Anghus Houvouras on the Marvel Cinematic Universe putting moments ahead of character motivation… I recently watched Captain America: Civil War again on Netflix. As pure pulpy popcorn picturesque entertainment goes, it’s a harmless romp. Over the last 18 months I’ve kind of cooled on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and a lot of fellow fans and […]
Is Star Wars the most depressing franchise ever?
Anghus Houvouras on the Star Wars franchise… With the release and massive worldwide success of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars has once again proven itself the most popular franchise in the history of cinema. People really seem to enjoy Rogue One. Most notably for the more grounded, realistic elements. The darker war […]
The Most Disappointing: Rogue One & Disney’s attempt at Star Wars
Anghus Houvouras shares his thoughts on Rogue One and Disney’s Star Wars… I’m over Star Wars. That’s not an angry statement. I’m not standing with my arms crossed and a sour look on my face making this declaration in a snotty, snarky tone. It’s more like a expressionless sigh. The sound of defeat spoken with […]
The Year in Disappointment: 2016
Anghus Houvouras on the biggest disappointments of 2016… By all accounts, 2016 was a pretty disappointing year. It will go down in history as one of the most despised spans of time in human history. There was so much negativity. So much raw hatred and ignorance. Feuding sides that seemed to revel in the other’s […]
The Cruel Reality of High Expectations
Anghus Houvouras on the cruel reality of high expectations… There’s a brilliant scene in the toxically sweet rom-com 500 Days of Summer where our hero, Tom, has his unrealistic high expectations brutally crushed by cruel, sobering reality. A scene that is brought to life in a brilliantly staged split screen. I often think of this […]
Can R-Rated Adaptations Save the Non-Marvel Studios Comic Movie?
Anghus Houvouras on R-rated comic book movie adaptations… The R-Rated comic book movie might be the only creatively interesting area left for comic book movies. I’ve written extensively on my Marvel malaise. Here’s a few links if you want to get up to speed before diving too deep into this column. If that’s too much […]
Can we all just admit Star Wars: The Force Awakens was kind of terrible?
Anghus Houvouras on Star Wars: The Force Awakens… I’m excited about Rogue One. More so than any other Star Wars film that has been released since Return of the Jedi in 1983. I doubt anyone needs another sentence devoted to the dreadful prequels. The internet is currently composed of 18% meme, 42% pornography, 21% food […]
Why Doctor Strange’s ending gives me hope for Marvel Studios
Anghus Houvouras on the ending of Doctor Strange and how it gives him hope for the future of the MCU… I’ve been one of the most vocal critics of Marvel movies online. While everyone else is doing backflips for each new Marvel movie that comes out, I’m the guy in the corner screaming “But they’re […]
Rampant Speculation: Is John Cleese playing Highfather in Justice League?
Anghus Houvouras with some rampant speculation as to John Cleese’s possible role in the DC Extended Universe… In the world of movie rumors there are stretches, and then there are gaps so wide that the collective elasticity of Plastic Man, Mister Fantastic, Elongated Man, Stretch Armstrong, and Ron Jeremy couldn’t traverse. A series of Twitter […]
Has the ‘Frequel’ Ruined the Hollywood Blockbuster?
Anghus Houvouras on whether the ‘frequel’ has ruined the Hollywood blockbuster… Death is probably the most overused metaphor in the arsenal of the film writer. In this age of binary theory, everything is either a masterpiece or a piece of shit. So the idea that terrible movies have started to erode the very fabric of […]
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