There can be only one: the strange phenomena of ‘Twin Films’
Two head into cinemas, but only one emerges victorious.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 04/2024
Why does Zack Snyder inspire such feverish devotion among his supporters?
There’s no middle ground when it comes to Snyder.
‘The Prisoner’: Christopher Nolan and the cyclical nature of successful spycraft
Hollywood often ends up turning in circles.
The Oscar-winning smash hit Burt Lancaster called “the biggest piece of junk ever made”
By virtually every metric, he was dead wrong.
The enlightenment of Phil Connors: the Buddhist roots of Bill Murray’s ‘Groundhog Day’
The cynical weatherman goes on a journey of self-discovery.
The two movies Oliver Stone deems failures: “I’m not a natural born sadist”
An experience he vowed never to replicate.
Going out in a blaze of glory: What John Wayne’s final shot says about his career
A fitting swansong for an icon.
Dangerous opposites: why Lupe Vélez fired a gun at Gary Cooper
A tempestuous love affair, to say the least.
How ‘Fallout’ thrives where so many video game adaptations have repeatedly failed
A tricky balancing act made to look easy.
Filmmakers and new wave musicians: the story of The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo
An existence as odd as the nomenclature.