The Empire That Ate Cinema: The Parasitic Hegemony
In 2023, the livelihoods of thousands of British film and television workers were firmly in the hands of American studios and unions. Hollywood's writers went on strike in May, followed by its actors in July, and productions across Britain began shutting down. British crews, employed...
Stop Motion has NEVER looked this good in Wildwood – A Review
The Review contains no spoilers. Good God, this was beautiful. There is a glorious extravagance to building a world this detailed and then giving it inhabitants capable of competing with it for your attention. Wildwood’s sets are gorgeous, intricate enough to reward looking beyond whoever happens to...
The Empire That Ate Cinema: How Hollywood Became Central
By the first years of the twentieth century, The Movies had become a business. Companies were being founded, studios built, prints shipped abroad and audiences gathered wherever somebody could put up a screen. France had gained the early lead. Pathé grew with astonishing speed, producing films,...
War Machine Gets Away With Far Too Much – A Review
War Machine had me gripped by sequences I thought were colossally stupid. I worried about whether these people would get out while also wondering why they had ended up in that situation. Director Patrick Hughes sends Alan Ritchson through Army Ranger selection, then sets an enormous...