The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is the most recent Coen Brothers film and one of the first, that I’ve seen, of a famous director changing mediums to adapt to new viewers. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs ultimately succeeded in doing so, bringing in a new audience by being published on the popular streaming site, Netflix. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a fresh, new and well-made film that is easy to pick up and put down.
Kind and funny… until he shoots all your fingers off…
In the last month, I have watched two movies which are similar in their storytelling, two movies which although different in plot utilise the same effect to create a powerful plot, Memento and Reservoir Dogs. These two films effectively employ the use of reversing the chain of events which ultimately create a deeper mystery and intrigue. Warning spoilers for Reserviour Dogs not for Memento… Memento’s too confusing to spoil…
Right now I am in a period of watching a variety of films from a variety of directors, and I’m currently finishing up a director’s repertoire which I am going to review and analyse in the future. So, for today whilst I am in this watching period I decided to revisit one of my most beloved film franchises, the MCU. Now the MCU is not in any way a perfect and pristine franchise, It has its bad movies and plot holes but it’s a franchise that has to ability to raise my hairs and give me a sense of hope and passion. So, today I am going to pick apart the 18 film series and reveal my top 5 MCU films.
Being the avid Potterhead I am, I was extremely hyped for the release of Fantastic Beasts the Crimes of Grindelwald. As each trailer dropped it was inevitable that my levels of excitement grew to abnormal levels, however concluding the viewing my time turner donned body was left with a taste worst than that of a Polyjuice Potion. The rushed pacing, cramming of plot and lost potential causes me to cringe at the path the ‘Wizarding World’ is headed in.
The Neophyte 