tick, tick…BLEW My Mind!
A personal essay reflecting on the power of “tick, tick…BOOM!” and it’s layered messaging
Kneel Before Pod – Spider-Verse 2 and Other Stories (159)
The entertainment world continues to be kept at bay by a dangerous virus but trailers keep dropping, news keeps appearing and content continues to trickle out so Kneel Before Pod took some time to round up much of what’s going on and deliver an opinion on it. The conversation covers The MCU possibly going weirder…
Hacksaw Ridge
Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge tells the true life story of Desmond Doss, a pacifist who saved the lives of a lot of his fellow soldiers during the Battle of Okinawa. Pacifism is a tough subject to make a film about as there is a high risk of sounding preachy and judgemental. When you add religion…
Silence
Two Christian Missionaries try to spread the word of God in 17th century Japan and face no end of violence and persecution. in Martin Scorsese’s Silence. This is a difficult film for me to review as there’s very little technically wrong with it. Despite that I found it very difficult to engage with the material…
Look Out! Here Comes the Spider-Man
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a tiny little film coming out soon by the name of Captain America: Civil War. Among what are sure to be some really shocking twists, turns and plot points this film will also introduce the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Spider-Man. I’m excited about this as I really want…
On the Silver Screen – The Amazing Spider-Man 2
I’m fresh from the screening of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 I went to -at the time of starting writing at least- and I must say I’m pleasantly surprised with how this all turned out. Not saying I didn’t have any issues with it but we’ll get there. I’ll do my best not to spoil anything that…
