Once upon a time, superhero movies did not dominate the Hollywood blockbuster landscape. They weren’t the most popular or profitable film genre, nor were they the automatic conversation starter for every press junket. Hollywood had chased trends before — Westerns in the 1950s, disaster epics in the 1970s — and there had been earlier comic-book … Read more
This article was originally published to SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. Doctor Strange (2016) Director: Scott Derrickson Screenwriters: Jon Spaihts, C Robert Cargill, Scott Derrickson Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins Marvel’s challenge in launching new heroes is that many comic-book … Read more
This article was originally published to SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. Doctor Strange (2016) Director: Scott Derrickson Screenwriters: Jon Spaihts, C Robert Cargill, Scott Derrickson Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins When Marvel introduces a new character to its cinematic universe, … Read more
Jason X (2001/02) Director: James Isaac Screenwriters: Todd Farmer Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Jeff Geddis, Lisa Ryder, Jonathan Potts, Markus Parilo, Peter Mensah, Todd Farmer, David Cronenberg Not every film aspires to be a work of cinematic genius, and that’s okay. Movies serve many purposes: art, entertainment, and sometimes just a paycheck for the … Read more
Jason X (2001/02) Director: James Isaac Screenwriters: Todd Farmer Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Jeff Geddis, Lisa Ryder, Jonathan Potts, Markus Parilo, Peter Mensah, Todd Farmer, David Cronenberg Not every film aims to be an arthouse masterpiece, and that is perfectly fine. Some movies exist to entertain, to deliver spectacle, and to make audiences laugh, … Read more
We live in an era of CGI dreamscapes, where on many modern productions any on-set mistake can be “fixed in post” by teams of artists and technicians. Whether it’s a strand of hair drifting into an actor’s eye or an entire environment that can’t be built physically, visual effects teams stand ready to shape every … Read more
We live in an age of CGI dreamscapes, where almost any on-set mistake can be “fixed in post” by teams of artists and technicians. Whether it’s a stray hair on an actor’s face or an entire environment that never existed in reality, modern visual effects teams can remove, replace, or create it. Big-studio franchises and … Read more
The Northman (2022) Director: Robert Eggers Screenwriters: Sjón, Robert Eggers Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliot Rose, Willem Dafoe, Björk Robert Eggers’ third feature, The Northman (2022), is an unflinching, visually sumptuous reimagining of the Norse revenge saga. Drawing on the mythic rhythms of stories that inspired … Read more
The Northman (2022) Director: Robert Eggers Screenwriters: Sjón, Robert Eggers Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Elliot Rose, Willem Dafoe, Björk Robert Eggers’ third feature, The Northman (2022), is a forceful, visceral epic that marries mythic tragedy to brutal, cinematic spectacle. Drawing on Norse legend and the tragic … Read more
Dear readers, Last week, on Wednesday 13 April, I reached out to you for help. For the first time, The Film Magazine faced the real possibility of closure. Our zero-budget operation, which has grown to reach hundreds of thousands of readers, stood at the brink. Thanks to your generosity and swift support, that crisis has … Read more
