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Alex Murray (Director)
Jun 6, 20223 min read
Walt Disney Animation Studios: Past, Present and Future
It’s December 21st, 1937, and in America, there is a change in the air across all the local cinemas. At the time it was seen as something...
Alex Murray (Director)
Jun 1, 20223 min read
Film Review: Everything, Everywhere All at Once
In this day and age, there is a continuous argument over originality versus franchises when it comes to storytelling on the big screen....
Alex Murray (Director)
May 25, 20223 min read
Film Review: Firestarter
Stephen King has an impressive track-record when it comes to storytelling. When it comes to adapting his work for the big screen though...
Alex Murray (Director)
May 23, 20223 min read
2022: The Summer Preview
I believe 2022 has been a rather polarising year so far, in terms of the state of cinema anyway. Films such as Fantastic Beasts: The...
Alex Murray (Director)
May 18, 20223 min read
Film Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
(The following review contains no spoilers!) Marvel Studios can do no wrong. They’ve given us compelling characters who transform into...
Alex Murray (Director)
May 11, 20223 min read
Film Review: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Nicolas Cage has a lot of range. He has appeared in small films, indie films, foreign films and big-budget films and he never adheres to...
Alex Murray (Director)
May 9, 20223 min read
DC: Past, Present and Future
While drafting this blog I had to resist titling it, DC Comics, mainly because the “C” in DC stands for Comics and the “D” stands for...
Alex Murray (Director)
May 4, 20223 min read
Film Review: The Northman
Robert Eggers is a filmmaker who loves to commit to authenticity as well as an unflinching rawness to the stories he brings to the big...
Alex Murray (Director)
Apr 27, 20223 min read
Film Review: The Lost City
In this day and age, we live in a very crowded marketplace with dozens of films being released each year that are either based on comics,...
Alex Murray (Director)
Apr 25, 20223 min read
2022: The Box Office
A few years ago, pre-pandemic, in the more optimistic world of 2019 there was a booming box office and streaming services were still...
Alex Murray (Director)
Apr 20, 20223 min read
Film Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
We’ve come a long way since the days of Harry Potter, the boy who vanquished Voldemort over eight films. Those films felt like a cultural...
Alex Murray (Director)
Apr 13, 20223 min read
Film Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Films based on video-games are usually tricky to pull off. With a video game, you can spend hours exploring the world and the story while...
Alex Murray (Director)
Apr 6, 20223 min read
Film Review: Morbius
Morbius has a similar problem to the Venom films. How can you make a film about a Spider-Man villain without Spider-Man? It is a question...
Alex Murray (Director)
Apr 4, 20223 min read
Wizarding World: Past, Present and Future
Harry Potter is a beloved character that has become ingrained within British culture, joining the likes of Doctor Who and James Bond to...
Alex Murray (Director)
Mar 30, 20222 min read
Film Review: The Phantom of the Open
Biopics, in the way of a drama, comedy or both, that are based around people in sports is a very niche sub-genre, but one that usually...
Alex Murray (Director)
Mar 23, 20223 min read
Film Review: Turning Red
Pixar always delivers excellently crafted films that balance big stories with big characters. Pixar stands out above the rest mainly due...
Alex Murray (Director)
Mar 21, 20222 min read
2022: The Spring Preview
The cold nights are slowly fading away and sunny days are becoming the norm again which means one thing, Spring is here! Spring-time also...
Alex Murray (Director)
Mar 16, 20223 min read
Film Review: The Batman
We’ve seen a lot of incarnations of Batman over the past decade or so, including but not limited to Will Arnett’s Lego Batman, Christian...
Alex Murray (Director)
Mar 9, 20223 min read
Film Review: The Duke
Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren truly are national treasures and seeing them together on the big screen for the first time is pure joy. It...
Alex Murray (Director)
Mar 7, 20222 min read
Marvel Studios: Past, Present and Future
Marvel Studios is arguably the biggest movie studio in the world right now. This juggernaut of a studio has crafted some of the biggest...
Alex Murray (Director)
Mar 2, 20223 min read
Film Review: Uncharted
Tom Holland, at the moment, is one of the biggest movie stars in the world. It’s not just Spider-Man’s astronomical success that has...
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