Where does one even begin when it comes to the subject of the cinema of Hayao Miyazaki? To call him a groundbreaking filmmaker is a wild understatement since what he has achieved throughout his career is beyond revolutionary. He and his colleague Isao Takahata (as co-founders of Studio Ghibli, which has become synonymous with quality…

Nearly half a century ago, George Lucas had the idea to revive the adventure genre, which had not entirely ceased to exist, but changed into something quite different than the ones he grew up watching, which prompted him to create a character that served as a terrific throwback to the action serials from his childhood….

If there is one lesson that we have learned through Hollywood’s obsession with sequels, remakes and reboots, it is that if you want something done right, hire the original team to make it, rather than going for whatever burgeoning young talent was popular at that specific moment, since track record will usually trump ambition in…

Our continued adventures with Indiana Jones and his motley crew of collaborators and co-conspirators have taken us to Europe, after voyaging to North Africa and Asia in the two previous films – and this time, our beloved historian and adventurer is in search of the Holy Grail, the very definition of an elusive historical artefact….

While it has become something of a frustration when studios commission a sequel to a film based on the original’s success (since it plays into the perception that Hollywood lacks originality and always wants to pursue what they know as being successful), we don’t often realize the risk that can come when doing so, since…

We have all undoubtedly heard the refrain “they don’t make movies like they used to” – and while this is often spouted out by some nostalgic curmudgeon in response to what they perceive to be a decline in the cinematic culture, it is a relevant thought when it comes to certain filmmakers. We can view…

You would not be blamed for initially believing the recent live-action adaptation of the highly popular Dungeons & Dragons game series was destined to fail – we have rarely seen much crossover success between the world of games and cinema, with only a few notable exceptions, and nearly every effort to turn this property into…

Greed does not do a man’s body or soul any good. One of the most potent representations of this very idea comes in the form of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston’s ambitious and sprawling adaptation of the novel by B. Traven, which tells the story of three impoverished American men that risk…

It’s a story that has influenced art for centuries – the tale of a man who possessed immense poetic talents and a valiant approach to living his adventurous life, but who was always primarily judged for the size of his nose, which brought him just as many jeers as it did cheers over the course…

In a time when his contemporaries were more concerned with “serious” cinema that had a deeper message, John Huston was committed to occasionally taking a break just to have some fun, which resulted in him sporadically producing some of the most entertaining films to ever be made during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Undeniably, he…