Category: Features
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The Green-Light | Stop using other people’s art badly in your movie
Welcome to The Green-Light, a regular column from Gary Green. Find within spittle-flecked passion and encyclopaedic insight on everything to do with the movies. With Eden, the latest opus from Mia Hansen-Løve, the director has furnished her film with the sounds of a generation. Dance music, especially when set in the buzzing atmosphere of the… Read More >
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The Trailer Round-Up: August 2015
We round up the best trailers for films releasing in August 2015. Read More >
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Whatever Happened to the AFI’s 100 Years Series?
Who else wants to see the AFI come out with 100 Years…100 Movies (20th Anniversary Edition) in 2016? Read More >
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The Green-Light | The Surprising Americanisation of Simon Pegg
For every über-handsome hunk, there’s the geeky comic relief guy to balance things out. In case their movie gets a tad too serious or if said main character isn’t interesting enough – which happens rather often – the trusty sidekick is there to provide a level head and a few laughs. May I introduce a recent… Read More >
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7 Times Pixar Plucked our Heartstrings
Twenty years ago this November, Toy Story was released. Yes, you read that correctly; Toy Story is twenty years old. One of the reasons we can’t quite comprehend that amount of time is because Toy Story is a timeless film; luckily, the animation studio behind it, Pixar, continued to work their magic for the next… Read More >
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Why Video Game Movies Don’t Have to Suck
With Pixels opening this Friday and Rob McElhenney directing a Minecraft movie, let’s talk about how video games movies can improve. Read More >
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The Green-Light | Easter egg culture is ruining modern moviegoing. Here’s how we can fix it
Before you tell me about the Robin suit you spotted in the newest Batman v Superman trailer – before you inform me that Ben Affleck has been spotted on the set of Suicide Squad – before you get me up to speed on how how some character is connected to another character appearing in another… Read More >
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Why So Many Live-Action Disney Remakes?
Between the upcoming prequel to Aladdin centered on genies and Sword in the Stone re-imagining, are we getting too many live-action Disney remakes? Read More >
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Southpaw – “Jake training” Featurette
Behind-the-scenes look at Jake Gyllenhaal and director Antoine Fuqua’s training regimen and physical transformation for Southpaw. Read More >
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30 Highlights from the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations
The Emmy nominations are officially here! As usual, there’s a laundry list of pleasant surprises and unforgivable omissions to talk about. Here are my 30 personal highlights: Top 10 Best Nominations Game of Thrones leading the pack with 24 nominations. It’s so winning Outstanding Drama Series this year! Patrick McHale’s magical, timeless miniseries, Over the… Read More >
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