Growing Pains: The trouble with the multi-generational narrative in IT Chapter Two

While finally bringing myself to watch Resident Evil: The Final Chapter on Netflix recently, I noticed something which had strangely gone...

I wrote a blog post a while back about the problem with spoiler heavy trailers, and referred specifically to The Girl in the Spider's Web...

With the recent success of Marvels' Avengers Endgame still a talking point around the water cooler, I thought it might be interesting to...

If you follow Mark Kermode's blog, you'll know that he recently did his 10 best and worst films of the last ten years. Naturally, it got...

I recently wrote a post arguing how Alien 3, one of the least popular Alien films, is actually the most significant entry as far as...

I'm a big fan of the Lisbeth Salander stories and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is probably one of my favourite books. I love the films...

| By John Finnegan “I’m sort of stunned that it is an influential character but I’m delighted, and I can kind of understand it because I...

Films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Psycho illustrate how identification is a fluid, powerful tool in storytelling.

In this post, I’ll break down why Alien: Covenant deserves more credit.

I don't think I can recall a more enjoyable time in the cinema recently than when I saw Ready Player One earlier this summer. A big...

Wonder Woman was a huge success at the box office and no one can dispute the impact the film has had on our culture. In an industry...

I always get excited by the prospect of a new Tarantino film, and I'm really looking forward to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. But I've...

Anybody who has seen Jaws will remember the terrifying story that Robert Shaw's Quint recounts one evening after dinner on his boat. He...

by John Finnegan | The news that Danny Boyle is now officially writing and directing the latest James Bond film is welcome news. One of...

by John Finnegan | The release of Solo: A Star Wars Story has brought about yet another wave of reviews from fans and critics alike, and,...