Film Analyses

The Leftovers – A Lonely Journey Through Loss, Faith, and Human Fragility

January 10, 2025

January 24, 2020

Introduction I found it hard to start writing about this. Therefore, I can only imagine how hard it would be to start filming it, editing...

Original vs Remake: Hollywood’s Need to Retell the Story (or the Lack Thereof)

November 11, 2019

Think of a film from the distant or not-so-distant past that you would like to watch as a remake with different actors or upgraded...

Indie, Low Budget, and Utterly Mind-Bending

September 11, 2019

Intro/Intention Hollywood! The dominant player in the movie business. The place where billions are invested (or just spent ?) every year in a handful of...

Adapting 300: Mise-en-scène and Visual Effects

July 11, 2019

Logline: In 480 BC, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans marches to Thermopylae to prevent the Persians, the greatest empire the world had ever seen,...

True Detective (2014 – 2019): Reflections on Narrative and Character Development

May 11, 2019

Intentions / Purpose How do I begin? I guess from the beginning is always a good start…It might, but, on the other hand, is it...

Found Footage: Chronicles of Horror, Realism, and Case Studies

March 11, 2019

“Found Footage” can be and has already been applied to numerous genres throughout the years, sometimes successfully, sometimes not so much, and on occasion...

Minority Report: Visual Effects and Storytelling

January 11, 2019

Three Precogs can tell a crime before it happens. If all three agree, it will happen. But what if they don’t? In Minority Report,...

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Die Alone (2024)

Presence (2024)

The Damned (2024)

A Different Man (2024)

It’s What’s Inside (2024)

Vadakkan (2025)

Mother’s Instinct (2018)

Last Breath (2025)

The Monkey (2025)

Havoc (2025)

Sinners (2025)

Warfare (2025)

Wolf Man (2025)

The Woman in the Yard (2025)

We Live in Time (2024)

Anora (2024)

The Leftovers – A Lonely Journey Through Loss, Faith, and Human Fragility

The Importance of Dystopia in Sci-fi / Horror

Powerful Sequences, Defining Soundtracks

Found Footage: The Beginning, the Escalation, and its Societal Impact

The Horror Inside Us: Leading Anxieties and False Certainties

Directors and Horror Films (Podcast)

Kids in Horror: Source of Evil vs Source of Resolution (Podcast)

Influential, Dissuasive, and Thought-Provoking Monologues

Epic Plot Holes in Iconic Films

This is England ’83 / ’86 / ’88 / ’90

The Qatsi Trilogy