Taken 2 Review: Sequel? You must be mis-Taken…
Taken 2 is the second outing for Liam Neeson’s ex CIA agent slash super dad Bryan Mills, a man last seen smashing Paris to bits […]
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Walt Disney Acquires LucasFilm: Help Me Disney, You’re My Only Hope
Help Me Disney, You’re My Only Hope The Walt Disney Company is set to acquire Lucasfilm through a cash and stock transaction: totaling a sum of $4.05 billion. […]
“Samsara” Review: Stop the Wheel, I Want Off
Stop the Wheel, I Want Off Samsara (2011) is director Ron Fricke and producer and co-editor Mark Magidson’s follow-up to the infamous Baraka (1992). In […]
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Review: Angst Management
Angst Management The Perks Of Being A Wallflower takes itself seriously. Too seriously. Lines like “I feel infinite” are used to describe the emotions felt driving […]
Lawless: Brothers, bootlegging, bravado and brutality
The roaring twenties and Prohibition era has long been a focus for cinematic and television outings. With the success of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and a […]
Spike Lee to remake Oldboy into Old Boy: I’m Sorry–Come Again?
I recall the sickened faces of Park Chan-Wook’s fans after the news of a possible remake of the South Korean classic Oldboy (2003) by Steven Spielberg […]
The Marketing of Oldboy: A Recipe for British Bulgogi
In this analysis we will examine the UK reception and image of Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy (2003), focusing on the subtext of the iconic images used […]
Game of Thrones Article: A Master Class in Adaptations.
Game of Thrones: A Master Class in Adaptations. By Amy Reith Film and television adaptations of well-loved novels are notoriously difficult. For every Lord of […]
Review of Total Recall: Total Rekall or Replay
With the number of remakes Hollywood has been churning out over the past decade, I don’t think anyone was particularly surprised when they announced that […]
El Norte and Sin Nombre. Dangerous Journeys: Disassembling the Beast
Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre (2009) and Gregory Nava’s El Norte (1983) show us the neo-realistic journeys immigrants from Central America and Mexico face on their expedition north to the […]