Sweeney Todd turns out to be a surprisingly popular icon in Victorian popular fiction. Starting out life as the villain for a 1846 Victorian penny dreadful serial named The String of Pearls, the character was later elaborated on through several… Continue reading "Sweeney Todd"
Parasite was a movie that many people were no doubt sceptical about when they first saw it on the list for the 2020 Oscars. When the film dominated the Oscars, earning itself four major wins including best picture, the concept… Continue reading "Parasite"
The 1988 film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a movie that could never truly be made again and the mere fact that it happened at all is miracle itself. The concept of various famous animation icons from various different studios… Continue reading "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
If there is anything more disheartening about a franchise lasting for so long, it’s the eventual heel turn that will come from the fanbase. When a movie series, book series or video game series keeps producing products one after the… Continue reading "Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi"
The Rocketeer is a comic superhero created by Dan Stevens in 1982. Being a homage to the Saturday matinee serial heroes from the 1930s – 1950s, especially icons like Captain America, the stories of a stunt pilot discovering a mysterious… Continue reading "The Rocketeer"
Out of the many Westerns that have been created over the years, the 1969 version of True Grit was one that gained a ton of appreciation over the years. Featuring famous names like Gen Campbell, Robert Duvall, and John Wayne,… Continue reading "True Grit (2010 film)"
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was one of the strangest phenomenon’s in kids tv history. Starting off as a graphic novel series created as a satirical look on brooding action stories like Batman and Daredevil in 1984 by Mirage Studios, the… Continue reading "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
In a platform overrun by male action protagonist, Lara Croft swooped in and became a video game icon. In order to counteract stereotypical female characters, British developer Core Design member Toby Gard created the character in 1996, in which she… Continue reading "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider"
From the initial teaser trailers that came out for the film, Paddington looked awful. The 2014 family comedy based on the heavily popular British children’s story written by Michael Bond about the titular bear who came to London to find… Continue reading "Paddington"
Following up a superhero tale of such operatic scale as the original Richard Donner Superman film was going to be insanely tricky, as even though the comics offered up a ton of stories to replicate from, superhero films were still… Continue reading "Superman II"
