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Using Movies as Personal Soapboxes

As I noted in my commentary on genre-snobbery in film criticism, film style supersedes film content andĀ films must be judged on their terms if we consider ourselves to be true, objective lovers of cinema. Using a particular movie as a case-study for sociological analysis, for instance, in which complete disregard of the study of cinematic … Continue reading

‘King Kong’ (2005): Peter Jackson’s Original Pet-Project

Directed by: Peter Jackson || Produced by: Jan Blenkin, Carolynne Cunningham, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson Screenplay by: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson || Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Jamie Evan Parke, Andy Serkis, Kyle Chandler, John Sumner, Lobo Chan Music by: James Newton Howard || Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie … Continue reading

‘Spider-Man 2’ (2004): Sam Raimi’s Hollywood Triumph

Directed by: Sam Raimi || Produced by: Avi Arad, Laura Ziskin Screenplay by: Alvin Sargent || Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Donna Murphy, J. K. Simmons, Dylan Baker, Mageina Tovah Music by: Danny Elfman || Cinematography by: Bill Pope || Edited by: Bob Murawaski || Country: United States || … Continue reading

The Movie-Medium Debate: Film vs Digital

If you’re anything of a movie-buff, you’re aware that the past decade of filmmaking, and in particular the past ten twenty-some years of film distribution, have been wrapped in a controversy so intriguing that it calls into question the very medium of movies themselves: The introduction and subsequent domination of HD digital video cameras to … Continue reading

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