The Next Spielberg - M Night Shyamalan
If you don't remember the days when M Night Shyamalan was the hot director, I do - and I was there when it all came tumbling down, starting here.
What did you go and do that for?
You need a really good reason to write characters whose decisions show them to be as dumb as a box of rocks....
Pan
Alright, which one of you lot ordered the Peter Pan origin story? Well, you'd better clean it up, it's starting to stink the place out.
Nicolas Cage
He's the actor that launched a thousand memes, bought a dinosaur, went broke and is now beloved by all. Let's open up his movie closet to expose the skeleton rattling around inside it...
In the Shadow of the Info Bomb
"So, Captain, as you know, we've recently arrived in the Cygnus sector..."
Cutthroat Island
Internationally famed as the film that destroyed Carolco - and reputed to be an awful stinker. Dare you venture into Cutthroat Island?
Nicole Kidman
Hardly anybody watched Nicole Kidman in this small-scale Aussie drama. A family tears itself apart in the Outback - but is it worthy of re-examination?
Theme as a Guidepost
Theme matters. But I reckon writers don't need to use theme as a hammer to drive home a message. That doesn't mean it isn't there...
Mortal Engines
Is this film the poster child for big-budget, special effects heavy, story-light Hollywood nonsense? The answer may surprise you!
Steven Spielberg
When your feature film career as a director is (currently) 36 films long, there is bound to be a movie everyone has overlooked. Does it deserve to be, though?
Unhappy Endings
You've sat through 95% of the story and are giddy in expectation of the amazing finale! Which might never come, because endings are hard.
The Lone Ranger
Hey, so you remember how John Carter bombed for Disney? Yeah, The Lone Ranger was a Disney production and a colossal flop too. But - why?