What Happened To Tim Burton? Patrick Taylor September 27, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion Nearly all of us, if asked, could instantly point to a handful of films Tim Burton has directed, so distinctive is his style. Yet despite this distinctly privileged position, it's not hard to detect an...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Johnny Depp Phil W. Bayles November 26, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Few actors working today are quite as paradoxical in their very existence as Johnny Depp. He is the man behind some of the most recognisable characters in modern popular culture, yet away from the cameras he...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Tim Burton Calum Baker August 13, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features If there's one thing Tim Burton's excellent at, it's directing films. Equally, if there's one thing Tim Burton's terrible at... it's directing films. 30 years since his feature debut, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure,...
Second Chance: Mars Attacks! Conor Morgan May 15, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance Mars Attacks! is a misunderstood 1996 science fiction film that was overshadowed by the release of the similarly structured but far more successful Independence Day in the same year (Mars Attacks! only made...
The Sad Story Of The Silent Star: Bela Lugosi Patrick Taylor March 19, 2014 Analysis, Features, Spotlight The name Dracula looms like an overlarge bat in the cinematic pantheon. Any history of the horror genre is duty bound to recognise its significance. Yet it is doubtful whether as much significance would have...