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Film News and Musings
Geist
Time for a bit of beautifully dark animation.
Portraits of Horror
It’s time for the horror icons to get their most imposing faces on.
The Horror of 2017
With critical darlings in Get Out, It Comes at Night and It, returning franchises, in Alien and “The Conjuring Universe”, and audience dividers in Mother! and A Cure for Wellness, 2017 has delivered a smorgasbord of horror thus far. With films come posters, and with posters come floods of fan alternatives.
Guillermo del Toro’s Monsters
“In fairy tales, monsters exist to be a manifestation of something that we need to understand, not only a problem we need to overcome, but also they need to represent, much like angels represent the beautiful, pure, eternal side of the human spirit, monsters need to represent a more tangible, more mortal side of being…
Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Zygote’
In 2017, director of modern science fiction classic District 9 (2009) launched his new film platform, Oats Studios. He’s since been quietly dropping high-concept shorts online, inviting us into the depths of his creative process. Brief snippets of concepts which might one day become feature-length productions.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer – “It’s Time For The Jedi To End.”
“It’s time for the Jedi to end.”
Carrie Fisher: A Rebel. A Princess. A Hero.
“I don’t want my life to imitate art, I want my life to be art.”
A Merry Christmas, I Wish You!
Happy Christmas, one and all…
Hail Caesar: “If we lose, it will be a Planet of Apes”
Winter is coming. And with it comes war.
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**UPDATE: Voting is now closed! Thank you to everyone that voted Flicks and Pieces!** It’s that time of year again. The nights have drawn in. Cold wind and snow is spreading across the nation. The steady hum of excitement is building. It can only mean one thing: The UK Blog Awards 2017 are just around…
Fantastic Depps and Where to Find Them
A dark and powerful wizard is coming to J. K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and he’s set to be the Johnny Depp-iest entrant into the franchise so far.
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