Shutter Island was a novel made by American writer Dennis Lehane in 2003. Being a homage to stories with Gothic settings, B movies and Pulp magazine art, the story of a mental asylum stuck isolated on an island making people… Continue reading "Shutter Island"
After Disney had returned to form in 2009 with The Princess and the Frog, they continued with what they were good at and revitalized old ideas and stories into a modern era with examples like Tangled and especially Frozen, as… Continue reading "Zootopia"
The Silence of the Lambs was a psychological thriller novel made by Thomas Harris in 1988. Being the sequel to the 1981 novel, Red Dragon, the story detailed a criminal investigation done by FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling, who requires… Continue reading "The Silence of the Lambs"
Back when people could talk about Star Wars without causing a massive screaming fest which was when the original trilogy was ending, it felt like the story about sci fi wizards battling a tyrannical overlord had finally come into its… Continue reading "Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi"
When A New Hope came out, it beat out the scepticism that everybody had on the project when it was regarded very fondly for being visual stunning and emotionally engaging. Lucas was able to create a movie that attracted all… Continue reading "Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back"
Beginning something that would shape an entire medium of fan culture and reshape the genre of sci-fi for all of cinema history was a challenge that director George Lucas didn’t realise he was going to tackle when he had the… Continue reading "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope"
By all accounts, Kung Fu Panda should never have worked. Upon seeing the trailers for the first Kung Fu Panda movie in 2011 with its modern humor, its ‘’chosen one’’ story, and its outwardly stupid premise, it looked like this… Continue reading "Kung Fu Panda 2"
Keanu Reeves is an actor that hasn’t always been a favorite among casual moviegoers. Though he’s been connected to several popular films that have made him into a familiar name like Point Break, Speed, the Bill &Ted movies, and especially… Continue reading "John Wick"
How does one describe the bizarre power that Power Rangers had over the younger demographic during the 90s? Power Rangers was an American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero tv series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise… Continue reading "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie"
As fruitful and plentiful as the spy genre has been throughout the generations of cinema, spoof spy movies are surprisingly as massive a genre of film. Spy films, specifically the James Bond franchise, has been parodied for practically as long… Continue reading "Johnny English"
