Tag: analysis

The horror genre is often dismissed by critics, and frequently they are right to do so, as in no other genre are the audience so willing to accept

The first family of superheroes, the Fantastic Four haven’t had an easy ride at the cinema: their first adventure was produced but never released, with rumours that Marvel

An author of prolific but variable output, it seems as though the work of Philip Kindred Dick has become almost a film genre in its own right, though

So finally Peter Jackson’s odyssey comes to an end, with momentum and the noise of five stampeding armies, but the emotions which accompany the grand finale of The

It was on March 20th 2009 that Battlestar Galactica ended its run, crossing barriers throughout its four seasons to become the most critically acclaimed science fiction show of

It’s hard to believe, but it is now thirty years since The Terminator was unleashed on the world, a film which secured Arnold Schwarzenegger as a major box

It was the film which took everyone by surprise, even the studio who released it who had little faith in it, but in the summer of 1977 Star

Jurassic Park broke records upon release in 1993 and ushered in a new era of summer blockbuster movies. Based on the 1990 novel by Michael Crichton, an author

Few would deny that the approach has been anything other than Marvellous, a strategy a decade in the planning and execution which has seen ten linked films released

Gareth Edwards came out of nowhere with Monsters. Released in late 2010 after touring the festival circuit, it was truly guerilla filmmaking, made for less than half a