European Film Awards 2018 — Winners and Highlights from Seville On Saturday 15 December 2018, the European Film Awards celebrated the best of European cinema in Seville, Spain. The ceremony recognised outstanding filmmaking across a broad range of categories, from feature films and acting to technical crafts. British actor and filmmaker Ralph Fiennes received the … Read more
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Screenwriter: Phil Lord Starring: Shameik Moore, Chris Pine, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, Zoe Kravitz, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, Kathryn Hahn, Liev Schreiber Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse arrives as a vibrant reinvention … Read more
Review: The Greatest Showman — A Historian’s Critique of P.T. Barnum and the Film’s Inaccuracies I didn’t think I could hate anything as much as I hated Death Note, but here we are. Tonight I’m writing about a different kind of film: The Greatest Showman. This is a review from a historian’s perspective, focused on … Read more
UK Box Office This Week: Top 15 Films and Weekend Analysis In a week of shifting momentum ahead of the Christmas period, the top five at the UK box office remained intact overall, while The Grinch made the most notable upward move over the weekend of 7–9 December 2018. The following summary highlights the current … Read more
‘The Mindy Project’ and Live by Night actor Chris Messina has officially joined the cast of Warner Bros.’ upcoming DC Comics adaptation, Birds of Prey. The casting adds a notable character actor to the ensemble for a film centered on Harley Quinn and a group of female vigilantes from the DC universe. Messina will appear … Read more
The Apartment (1960): Billy Wilder’s Darkly Comic Holiday Classic “Shut up and deal” are the memorable last words of Billy Wilder’s 1960 Oscar-winning film The Apartment. That curt, unexpected closing cuts through the usual holiday clichés—sweeter declarations of love and sentimental finales—to leave viewers with something sharper and more honest. The Apartment is often discussed … Read more
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) Director: Andy Serkis Screenwriter: Callie Kloves Starring: Rohan Chand, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris, Andy Serkis, Peter Mullan, Jack Reynor, Eddie Marsan, Tom Hollander, Matthew Rhys, Freida Pinto Review — Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (Netflix, 2018) Andy Serkis’s Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle presents a … Read more
Hi, I’m Annice and I’ve never seen Home Alone. *Slap face in shock* I know — it sounds impossible. In my defence, for the first three years of my life I watched nothing but Beauty and the Beast (1991) on repeat, and then I discovered books. Still, with the holidays approaching I decided to see … Read more
Bleach (2018) Director: Shinsuke Sato Screenwriters: Shinsuke Sato, Daisuke Habara, Ardwright Chamberlain Starring: Sôta Fukushi, Hana Sugisaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Miyavi, Taichi Saotome, Erina Mano, Yû Koyanagi, Seiichi Tanabe Netflix has recognized that live-action adaptations of anime attract large audiences—often viewers who enjoy judging the results as much as appreciating any successes. The live-action Bleach is … Read more
Blue (2017) Director: Maryam Farahzadi Screenwriter: Maryam Farahzadi Maryam Farahzadi’s 2D animated short, Blue, is a compact and affecting exploration of exclusion, identity, and the search for acceptance. At just four minutes long, the film uses a minimalist, paper-storybook visual language to tell a largely wordless tale in which the protagonist’s vivid blue color stands … Read more