There’s something deeply, fundamentally perverse about filming a Jack London story with CGI animals—it’s akin to shooting a film version of James Joyce’s Ulysses on location…in Belfast. Everything that the novel stood for—the ego destruction of modernist man in the…
Miles’s Star Wars Book Reports – Reviewing The Disney EU Canon
The expanded universes of a lot of existing franchise lore can be confusing, and none as much so as our beloved Star Wars. While the movies have been hit and miss over the years, fans often come back to the…
Movie Review – Blade Runner 2049
Warning: Spoilers for Blade Runner: 2049 below. Blade Runner 2049 is, above all, a film of images. Bold. Brash. Breathtaking. Harrowing. The original 1982 Ridley Scott film set itself in a dystopian, retrofitted Los Angeles that was equal parts cyberpunk and lurid…
Directors of Cinema: Episode 21- Denis Villeneuve
Hello and welcome to yet another episode of Directors of Cinema, the show that highlights the careers of cinema’s most prominent directors. Each week, host Matt Goudreau and guest discuss selected works of a chosen director. To celebrate this week’s release…
SDCC ’17: Warner Brothers Blows the Roof Off with DC, Blade Runner 2049 and Ready Player One
After today’s WB panel, one thing is clear. Warner Bros Pictures is not taking the success of Wonder Woman lying down. Their panel, presented with a giant panoramic screen, oozed with confident energy, with the guests presenting themselves as the rockstars…
In Celebration of Carrie Fisher, The Writer, As Seen Through The Princess Diarist
A little over a month ago, in a galaxy not very far, far away, we lost Carrie Fisher. Please note: I said Carrie Fisher, not Princess Leia. The Alderaan royalty will live long, and though she’s in a different popular ongoing…
New Trailer: Ryan Gosling & Harrison Ford team up for Blade Runner 2049
Fans of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner were skeptical when a sequel to the science fiction classic was announced a few years ago. However, does that doubt remain after this impressive first announcement trailer for Blade Runner 2049? Fresh off one…