The 2023 French legal drama, Anatomy of a Fall, did very well when it premiered at multiple film festivals, yet earned true public adoration when it was nominated for several big Oscars at the year’s Academy Awards, even managing to… Continue reading "Anatomy of a Fall"
After Mad Max: Fury Road restarted the popular post-apocalyptic George Miller franchise in a vibrant, cinematic and adrenaline-pumping manner, the lingering question on people’s mind was what the next course of action would be. With only four films to its… Continue reading "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga"
Some of the best Disney films just exude pure magic, and the 1964 musical fantasy, Mary Poppins, may be one of their finest examples. Based loosely on the book series written by P. L. Travers, the story of a nanny… Continue reading "Mary Poppins"
After Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, they acquired several franchises that they no doubt saw potential continuations for, and Planet of the Apes was certainly on their radar. Being a prolific franchise since the 1960s, and after the success… Continue reading "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes"
The 2005 political action thriller, V for Vendetta, seems on the surface to be an exploitative anti-establishment flick that takes pleasure in riling up the masses, but actually doesn’t come across as so mindlessly destructive when watching. Based on the… Continue reading "V for Vendetta"
Hollywood can be a pretty brutal industry, and more often than not, talented people who deserve a chance to showcase their abilities never get the opportunity to due to the simple fact that they just don’t catch on in the… Continue reading "The Fall Guy"
After the success of the 1979 sci-fi horror film, Alien, plans of a sequel were put into talks almost immediately, but it took a lot longer than expected to get off the ground. Not only was there a lot of… Continue reading "Aliens"
