I have a lot of conflicted feelings on the recently released The Cloverfield Paradox and while I could probably spend about five weeks just trying to break it apart, instead, I’m here to break down what I think is the biggest problem of the film; breaking open the mystery box that is the Cloverfield franchise. Before I get […]
JJ Abrams
Is Star Wars becoming oversaturated?
For a decade, the world went through a phase where the only new Star Wars content was the animated Clone Wars series. No sign of any new feature films, not least an Episode VII. But in 2012 when Disney acquired Lucasfilm, ensuring they bought the distribution rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones, a new agenda […]
Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane
Very rarely does a sequel outperform its predecessor. 10 Cloverfield Lane ditches the found-footage approach used by its 2008 big brother Cloverfield, singling in on what we are told to be three survivors of an unknown attack. Located almost exclusively in a bomb shelter, the film succeeds in establishing an atmosphere of discomfort and mistrust, […]