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Category: Opinion

  • The Green-Light | Why Jackie is a great biopic – but not a great film

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    Larraín’s films typically make certain that the medium is the message – but here, it’s an ethos that gets tangled in the telling. Read More >

    Written by

    Gary Green

  • The Green-Light | Split and M. Night Shyamalan’s Terribly Exciting Promise

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    Something has happened that I thought would never happen again: an M. Night Shyamalan movie has excited me. Read More >

    Written by

    Gary Green

  • The Green-Light | My long, torturous relationship with Trainspotting

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    Everyone I’ve spoken to seems to love Trainspotting, and so they should. But twenty-one years after its first release, approximately ten years since my first viewing of it, and two months since my re-watch, why don’t I love it too? Read More >

    Written by

    Gary Green

  • The Green-Light | Rogue One’s Greatest Gift

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    For real drama to take place, it needs characters to go to extreme places. Read More >

    Written by

    Gary Green

  • The Green-Light | Why Silence could be Martin Scorsese’s best film

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    Welcome to The Green–Light, a column from Gary Green. Find within spittle-flecked passion and encyclopaedic insight on everything to do with the movies. Yes, the title to this piece alone invites controversy. How could any film directed by Martin Scorsese possibly be better than the likes of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, or Goodfellas? My answer is… Read More >

    Written by

    Gary Green

  • Disney’s live-action Snow White – money-maker or crowd-pleaser? Our case for the live-action remake

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    Where cynics may perceive this as being a mere money-maker, can these re-imaginings not be instead taken as crowd-pleasers? Read More >

    Written by

    Stefan Pape

  • What does Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 need to do to keep the franchise fresh?

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    Seeing how Guardians of the Galaxy was such a unique product, it won’t be easy for Vol. 2 to keep the franchise fresh, but not impossible. Here are just a few suggestions for director James Gunn and company… Read More >

    Written by

    Nick Spake

  • The Green-Light | The 15 Best Movies of 2016 So Far

    So we’ve just passed the midpoint of 2016. Goes quick, right? Six months’ worth of cinema can see the entry of multiple movies into the pop culture canon, while others hit hard in the arthouse crowd; either way, these are the best films (unranked, alphabetical) I’ve seen so far of 2016. Read More >

    Written by

    Gary Green

  • Everything Wrong With Batman v Superman #4: Location, Location, Location

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    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice broke me. I attempt to do the same back.   There are two reasons why watching Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is like being lost at sea. Firstly, it’s just an awful, awful experience. Secondly, you never know exactly where on earth you are – and in most… Read More >

    Written by

    Gary Green

  • Everything Wrong With Batman v Superman #3: The Bombing Scene

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    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice broke me. I attempt to do the same back.   Oh boy. The bombing scene. The. Bombing. Scene. THE BOMBING SCENE. I’m just trying out different ways of saying the same sentence, in order for me to fully process the evil these particular few minutes affect the film. But fundamentally, they don’t… Read More >

    Written by

    Gary Green