Jigsaw from the ‘Saw’ Franchise is a More Complex Horror Villain Than We Think
Want to play a game? Every time I hear that harmless and inviting question I automatically think of one of the most gruesomely cruel, disturbing and repulsive film series of the last decade: Saw. Abreast…
View ArticleIs It Really All That Surprising How Audiences Never Quite Latched Onto Blade...
It’s been a stagnant five to six months since the release of Denis Villeneuve‘s Blade Runner 2049. It’s quite evident that its impact has only reached a small esoteric union of film fans. It hurts…
View ArticleWhy The Room/The Disaster Artist is a Sad But Triumphant Study of Loneliness
The Room. Gosh, where do you begin with this colossal disasterpiece? How could you approach such a monumentally laughed at film with such sincerity and reverence? And how in God’s creation did a man none…
View ArticleFilm Review – You Were Never Really Here (2018)
If you thought We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011) was a dark undertaking, Lynne Ramsay‘s latest feature, You Were Never Really Here, socks you in the nether regions — searing a painful brand of,…
View ArticleDoes The Resident Evil Themed Short Film, Dave, Share The Same Universe As...
Before I go deeper down this rabbit hole, let me clarify: the question in the title almost doesn’t make sense. The scrapped Resident Evil: Arklay TV show is an aborted series that doesn’t exist. So,…
View ArticleIn a Time When Avengers Infinity War is on The Horizon, How Criminally...
For the past 10 years, the MCU has been a meticulously crafted vehicle in Hollywood. It virtually has little to no competition. In other words, it’s the Thanos of cinema right now. Each new iteration…
View ArticleFilm Review – Best F(r)iends: Volume One (2018)
The general consensus of viewers that have seen Tommy Wiseau’s cult classic, The Room, may typically mark it as an artistic career death. But after its exponential climb in pop culture over the past 15…
View ArticleTop 10 Best Boxing Movies of All-Time
The gruelling sport of boxing has given us a library of true stories revolved around the sweet science. As well as that, the sheer impossibility of such a tough, damaging game has inspired many...
View Article18 Pet Peeves in Movies
So, before we dive straight into this comprised catalogue of movie gripes, let’s just clarify something: this list is an irreverent inspection that includes examples from movies that are not...
View ArticleIs A Quiet Place Tackling a Much Broader Political Plight?
I know what you’re thinking: another ideologue scraping the bottom of the barrel for any excuse to politically vent. This sentiment, I assure you, on how I perceive A Quiet Place isn’t politically or...
View ArticleCan ‘IT: Chapter 2’ Really Succeed As Good As The First?
Andres Muschietti’s record-breaking It (2017) had an impressive impact on audiences and critics just less than a year ago. Arguably so, the Stephen King adaptation glued itself quite closely to the...
View ArticleTop 10 Best Tom Hardy Performances
Tom Hardy. What exactly do we think of him? Well, love him or hate him (and evidently, not many seem to dislike him), and without personally fawning over his talents too much, a series of…
View ArticleWhy The Gangster Sub-Genre Just Isn’t As Relevant Today
The crime/gangster sub-genre contains in itself an anachronistic library of classically defining workings. Historically, the genre seemed to have generally trickled down in relevance, peeking...
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