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As a child watching films I knew very little about what happened behind the scenes. Yet one name kept being repeated throughout. Steven Spielberg. These days I'm now completely aware of the mass impact that he had on cinema. Directing such iconic films like Jaws, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, E.T and many more. Now Recently Spielberg has given his opinion of the superhero genre, which is basically the #1 film genre at the moment. What Spielberg says is that Superhero films will die out in a similar fashion to the western genre. "We were around when the Western died and there will be a time when the superhero movies goes the way of the Western. It doesn't mean there won't be another occasion where the Western comes back and the superhero movie someday returns. Of course, right now the superhero movie is alive and thriving." As a huge fan of Superhero films this is a bit depressing. But at the same time it's probably true. Westerns were a huge genre in their...

Just two days ago I found out that Disney are planning to remake one of their most loved films: Mary Poppins. I figure this decision was made due to Disney's success with other remakes of their classic films such as Alice In Wonderland, Maleficent and Cinderella. Not to mention the highly anticipated remake of Beauty And The Beast set for release in 2017. So to remake Mary Poppins would make sense if they're continuing this trend. Personally, I'm kinda 50/50 on this idea. I can understand why Disney would want to do it, and I believe, if they get a good director on it, the film could be a great hit that could live up to the original. However, the main reason I would take this with a grain of salt is that previous Disney remakes haven't really lived up to their predecessors. Alice In Wonderland may have grossed a Billion dollars in the worldwide Box Office but also met heavy criticism from audiences. As did Maleficent. But this was mainly because the films strayed t...

2015 has played host to a new wave of Spy films which have changed the genre altogether. We've had Kingman, the sophisticated spoof, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, the hard-edged stunt film, and Spectre is to hit theatres in late October and is a modern version of the franchise. The Man From UNCLE follows this pattern of modernizing the genre but, unlike the others it keeps a foot in the old ways as it's a 60's spy movie made in the stylized directorial vision of Guy Ritchie. The film takes place in the 1960's, at the time of the Cold War between the West and the East (Mainly America and the Soviet Union). And the film does well to set up the tension between the two sides, even for those with little knowledge on the era, within the first 10 minutes as the two main characters, played by Cavill and Hammer, run around East Berlin in a high-tense game of cat-and-mouse. This sequence helps to set up the character traits for both Cavill's Napoleon Solo, who acts l...

Right. Feel I need to talk about the new Concept art for 2016's Batman V. Supe- Oh sorry, Captain America: Civil War. This film will be based on the popular story line Marvel Civil War. The film be about Iron Man and Captain America fighting against one another over an act which demands accountability and oversight of superheroes. First off I have to say that the previous film, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, did not help set this film up very well, Because if anyone should fight for heroes to be held accountable for their actions it most certainly shouldn't be Iron man. If anyone deserves to be held accountable for their actions it's Tony Stark. He created Ultron. An artificial intelligence which went rogue and almost committed mass genocide. Stark did this behind the backs of his team-mates, he didn't even apologize and  he walked away scot-free. Honestly, Stark (and Bruce Banner for assisting) should be in prison for what he's done. However, I'm hoping that...

So today an official image of Michael Fassbender was released to the public for the Assassin's Creed movie which is coming out on December 21st 2016. Fassbender will play Callum Lynch, a character made specifically for the film. Lynch discovers that he is the descendant of the Assassin's Guild and relives the memories of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Gaining the skills and knowledge of his ancestor he's able to take on the Knights Templar in present day. Personally I love Assassin's Creed. It's a great game series and I'm loving the costume that Fassbender is wearing is almost like it's taken out of the game. With the hood and the arm blades all looking so authentic. It's also good to point out that the film seems to be respecting the time period in which Aguilar lives in as the costume has a very 15th Century-esque look to it so I'm glad they're taking the material seriously. However, I do feel that making up new char...

If you're going to do a film blog you need to talk about Star Wars! In the fall of 2012 it was announced that Disney had bought Lucasfilm from mastermind George Lucas and, in effect, were to create a new Star Wars trilogy. At first fans weren't too happy about the news. Mainly because the last Star Wars trilogy didn't live up to the standards of the original and also the films would be produced by Disney, a company well known for happy, cheery and very family-friendly fairytale adaptations (Similar reactions to how Marvel fans reacted when Disney bought the rights to Marvel Studios). But now it seems everyone's had a change of heart. Everyone is waiting eagerly for this next chapter in the saga to be released, analysts are expecting it to be the biggest releases of 2015, and this is the year which saw Jurassic World top The Avengers to be the third highest grossing film of all time. So what's exactly got the fans to do a complete 180 and get on board with the n...

2013 marks the 75th anniversary of the very first Superhero: Superman, and in honour of this iconic character DC and Warner Bros. have rebooted the franchise for a film, and it came out looking amazing! This film had so many great qualities to it that made it so beautiful. such as the mesmerizing SFX, the awesome action, the high standard acting and more. This is definitely a film that will be remembered for years to come. The film starts off on Krypton, where Scientist Jor-El (Russell Crowe) is pleading to the world's council about the destruction of the planet. Already we are shown a Krypton that has been brought to death due to individuals believing themselves to be like Gods without consequence. This is a theme throughout the whole film that Kryptonians believed themselves to be like Gods, as is presented through the fact that Kryptonians are grown rather than naturally birthed, the extraction of the Krypton's core for energy and through General Zod who values one group o...