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 …
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 …
Back To The Drawing-Board Unequivocally, while many outside audiences arguably see it as a series full of characters staring each other down, powering-up and fighting one another in a grandiose manner, there’s a reason why Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball is seen as one of the best anime show’s of all time and …
Spit-Spot As much as audience’s association with Walt Disney, and his famed studio of the same name, come from the colourful assortment of animations that have each respectively told distinctive and memorable stories, it’s easy to forget the aforesaid studio’s live-action features. From their inception into the producing live-action films …
Animation Affirmation While it may seem uncommon, given the circumstance that these types of films aren’t commonly shown at the theatres for numerous times and dates, it’s fathomable to perceive just how necessary it is for a popular Japanese animated T.V. show to delve into the cinematic realm and wow …
Silver-Lining Malek While there are a plethora of filmic genre’s that can easily make become lost within the exhibition itself, it’s inherent for a well constructed biographical picture, or biopic (sub-genre of drama thematic), to make us forget about own lives since we become so engrossed in the lives we …
Scattered Criminality Despite many audiences and critics’ qualms over the first Harry Potter spin-off feature being merely a prequel that no one asked for and didn’t really add any supplementary contextual value to J.K. Rowling’s lauded book & film franchise, what was was pleasing to see of Fantastic Beasts And Where …
Childhood Romanticism As much as it may seem that Makoto Shinkai, forever known now as the master animator/director in crafting the wonderfully emotional and detailed Your Name, is taking the ‘mantle’ as the top Japanese animation director from Hayao Miyazaki, who’s currently delving into animation in moulding a Studio Ghibli film …
