One of the most unedifying phrases used by modern critics in their attempts to belittle cinematic blockbusters these days is "fan-fiction". Most recently used to describe JJ Abrams' The Force Awakens: "it was little more…

This week, film website Flickering Myth published an article by Anghus Houvouras entitled "Can We All Just Admit Star Wars: The Force Awakens Was Kinda Terrible?" and, reading it several times, can we all just…

This article is written as a sidebar to, and companion piece for, Max Covill's excellent treatise on the new Star Wars film, Rogue One, set to debut in cinemas this December. In his article, which…

One of the great truisms in all things cultural - music, television, literature or film - is to always leave your audience wanting more. Starting From Now creator, director and writer Julie Kalceff has achieved…

If you're a serious film fan you'll have noticed during the week the announcement by Lionsgate, the studio behind the Young Adult franchise Divergent, that the fifth and final film in the saga, Ascendant, would…

Last fall we learned that Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese would be teaming up once again to create a film that will no doubt be the talk of Hollywood when it’s finally released. This time…

2016 has dealt us all some pretty brutal news for the first half, specifically relating to the untimely passing of many a cinema or musical celebrity. I write this piece off the back of Star…

Throughout the history of motion pictures, films have lived or died by their performance at the box-office. Only in relatively recent times, with the advent of the home movie market, has Hollywood tapped into a goldmine…