Anghus Houvouras on whether the Alien franchise is exhausted… Is the reason almost every Alien movie since the original has been, at best, a mixed bag because the premise has been exhausted? I thought about this the other day as I watched a slew of Alien: Covenant reviews pour in. Like Prometheus, it seems to […]
Critical Thinking: They’re Not People, They’re Movie Stars
Anghus Houvouras on the cult of celebrity… Celebrities. Most of the world seems obsessed with their every act. There’s a billion dollar business that revolves around cataloging the mindless minutia of their day-to-day life. The movies and television shows they star in sometimes feel less important than the hundred thousand articles, talk show appearances, and […]
Why Yondu is the best character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Anghus Houvouras on Yondu and why he’s the best character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe… (Lots of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 spoilers. You don’t want to read this column before you’ve seen the film.) James Gunn had to fight to convince the Marvel brass to let Michael Rooker play Yondu in the original […]
The Frenzied Fraud of Forced Fandom
Anghus Houvouras on the frenzied fraud of forced fandom… The true casualty of the current state of geek cinema is how entertainment sites have mirrored the 24 hour news cycle first introduced by CNN back in the 1980’s. The idea that there is enough happening in the world to necessitate news every minute of every […]
The Most Disappointing: Saw Gerrera in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Anghus Houvouras on Rogue One’s Saw Gerrera… Disappointments are the product of anticipation. The more excited you are about something, the more likely it won’t live up to your expectations. Soaring heights soon turn to flaming fuselage. No one is going to be disappointed by The Fate of the Furious because not even fans of […]
Five Things I Still Like About the DC Extended Universe
Anghus Houvouras with five things he likes about the DC Extended Universe… I’ll tell you what I don’t like: having to type the words ‘DC Extended Universe’. It just sounds stupid. That really has nothing to do with the following column, but I always wonder who the hell coined that awkward franchise phrase every time […]
Does knowing too much about a film ruin your enjoyment?
Anghus Houvouras on whether knowing too much about a film can ruin your enjoyment… There are still people who decide what movie they’re going to see in the span of time it takes between arriving at the theater and purchasing a ticket. Carefree film fans who are somehow able to miss (or purposefully avoid) the […]
Critical Thinking: Reviewing Content in the Digital Age
Anghus Houvouras on reviewing content in the digital age… I was in a discussion with a friend regarding Rick and Morty; a show I love more than just about any piece of produced content in the 21st century. My friend gave the show a go but decided that he, and I quote, ‘just didn’t get […]
Critical Thinking: Just Review The Damn Movie
Because of the deep, dark, burning hot embers this topic stirs within me, I’m going to give a you a TL;DR version. Dear Movie Critics: just review the damn movie. Not the controversy surrounding the movie, not the on set issues or reshoots, not the marriage that collapsed due to the raw sexual friction between […]
Justice League: How Batman got his groove back
Anghus Houvouras on Justice League and how Batman got his groove back… I loved the new Justice League trailer. That should hardly be surprising. Trailers for the adaptations of everyone’s favorite DC Comics’ icons have been pretty damn good. The finished product has been a mixed bag of ambitious, sometimes baffling storytelling with finished films […]
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