I’ve mentioned that Dracula is a character that tends to suffer fromFlanderization, and it’s interesting that his eponymous novel actually has less background and detail than many of the adaptations, which usually add a tragic backstory, more personality, and...
One of the biggest films of 2023 has already landed on Max in the form or Greta Gerwig’s daring blockbuster, a comedy that works both as a reminder of the power imagination and the fight for equality. Anyone who thinks this movie is anti-male isn’t paying any attention. The theme of...
and that is that it’s ethically repulsive. I wouldn’t make that criticism, but several people have told me that the film sounds like ignorant glorification of violence. There’s actually a term for this, “media
Netflix's 2022 version of All Quiet on The Western Front does the improbable: it actually earns a space alongside the 1930 original film. For those unfamiliar, the movie tracks 17-year-old Paul Bäumer (Kammerer), who is compelled to enlist to serve in the Imperial German Army for the ...
Netflix's 2022 version of All Quiet on The Western Front does the improbable: it actually earns a space alongside the 1930 original film. For those unfamiliar, the movie tracks 17-year-old Paul Bäumer (Kammerer), who is compelled to enlist to serve in the Imperial German Army for the ...
Dig Deeper What A Historically Accurate Version Of 'Braveheart' Would Actually Be Like And Deeper William Wallace’s Death: The Brutal Execution That 'Braveheart' Wouldn't Show You Also ranks #2 on The Least Accurate Movies About Historical Figures 15 Invincible Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Eliza...
Jackie and Jules celebrate their first wedding anniversary by visiting a remote cabin in the woods, and it soon becomes apparent that there’s something very, very wrong with Jackie, and that Jules may not actually know her wife as well as she once believed. Wynonna Earp (2015) WYNONNA ...
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(1932). The sense of dread was alsocultivatedbyH.P. Lovecraft, who invented the famousNecronomicon, an imaginary book of knowledge so ferocious that any scientist who dares to read itsuccumbsto madness. On a more personal level, the works ofPhilip K. Dick(often adapted for film) present...
In reality, he was actually a serial killer in the midst of a murder spree and went on the show to find his potential next murder victim. As a fan of Kendrick in Pitch Perfect and A Simple Favor, I was interested to see her tackle true crime and it most certainly paid off. The ...