Undertaking a story like The Odyssey on screen is a titanic trial. Like the trials that Odysseus faces in his return to Ithaca, Christopher Nolan's decision to make his next film based on Homer's epic poem was a choice. I come from a storytelling background, and I have a degree in screenwriting.
Sometimes you can sense when a film isn't going to make a splash. The right amount of awareness isn't there, or there is a general disdain towards a project that has turned the masses off. The live-action Moana, which is an adaptation of the popular Disney animated franchise, falls into the latter.
Masters of the Universe is one of the most popular science fantasy franchises in media history. Not least of which because it encompasses a wide variety of series. From He-Man to She-Ra, the stories vary wildly in content, even in spite of them sharing a shared sword and planet universe. It results
George Lucas says he embraces AI, and the internet roasted him for it. But if you read the interview and take his comments in larger context, you'll see Lucas isn't accepting AI as a fix-all solution. He's arguing that no tool can replace a storyteller who actually has something to say, a passion
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
The Apothecary Diaries has Maomao listen to stories of asbestos and then schemes about it in Ep. 50 "The Fire-Rat Cloak". Students of history will even be able to anticipate that plot just from looking at the title. However, you don't need to be a student of history to know that asbestos is highly
By far and away the best title at TIFF, Everybody Wants to F*ck Me ranked as one of my most anticipated films on the lineup. And I'm happy to report that it delivered. What's more, it lived up to its title in every way, delivering a dark, twisted, thriller that packs as many satirical laughs into
