Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
And so does the box office. This review is spoiler-free! So, after much waiting, and uncertainty of what the Disney purchase of the Star Wars franchise would bring, I have […]
Author: Shelby Jones
Shape of Water pulls a Monster Movie Award Coup
At the 2018 Golden Globes, modern cinema history was made – but if you weren’t paying attention you may have missed it. “Since childhood I’ve been faithful to monsters — […]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
As a 90’s baby, I grew up in the original Jumanji (1995) craze, a movie which really should not have existed considering the brevity of its source material, a children’s […]
Pans Labyrinth
I am personally embarrassed that SquidFlicks has existed for a decade and has never given Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece it’s proper due review. That changes now. This is the quintessential […]
Atomic Blonde
Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is an MI6 agent tasked with recovering top secret KGB intel in East Berlin before the wall falls in the waning days of the Cold War. […]
Dunkirk
Nolan’s’ latest foray is a non-stop, heart-pounding adaptation of one of the most fraught moments in early World War II – the evacuation of 300,000+ English and French troops from […]
The Fun and Fear of Fictional Corporations
Weyland-Yutani (Alien). Cyberdyne Systems (Terminator). Encom (Tron). Silver Shamrock (Halloween 3). What do they have in common? They are the fictional corporations in the background of many iconic film franchises, […]
Neill Blomkamp is taking on big studios
Neill Blomkamp is a director I really enjoy following. He is an accomplished SFX editor, screenwriter and director, and now after a swoon with big name studios, he’s gone back […]
Baby Driver
I’m going to preface this review by saying that if you only watch one movie this year, make it Baby Driver. Edgar Wright knocked this one out of the park. […]
First Look – Alien: Covenant
I’m super excited! We have a lot to look forward to from Ridley Scott in 2017 – A sequel to Blade Runner, and the latest entry in the Alien saga, […]