Christmas films can be a dime-a-dozen and sometimes only exist to create some harmless festive cheer and spout an obvious message. While that could be seen as pandering and very limiting (which it is in some respects), a good handling… Continue reading "A Boy Called Christmas"
Would a film version of Wicked still turn heads in 2024? That was the question that clouded people’s minds when they heard that one of their favorite musicals which told an alternate perspective of one of the most timeless stories… Continue reading "Wicked"
Very few movies can claim they held the world in a vice grip the same way that Disney’s 2013 animated feature, Frozen, did. There have been plenty of films that dominated pop culture and have helped shape how entertainment has… Continue reading "Frozen"
The work of Dr Seuss may be helmed as classic children’s literature that has lasted the test of time for their creative quaintness and quiet poignancy, but any attempts at adapting said stories into a film format have usually blossomed… Continue reading "Horton Hears a Who!"
The 2014 stop-motion animated film, The Boxtrolls, may be the least talked-about film by popular animation studio, Laika. While they’ve never been a studio that brought in large numbers or turned a giant profit, they certainly impacted people through their… Continue reading "The Boxtrolls"
Even though Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror film, The Birds, is nowadays seen as one of his greatest movies, it (like a lot of his work) didn’t do well when it originally released. The funny thing is that in any other… Continue reading "The Birds"
When you earned a reputation as being a creative that can take material that should be old and cliched and make it feel fresh and new, you’re going to be a talent worth keeping an eye on, and Chris Sanders… Continue reading "The Wild Robot"
The 1989 American sports drama, Field of Dreams, on the surface just looks like any typical 80s baseball film, yet the admiration for this film is surprisingly potent. Based on the 1982 novel, Shoeless Joe, written by W. P. Kinsella,… Continue reading "Field of Dreams"
Japanese horror (or J-Horror) was able to carve out its own identity within the genre thanks to its striking look, the apparent ties to its own culture through distinct spiritual designs and expansive mythology, and an atmosphere that was more… Continue reading "Ring"
