Collateral (2004): from cowardice to control
A badass sociopath schools a taxi driver in the art of assertiveness. But there can only be one boss …
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Film theories: cinema techniques, how to ‘read’ movies, and what makes them work.
Film
Film theories: cinema techniques, how to ‘read’ movies, and what makes them work.
Bullet Train (2022): japes on a train | Review
John Wick may have had a dog, but Bullet Train is the over-exuberant puppy
The Omen (1976) and horror’s malevolent mirror
How The Omen uses inversions to unsettle us – and why that makes for effective horror
Boiling point: 10 films about summer extremes
Films that use metaphors of sun and simmering excess to tell stories of extremes
Underwater (2020) explained: the devil in the detail
The significance of strong women and skimpy underwear in 2020 sci-fi horror Underwater
The Lost World (1997): good guys, bad guys and dinosaurs
The Lost World establishes Ian Malcolm as a flawed father – and gives him a dinosaur double