Anime For The Masses? If there’s one thing to note in relation to the films that are shown today and the many different film-making practises that are utilised, it’s how much directors ‘pay homage’ to other works that have come to print their mark on this lauded artistic medium. As …
A Fitting Conclusion To A Contemporary Cinematic Figure Tobey Maguire, Ryan Reynolds, Christian Bale, J.K. Simmons, Heath Ledger and of course, Robert Downey Jr. What do all of these actors have in common with each other? They’re all actors, in their respective roles, that have portrayed superhero related characters to …
Spectacle…But No Substance? As much as one cinema-goer can list off a serial number of action films that have defined what the said genre has become and how it’s evolved certain stories and films over-time to this present day, one of the more interesting outlooks to gaze at in regards …
Down Came The Rain…And Definitely Washed The Spider Out… As stated many times over the course of many film reviews that have amounted to what this Blog-site has become, not only is the hardest job for a director to construct a sequel that maintains the consistency of quality that derived …
Back To His Familiar Ways? From almost the very beginnings of cinema, the notion of ‘stardom’, within the many actors and actresses that have come and gone to grace the silver-screen, has been one of the medium’s defining characteristics. In this day-and-age, it serves to be a construct that plays …
Ga Ga Over La La? A Full-Impact Dazzlement That Charms And Commends Classical Cinema Ever since its first teaser trailer that appeared many months ago and its inception at the Venice Film Festival, Damien Chazelle’s latest feature of La La Land had been spouted and received by avid film-goers as a film …
A Dark Euphoria That Tickles Expectations Out of the many popular film franchises there have been in cinema history, there is no other film series other than the Star Wars pieces of films that have conjured up not only sci-fi classics that all demographics have and still connect with on …
Magic Incarnate: A Fun And Enchanting Beginning As hard as it is to see, since there have been many commendable film franchises that have come and gone, Warner Bros’. lucrative and lauded franchise of ‘Harry Potter’, stands today to be the 2nd highest grossing franchise in film history. With eight …
Stamping A New Future For Japanese Animation? Ever since one of the great conjurer’s of animation, Hayao Miyazaki, departed from the directing high-chair in 2013, after making what was meant to be his last feature film in The Wind Rises, the most loyal of audiences have been pursuing a successor for …
A Visual Head-Scratcher As much as we’ve seen Western Animation thrive in the cinematic spotlight in recent years that’s pushed the boundaries of the filmic medium by introducing innovative technologies and story-telling values of new and old, it’s arguable to state that animation deriving from the East, specifically in Japan, …
