Zaphers (Level 16)

The Wolfpack is back and they are a fuck load richer than they were before. The Hangover was a smash hit. It made piles of money and no doubt made a lot of studio executives very happy. Its commercial success was only half of its victory; it also succeeded in ...

Norse mythology + space + superheroes. You can decide if you want to see Thor based on that sentence alone. And had it been summarised to me in this manner before I saw it I’d have been a hell of a lot more excited. I knew just about zilch about ...

Somewhere should be incredibly boring. It opens with a scene that has a sports car and a race track but doesn’t use them to produce a badass fast paced action scene; instead we see a continuous long take of it continuously lapping the track. The engine noise peaks and troughs ...

Cinema has taken us to a multitude of worlds, to fantastical realms, to the edge of space and to the bottom of the ocean. It’s shown us criminal underworlds, the horrors of battle and even the most mundane aspects of life. Film has an inherent ability to hurl us into ...

Science Fiction has its droves of devotees, but it has become such a broad term that Sci-Fi fans continue to do what they do best and moan up a storm about its current state. Inception had elements of it, and the Star Trek reboot was packed with it. But many ...

Brazen political outspokenness can act as a perfect illustration of polarity between peoples viewpoints, and The Believer deals with two polar opposite groups and questions: Is it always respectable when an individual exercises the right of free speech? Or can the First Amendment of the United States Constitution assist in ...

  For some reason every comedian has to act and Louis C.K. has been beckoned to do his duty. He is a recent discovery of mine. Following his sheer unavoidability on every website I frequent I just had to check him out, and I guess I’ll join the ranks and ...

Watching Academy Award nominated films removed from award seasons isn’t the most ideal situation. The films have been built up to ridiculous levels over 3 or so months and that kind of overexposure can really alter a person’s opinion before they actually sit down and watch the films. Trying to ...

  The line between genius and mental case is seemingly incredibly thin, and the work of Wes Anderson is undeniable a strong exhibit A to any in depth study of this correlation. He is one of the strongest arguments for Auteur theory; his body of work is unlike anything else ...

  Indecision is a destructive trait in any area, and is often deadly in film. All Good Things really can’t decide what it wants to be, odd considering it’s based on true events and proudly states this at the bookends of the film. But its indecisiveness unintentionally runs parallel with ...

The filmography of David Fincher is downright strange if you look at it long enough. Sort of when you look at a common word closer than usual and it freaks you out. He’s made modern day classics such as Fight Club and Seven, but sitting right next to them is ...

  There was just no way I wasn’t going to like this film. An aspiring writer’s journey through the realm of 1970s Rock and Roll? Sign me up. When showing up with the promise of Rock and Roll the opening scene, with Alvin and The Chipmunks accompanying inoffensive suburban America, ...

  Despite neither Nick Frost nor Simon Pegg playing this films titular character, no one is under any impression that its main appeal is anything other than the two of them. Their dynamic has been at the core of two beloved comedy films and a TV series, which I may ...

  A recent viewing habit of mine is the easy to watch dumb comedy film, the sort of film that requires no thought. Just turn your brain off and enjoy the dumb sex jokes and gross out humour. This habit of course eventually leads me to Judd Apatow, who seems ...