Animation Craftmanship As arguable as it is to dismiss this point of view, stop-motion animation – which, unlike computer and traditional hand-drawn cel animation, utilises real objects shot frame by frame, with tiny adjustments made in-between – is a medium that has defied crude expectations and is a mode of …
Where’s Wally? From its compelling ability to reflect our world back at us through to the outright spectacle of the latest effects, which makes us perceive a particular feature in a different light, the realm of cinema has always drawn-off from the advancement of technology. From the fantastical star gate …
Earnest Film-Making An all encompassing genre hybrid that merges elements of tragedy or melancholia with sequences of comical levity, comedy-drama features, or “dramedy” for short, is one of the more recognisable filmic amalgamations that can easily sway or disdain your experience. While there are films in the forms of The Breakfast …
Poetic Visualisation Since the inception of cinema itself, the sci-fi genre has always provoked to make us think and deliberate on ideas and premises that subtly reflect our own cultural and social anxieties. Indeed, from Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon, that naturally eclipsed and astonished audiences in wonderment at the …
Long Live The King? As stagnant as it may seem to many that simply discussing the ever-changing iconography of the superhero genre is a nonsensical and tiresome discourse, considering how noticeable this ‘change’ is easy to perceive through recent filmic and televised products, it’s interesting non-the-less to see how vast …
The Right Sort Of Cheese? Cheese. By definition, it’s a food that’s made from pressed curds of milk left to ripen and age. Figurative Cheese however? Well, this a formality that binds together overly hackneyed and quintessential conventions that create moments of either hilarity or grief. Indeed, Cheesy feature-films in …
Beauty And The Beast While it’s well known that he hasn’t shied away from the cinematic spotlight in making big-budget hits of Hellboy and Pacific Rim, it’s arguable to state that Guillermo Del Toro does seemingly fit within the confines of a contemporary auteur. From the exotic and lavishly outlook that’s depicted within Pan’s Labyrinth to …
Paradox In Itself? In a time when teaser/theatrical trailers and release schedules are more heavily reported and dissected than ever before by both film enthusiasts and journalists alike, it’s a rarity to perceive within the cinematic industry a recognised franchise that goes beyond the speculative think-pieces and distributes a feature …
…Oh, Hi Great Film! While much of the contemporary cinema landscape is monopolised by formulaic superhero flicks and rehashes of already recognised franchises of old, occasionally, a film sprouts from the masses of hard film-making efforts and earns itself a devoted following that ever-so-slowly becomes recognised by the masses. This …
Return To The Unknown Escapism. This is something which avid cinema-goers and film-lovers strive to look for in features that bestow a sense of palpable grandeur. For sure, there are only a select few film franchises that grant us this opportunity; a freedom that makes us forget about our struggles …
