Note: This was originally written in 2018 and published on the now-defunct Film School Rejects website. Sadly, we're eight years on and not a lot has changed. If there’s one element of filmmaking that is still seen as a sum-total male-dominated world it’s film scoring. There
By now, a huge number of novels based on the ”Star Wars” universe have been published, with many of those excised from any sort of canon after Disney bought Lucasfilm. However, a new canon has been built, with a difference - unlike the previous “expanded universe,” where books had a
When is a werewolf movie not a werewolf movie? When it's WOLFEN. 1981 was a special year for the cinema of the lycanthrope, with three spectacular offerings in the guise of Joe Dante's THE HOWLING, John Landis' AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, and Michael Wadleigh&
With fifty years since the emergence of "Jaws," it's appropriate that another shark thriller comes splashing around in the guise of "Beast of War," directed by Australian Kiah Roache-Turner (who made another creature feature, Sting). "Beast of War" is a fast-paced intense
The continuing joy in being a film nerd is new discoveries, especially those that aren't constantly in the central conversation. Christina Hornisher's 1973 picture "Hollywood 90028" is one of those. Not exactly out of the blue - it was rediscovered and restored by Grindhouse
It's the summer of sharks, again. I mean, it pretty much is every year, where more people go swimming and, inevitably, more shark attacks happen. Here's one for example, where a 7-year-old boy was chomped on in French Polynesia. Of course, despite there being barely any
MAGA idiots will tell you that Superman no longer using the line "Truth, justice, and the American Way" in James Gunn's "Superman" means he's being un-American. From a certain point of view that's correct, as the current public face of
Fifty years of "Jaws" sounds insane, but more than that, it makes me feel really fucking ancient. I remember seeing the film on TV when I was like four or five, so the early 1980s, and just falling in love with it instantly. That's pretty much
Apparently, people in the future will be bored of dinosaurs. This is the line that Gareth Edwards' 2025 blockbuster sequel, "Jurassic World: Rebirth," takes, being set two years from now in a world where interest in giant lizards has waned to the point where museums are being
Stephen Graham Jones is one of the best contemporary authors of genre fiction. Don't ask me, just do a search and see the illustrious list of names of literary favourites who have praised his very unique and personal writing. The first of his books that I read was
Christopher Reeve was many things. A terrific actor, a conscientious fellow, and a fierce activist. He was, of course, also Superman. That was the role that defined him when he was alive, and continues to define him long after his death. "Super/Man," as the title suggests, is
"What We Left Behind," as explained by its subtitle - "Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space...