I like to think I know actors. It’s kind of a specialist subject for me. When I watch a movie with friends and an actor is introduced to the screen, I often rattle off six other films that guy has been in. Despite the occasional surprise at how good my […]

Marvel has come a long way over the last few decades, arguably none more so than The Incredible Hulk. The Hulk is a tough character to translate into a film, seeing as he is little more than a rampaging monster. Sure, there is a Jekyll and Hyde element to the […]

Liam Neeson appears to be an actor who is drastically reinventing himself. He used to be known for his relaxed, mentor roles (see Kingdom of Heaven), but now he appears to be redefining our idea of the modern-day action hero, making 60 the new 30, as he takes on action heroes like […]

Before I begin, this article is purely subjective. I understand that the characters I use as examples have a wide fan base, but this is purely a personal stance. The point I am trying to convey is that the films have saved Marvel by bringing it into the cinema and […]

Everyone thinks they are a movie critic. In all honesty, I’m guiltier than most. But every now and again, people jump on a poor movie and rip so many holes in it, that the good points about that film get lost. Below, I shall defend three movies that, in my opinion, have […]

So, for this article I thought I would try something a little different. Stop me if I am going off on a tangent. I’ve just finished a semester at University studying postmodernist literature, which, in a nutshell, is a genre of fiction that thinks outside the box, experimenting with the […]

Often in films we are given characters that the writers make out to be ‘cool’. They are often given a typical ‘cool’ career (cop, ninja) and we are left expecting them to evolve into a tough hero or villain. Sometimes, they never do. Here are three examples of characters who […]

My housemate hates the Resident Evil films. He thinks the storylines are lazy, the characters two-dimensional and the zombies not scary in the slightest. However, personally, I enjoy them, despite acknowledging them as films that will probably never win an Oscar. So I’ve dedicated my article this week to defending […]