch itself into my own upbringing from adolescence, into my late teens. …
Riding Through The Dark One thing that is intersting about film-makers is that the more they direct, the more they can express themselves in the smallest detail, whether it’s within the scenes themselves, or with the characters that we, as the viewer, have to see and engage with. Naturally, the …
A Fitting Swansong For Ghibli’s Final Bow Just recently, I did a one-off Blog Post about ending sequences and climaxes to films and how the best of these closing scenes, can simply manage to not only finish-off the contextual aspect of the narrative, but also provide meaning and emphasis towards …
X-Tinction If any of you remember back to my past review of X2, you would remember me saying how one of the hardest jobs for a director to do when it comes to constructing a sequel, is maintaining a consistency of quality from the first film into the sequel whilst adding …
Goin’ Up? While understandably, it is the likes of the British film directors of Danny Boyle, Christopher Nolan and Ridley Scott that take up the lime-light in the media aspect of things, it would be criminal to not forget the lesser-known British directors who create pieces of art in their …
Taking It To The Genre’s Mouth There’s no denying that in recent times, there has been some hefty discussion over the saturation of Superhero films in the current industry and how, regularly, each year, the numbers of Superhero films seems to be getting bigger and bigger. I mean, in fairness …
Crossing The Realms Being that in this current state that I’m someone who is researching upon Japanese animation for a dissertation, it’s no surprise really to learn that Japanese animation and video games are entertainment and artistic platforms that coalesce with each other. While a more subtle example of this …
Sparks Of New And Old I don’t think there’s any questioning really that along with some of the other great Sci-Fi film epics, such as Metropolis, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien/Aliens and many many more films of this ilk, Star Wars is a futuristic and adventure filled series that everyone in this day and …
