A Road Trip through Road Movies: Part 3
Boy, we’ve been on the road some while, haven’t we? Having already examined the road movies of the Thirties all the way to the Eighties, we’ve been hiding out in diners and motels under false…
Boy, we’ve been on the road some while, haven’t we? Having already examined the road movies of the Thirties all the way to the Eighties, we’ve been hiding out in diners and motels under false…
Previously we examined the ‘Pre-Road Movie Road Movies’ of the Thirties to the Fifties. Now we will be looking at the developments that took place once the ‘Road Movie’ had become a commonly accepted genre,…
What is a road movie? Is it a movie where a character goes on a journey through various locations until they reach their goals? That sentence would describe a lot of movies, and you wouldn’t…
One of the advantages that observing the MMA game has given me, in terms of creative media, is that the comparisons between fighters and writers has been made clear as day. Many people think that…
Article might contain mild spoilers about a film you might not have seen yet. You stand forewarned. *** Captain America stands before a group of baddies. He stares them down. One tries to jump him…
The world’s going to end in a lot of different ways. Take your Apocalypse pick. If you’re a young and upcoming film director with a limited budget it’s going to be zombies. If you’re a…
My original plan for this article was going to be Zombies vs. Dragons. Commenting about why it is that zombies have risen (gettit?) to cultural supremacy while dragons languish in animated kids flicks. But then…
Thrillers are like any other genre. There are good thrillers, bad thrillers, average-ish thrillers. And there are truly excellent thrillers, the product of outstanding workman and craftsmanship. But thrillers, unlike the biopic genre, don’t get…