‘Joker’ — well, no one’s laughing now! on October 17, 2019When filmmaker and actor Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker’ was first announced in late 2017, the notion of the film’s existence seemed a puzzling one; a feature-length film dedicated to an antagonist depicted in live-action on five separate occasions; Cesar Romero in the1960s Batman television series, Jack Nicholson in Tim Burton’s 1989 adaptation Batman, Heath Ledger’s Academy-Award […]
‘Watchmen’ revisited on September 12, 2019In an era where cinematic adaptations of comic books and graphic novels starring spandex-clad übermenschen are released like clockwork, with barely, if any, consideration for thematic undertones, and attention to aspects of filmmaking. The state of their source material shows is little better than their adaptations; monthly editions of comic books distributed by the two […]
‘Easy Rider’ and the legacy of the counterculture movement on September 3, 2019With the ever-escalating turbulence of social change and democratic reforms that have now become a staple of the 21st Century, it can be easy to forget that propagating ideology that runs opposite to the aims of the establishment and criticising its methods, was once considered to be a revolutionary course of action; the counterculture movement […]
‘Once Upon A Time in Hollywood’ — and away we go! on September 1, 2019In an era where the very essence of American cinema seems to be encroached upon by the machinations of gluttonous media corporations, and original productions seem to be a dying breed with the perpetual barrage of soulless studio-mandated creations featuring unblemished super-humans in spandex, Once Upon A Time In…Hollywood (OUATIH) is an audacious, vibrant breath […]