The Walking Dead: Third Season. Once Bitten
As AMC’s The Walking Dead progresses into its third season, the influence of the source material begins to make itself known. So sleep with the […]
Month: October 2012
Red Dwarf X: Review of Episodes One and Two
Is Red Dwarf X ‘Hey Ho Pip and Dandy?’ After a thirteen year hiatus — our old(er) friends aboard the mining ship Red Dwarf continue […]
Lawless: Brothers, bootlegging, bravado and brutality
The roaring twenties and Prohibition era has long been a focus for cinematic and television outings. With the success of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and a […]
The Dark Knight Rises…and Impresses
The Dark Knight Rises…and impresses. It’s hard to believe that just twelve years after the release of the internationally panned and mocked Batman and Robin […]
Sherlock: Top 10 scenes of the BBC Show.
Sherlock: Top 10 scenes of the BBC Show. by Amy Reith Warning: this article contains spoilers for the first and second seasons of the BBC’s […]
Spike Lee to remake Oldboy into Old Boy: I’m Sorry–Come Again?
I recall the sickened faces of Park Chan-Wook’s fans after the news of a possible remake of the South Korean classic Oldboy (2003) by Steven Spielberg […]
The Marketing of Oldboy: A Recipe for British Bulgogi
In this analysis we will examine the UK reception and image of Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy (2003), focusing on the subtext of the iconic images used […]
Game of Thrones Article: A Master Class in Adaptations.
Game of Thrones: A Master Class in Adaptations. By Amy Reith Film and television adaptations of well-loved novels are notoriously difficult. For every Lord of […]
Review of Total Recall: Total Rekall or Replay
With the number of remakes Hollywood has been churning out over the past decade, I don’t think anyone was particularly surprised when they announced that […]
El Norte and Sin Nombre. Dangerous Journeys: Disassembling the Beast
Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre (2009) and Gregory Nava’s El Norte (1983) show us the neo-realistic journeys immigrants from Central America and Mexico face on their expedition north to the […]