You do not need me to tell you, the grip that investigative thrillers have over pop-culture, and the lives of the officers tasked to track down these elusive individuals can make tantalising viewing. With so many well-known variations it can be hard to be novel, … Continue reading Taking Lives (2004)
True life crimes are by their nature compelling in their details, unsolved true crimes are doubly so, with the perpetrator still out there. What if you could reach out to them, or at least who you think it is? In 2010, a potential narrative based … Continue reading All Good Things (2010)
Inspiration and motivation can be a precious substance in the art world, especially with commercial pressure stopping creatives from fully exploring the ideas they want. It has paradoxically been a point of inspiration itself. With some creating art about the pressures of not creating art. … Continue reading Xanadu (1980)
Adaptions are not that challenging when you think about them. You take the original, mix it up a bit, and just like magic, a new product for a new audience. Some might consider this unimaginative, but even the process of adapting could be mined for … Continue reading Bewitched (2005)
The proliferation of synthesised music gave the 1980s its sound, and neon colours captured on fuzzy V.H.S. cassettes gave the decade its look. The universal rise of home video means that blockbusters of the time are still watched, and religiously quoted decades after their initial … Continue reading Valley Girl (2020)
The decade between the 1970s and the 1990s can be safely classed as iconic. V.H.S. and Walkman’s helped encapsulate the era in an almost mythical quality. But with the fashion and technology being so different from the following years, it can be wild to reminisce. … Continue reading That ’80s Show (2002)
The previous attempts to reignite the Charlie’s Angels franchise were not as sustainable and even the relative stability of network T.V. could not help the Angels find a permanent home. But with an increasing demand for women-led action, there was only so long that three … Continue reading Charlie’s Angels (2019)
There has been a spate of familiar franchises offering a reliable hour of action and all packaged in the familiar brand name. Offering some tangential relation to the films that bare its name, but with modern location and setting that suit the hour schedule. Typically, … Continue reading Charlie’s Angels (2011)
The millennium was supposed to be apocalyptic, whatever method you prophesied the end of days happening it was there was a good chance it was scheduled right before Y2K, as such, apprehension was high that the upcoming new year would be humanity’s last. In the … Continue reading End of Days (1999)
Humanity’s fascination with the stars, and existential dread about our existence, has provided ample fuel for imaginations the world over for extra-terrestrial life. The discussion over their actual existence has led to resistance, real or imagined. One such example noted for their black suits was … Continue reading Men in Black: International (2019)
