This inconsistent and underdone documentary never stops to make sure that its craftsmanship is on par with the genuinely interesting and admirable work of its subjects.
You Have To See… Inland Empire (dir. David Lynch, 2006)
You Have To See… is a new weekly feature here at 4:3, where one staff writer picks a film they love and makes a group of other writers watch it for the first time. Once this group has seen the film, the suggestor writes a piece advocating the film and the others respond below. Whilst
The Babadook
Whilst not doing anything particularly new within the genre, Jennifer Kent’s film is both viscerally frightening and psychologically unnerving, a serious horror flick that never think it’s too good to drop a tried and tested haunted house trope.
Justice League Teased In Title For That Batman/Superman Film Zack Snyder is Excited to See
It’s Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice. At least they dropped ‘League’ from the title, that would have been a little too obvious that the focus is on franchise over film.
Reawakening The Monster: The Long History of Godzilla Reboots
In light of the new Gareth Edwards film, we look back at the way in which the 1954 original Godzilla has been rebooted time and time again, to varying degrees of success.
Godzilla in 1954 and the Fantasy of Destruction
A mere nine years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were wiped off the face of the earth, one of the top ten grossing films of 1954 featured an irradiated mythological beast utterly decimating Tokyo. We look back before the clutter of sequels, remakes and spin-offs and ask why Japan’s own nuclear nightmare was committed to celluloid.
Star Wars VII sees Llewyn Davis, Gollum and Hannah Horvath’s lover in space
The cast for the new Star Wars film has been announced, crushing the dreams of everyone who wanted to see Landry Clarke hold a lightsaber.
New Godzilla trailer confirms film will contain Stuff, Things and Events
Explosions, destruction, monster battles. Also – is Ken Watanabe the new Matthew Broderick?
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: The Rise of Electro
Another disappointing superhero outing sees Sony make even more of a mess of its world-building than Marvel.