Kirsteen Duckers Monster movies tend to be about man’s arrogant superiority over nature — which is why the plots of classics like Them! and Godzilla center around the damaging after-effects of the atomic age. Others like Frankenstein and The Fly examine man’s God complex and his need to tamper with or recreate life which usually ends with cruelty and
There is usually one standout scene in a movie where the romance is cranked up to 11. It could be a grand gesture, a song and dance number where the hero/heroine tries to win over the object of their affection or a more subtle intimate moment where the characters realise that they are a perfect match.
Fear is subjective but there are a few things that will almost always make a terrifying movie. Shocks and gore help, but really effective horrors also build atmosphere, contain characters that are relatable, and tap into the uncanny. There are many modern horror films that almost made it on this list, but the classics are
Leonardo DiCaprio finally won the Best Actor Oscar earlier this year for his electrifying portrayal of a man seeking justice for his murdered son in The Revenant, but over the years Leo has given movie fans many memorable performances. He often plays unwavering idealists who meet a tragic end or men shouldering the heavy burden
We have all watched a family movie or a fantasy book adaption and thought, ‘how did they get away with that?’ or started choking on our popcorn during the big summer blockbuster because a jump-scare has hit us out of nowhere. Below are 10 unexpectedly scary scenes from non-horror movies. We have also discounted thrillers
Jake Gyllenhaal is a magnetic onscreen force; everything else melts into the background during his close-ups. His ‘look’ has a beautiful sadness that lends its self to disaffected, slightly unhinged characters. He tends to pick subversive films where the disaffected and the unhinged are the heroes because the supposedly upstanding members of society running the system
The dystopian futures that work the best are those born out of our own present-day reality. We all have experiences of state interference, exploitative corporations too big for governance or a new technology with drawbacks that outstrip innovation. Wireless earphones anyone? Movies give us the opportunity to explore the issues facing our world from a
Kevin Costner is one of the all-time great American actors. His style of acting is timeless in the eyes of his fans but he has fallen out of favour with critics in recent years, leaving him criminally under-cast . Costner tends to play clear-cut heroes seeking justice, or reluctant heroes overcoming their personal flaws to make good. He has
It is that time of year again, the leaves are falling, there is a chill in the air and Halloween is fast approaching. Witches, of course, are the epitome of Halloween. Some movie witches are friendly and helpful, others are naughty and mischievous, and a few are just plain evil. So, in readiness for the
The original X-Files series ran from 1993-2002 and followed FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully as they worked on the Bureau’s unexplained cases in search of the truth about extra-terrestrials. The show was a runaway success and came to define 90s primetime, event TV. The 90s have come back in fashion and the X-Files