Into the Woods
There’s more than a bit of irony in seeing the Disney logo appear before the long-awaited film adaptation of Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim’s musical deconstruction of fairy tale archetypes. […]
There’s more than a bit of irony in seeing the Disney logo appear before the long-awaited film adaptation of Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim’s musical deconstruction of fairy tale archetypes. […]
Most outsider artists, whether through insecurity or circumstance, wind up hiding their light under a bushel. Eccentric musical genius Frank (Michael Fassbender) prefers to hide his light under a fiberglass […]
There was nothing that looked quite like Sin City when it hit theatres in 2005. The angular black-and-whites and pulpy subject matter of Frank Miller’s neo-noir comics were a perfect […]
Go ahead and laugh at Guardians of the Galaxy. That’s exactly what Marvel is going for in its latest film, an offshoot of its sprawling cinematic universe that stands as […]
A twisted Darwinism courses through Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the latest contribution to a long-running allegory of human behaviour via the journey of intelligent, talking primates up […]
Parlaying low expectations into a sneakily effective action thriller, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is the rare prequel that can justify a return to a decades-old premise. It’s […]
What a fine racket Phil Lord and Chris Miller have going. With The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street, and now 22 Jump Street – a sequel as riotously self-referential as […]
The booming sub-genre of fairy tale myth busting gets its most lavish treatment to date in Maleficent, Disney’s ostentatious re-writing of the Sleeping Beauty tale. It’s also a 90-minute affirmation of corporate confidence. […]
Art is not a competition, but it’s definitely more fun that way. To celebrate the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past, Viewed Through a Lens takes a look back at […]
If editing is the invisible art of moviemaking, then special effects are its eminently visible counterpart. It’s what we mean when we refer to the “spectacle” of the movies. And […]