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The Bond franchise is one of the most successful in pop culture. The film franchise celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, spanning 25 official films and three unofficial films. They span a wide spectrum in quality, story, and tone and the franchise has been able to adapt to changing tastes and a changing political situation. […]
Based on a novel by Camille DeAngelis, Bones and All is a film that mixed horror, romance, a road movie, and a coming-of-age story. It was a film that attempts to tackle a lot. Marin Yearly (Taylor Russell) is an 18-year-old high schooler who has an overprotective dad (André Holland). One night Marin sneaks out […]
Three Thousand Years of Longing is George Miller’s big follow-up to his 2015 hit Mad Max Fury Road. This time he makes a modern fairy tale that’s a bold yet divisive film. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is a narratologist who goes to Istanbul for a conference. Whilst exploring the Grand Bazaar she buys a glass bottle. At […]
Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the most recognisable French literacy tales. It has been adapted numerous times, including the acclaimed film from 1950, and the 1987 comedic modernisation Roxanne. The musical adaptation is the latest interpretation of the story. Cyrano de Bergerac (Peter Dinklage) is a soldier, a skilled swordsman, and a poet who’s underestimated because of […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan talk about the latest Bond film, No Time to Die
Daniel Craig’s time as James Bond has come to an end. Even though the end of No Time to Die’s credits says ‘James Bond Will Return,’ the 25th Bond film ended on a conclusive note, so Bond 26 will be a hard reboot. Seeing that I am a Bond fan and have ambitions to be a filmmaker I thought I would discuss what’s next […]
The 2019 version of The Addams Family made over $200 million from a $24 million budget. With numbers like that a sequel was inevitable. This time the Addamses go on the road and tour America. Gomez Addams (Oscar Isaac) fears his children are growing distant from him. To resolve this he plans to take the family on […]
The Addams Family is an enduring franchise. It has been around since 1938 and has been adapted into live-action and animated shows and had two hit live-action films in the early 1990s. MGM rebooted the franchise with an animated film in 2019. After getting married, Gomez and Morticia Addams (Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron) flee their […]
After 15 years and five films, Daniel Craig’s tenure as James Bond has come to an end. His last film, No Time to Die is set to be a film that will cause debate for years to come. No Time to Die picks up five years after Spectre left off. Bond has gone into retirement, living a quiet life in […]
Skyfall was the film that marked the Bond film franchise’s 50th Anniversary. The result was one of the best Bond films ever and the most financially successful. A mission in Istanbul goes wrong. A terrorist has escaped with a hard drive containing a list of all undercover NATO agents and Bond has been presumably killed in action. Three months […]