https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In8fuzj3gck Figure 1 Jordan Peele’s latest film nope follows siblings OJ and Emerald Haywood in the aftermath of their father’s unexpected death. The siblings ‘We ain’t got no more problems’…
read moreFigure 1: Kubo lifted in the air by wings made of origami birds. Kubo and the Two Strings follows a boy whose life is made even more extraordinary when a…
read more“The wolf’s bloodline must be severed; the last remaining werewolf must be destroyed. It’s you David.” An American tourist, traumatised and alone wakes up in a London hospital after an…
read moreSusanne Bier’s Bird Box follows Malorie Hayes as she navigates the events and aftermath of an outbreak of creatures, which seem to take on the form of a person’s worst…
read moreThe mouse encounter, experienced by characters MK and Nod in the animated film Epic, displays an inversion of the relationship between human and animal. The stereotypes that form this interconnection…
read moreFigure 1: ‘The Surgeon’s Photograph’ of the Loch Ness Monster. A blurry, dark figure emerges out of the water. GETTY IMAGES [1] The filmmakers of The Water Horse: Legend of…
read moreFigure 1: A woodcut of The Wolf of Ansbach “B, I Just Got The Curse” Figure 2: A woodcut of Peter Stumpp In his direction of the initial werewolf attack…
read moreLike a lamb to the slaughter, the slow-burn, absurd surrealness of A24’s Lamb (2021) leads the audience to an end that blends both chilling twists and heartbreaking loss as the…
read moreAt what point is a fish-out-of-water no longer a fish? Many films can be described as ‘fish-out-of-water’ stories, but very few take this as literally as Disney Pixar’s Luca. Our eponymous character…
read moreThis wild land must be civilised. Whilst this film’s premise – the child-friendly tale of two young werewolves attempting to end Oliver Cromwell’s invasion of Ireland – may sound bizarre,…
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