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Depending on your point of view, Marvel films are either the best or the worst thing to happen to cinema. Personally, I lean towards the latter. Some might even go so far as to say that I'd rather watch my bare feet being slowly consumed by gnawing rodents than watch most of them, but who's to say. To me they all seem formulaic to the point of abject boredom. A manifestation of what is considered art for the iPhone generation. Every release seemed to quite obviously follow th

To try and categorise the music of Ween is really an exercise in futility. To say their music crosses many genres is a massive understatement - it's more like they fully become a different band with every song, unless we're talking about something like their 1996 release '12 Golden Country Greats' wherein the band go full-on spit and sawdust for an entire album. This genre-bending style culminated, in the opinion of many, in 1997's 'The Mollusk' - widely considered to be thei

To say this film was polarizing upon its release would be an understatement. Friendly terms such as 'the worst film ever made' began following this film around almost as soon as the first weekend's screenings were over. Fans of the comic book genre were baffled. Fans of the first film were baffled. Critics showered it with scourn. Yet among the noise there have been a select few offering their praise, notably one Quentin Tarantino whose opinion on film is respected almost acr

Alfonso Cuarón has proved himself over the years to be one of the most innovative and brilliant directors around. His work spans across many different styles, but it's hard to argue that he knows how to put a film together. If you've ever seen the car-chase sequence in 'Children of Men', or any of 'Gravity' you know he knows how to do big cinema with the best of them, as evidenced by helming probably the most beloved film in the Harry Potter series, 'The Prisoner of Azkaban'.

“There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.” Most people in this day and age, myself included, didn't necessarily know the name of J. Robert Oppenheimer until Christopher Nolan's brilliant film came out and swept the 2024 Oscars. However, back in the early 1950s he was probably the most famous person on planet earth. Described as the father of the nuclear bomb, his face was plastered the covers on publications

Before directing such crowd pleasers as 'Rocky' (1977) and 'The Karate Kid' (1984), John G. Avildsen was making his bones on the indie film circuit. He'd done a couple of not particularly noteworthy films before taking on 'Joe' in 1970. Little did he know that, despite the grim subject matter and unflinching portrayals of far right political viewpoints, this film would become a pretty significant success upon its release. It seemed to catch a wave that was bubbling at this ti

I've always struggled with this album. It is often heralded as a classic and the pinnacle of Paul Simon's long and highly distinguished career. This is saying a lot for someone who, in Simon & Garfunkel and solo, became known for making perfect slices of Americana in musical form. Songs like 'Mrs. Robinson', 'The Sound of Silence', 'The Boxer, and 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' are synonymous with America itself, in the same way that Elvis Presley, or the Marlboro Man, or John

Al Pacino. You know him. You love him. You've attempted to impersonate Tony Montana's famous line "Say hello to my little friend!" in Pacino's utterly absurd Cuban lilt. You've gone wide-eyed and yelled "She's got a...GREAT ASS!" when you've had too many drinks and the term "Just when I thought I was out....they pull me back in" has become almost ubiquitous at this point. To put it in simple terms, Al Pacino is a Hollywood legend and not only is he responsible for some of the