Today is Phil Collins 72nd Birthday, bless his heart. Among his hits in the 1980s (both with Genesis and on his own) was “Man on the Corner”. I wasn’t familiar with this song until I watched Netflix’s Glow some years back. It’s a slow piece,…
Anyone who’s ever had a sister has encountered Barbie (and all of her costumed variants) at some point in their lives. Just as my sister played along with my Star Wars/ Transformers / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles adventures, I played along with her and the…
As today is Independence Day, this is the first thing that came to mind. This is the intro to 1987’s G.I. Joe, The Movie. Enjoy! Happy Birthday, America!!
I’m reluctant to label Solo: A Star Wars Story an Incident. Maybe it’s because it’s a heist film, which I love. Perhaps it’s because the cast is fun to watch on screen. Then again, I felt the same experience here that I did with Rogue…
Here’s one for the cinemaphile’s glossary. In cinema circles, an Auteur is described as “a filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are so great that the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movie” (Wikipedia). I’ve looked at films as…
Today is 4.26, also known as “Alien Day”, and named after the planet in James Cameron’s Aliens (LV-426 / Acheron). It’s a celebration of the entire Alien Franchise, but I’m only focused on the first film as I finally saw it in the theatre in…
I love Mashups. I’ve heard some crazy out of sync mixes, with one song pretty much barking at the other. Every once in a while, you can come across a mix that gets everything right, from the tempo to the decision on which song sits…
“Every character I’ve ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.” – R. Lee Ermey (via IMDB) Actor and Marine R. Lee…
Moving to directing isn’t always smooth .Duel was a success for Steven Spielberg, and Alex Garland had a wonderful success with Ex Machina. Conversely, Cinematographer Wally Pfister’s Transcendence wasn’t as well received. Though he has worked on TV, Pfister hasn’t had a motion picture follow-up…
(This was also posted over at Through the Shattered Lens) Unless we’re dealing with a story like The Lord of the Rings, where the second film is just a placeholder for the more epic finale, a sequel usually comes with a great deal of responsibility….
You’ve heard of Venom, haven’t you? Remember Spider-Man 3, and that weird character Topher Grace played? Or maybe you’ve read the comics over time, played the character in countless videogames? With the latest teaser trailer for Venom, Sony is betting that you already know the…
“Well, that’s just lazy writing.” Ah, good old Wade Wilson. Fox just dropped a teaser trailer for the Deadpool Sequel (which doesn’t really have a name at this point other than maybe Deadpool 2). This one focuses on Cable and shows off some of his…
Everyone has one movie or two that hit them so hard it caused them to develop habits. It could be shaking your shoes to confirm no spiders are in them, counting the seconds after a lightning strike for the thunder, or checking the back seat…
