With Halloween coming up, I thought I’d take a look at why horror seems to be the genre where endless sequels of decreasing quality can often keep being produced, and people will still watch them. Now, this is not intended to be disparaging to the horror genre in any way, but merely an observation on…
With the second removal of director(s) from a Star Wars film this year, it appears as though things aren’t quite so happy behind the scenes as fans would like. The trepidation that comes from and addition to a franchise. Going back years, the first directorial issue occurred during the first spinoff: Rogue One. Tony Gilroy…
In the wake of the recent news about part two of the Divergent finale being relegated to TV, I thought I’d take a look at the risks and benefits of splitting a franchise’s (often based on a Young Adult book series) final chapter, seeing as, sadly, this acts as proof that the risk and the…
When Mamma Mia was released in film-form in 2008 it wasn’t exactly the most critically acclaimed output of the year, but for those who saw it for what it was – a great piece of feel-good musical fun – it became a DVD staple. Now, almost 10 years later, a sequel has been announced to…
With the third film in the a capella-based franchise starting shooting this week, I thought I’d look back at how an unexpected sleeper hit has become a blockbusting trilogy. When an original comedy about a college a capella group hit screens in late 2012, it came out of nowhere, becoming a huge hit that earned…
So, it has been a while since the Ben-Hur remake (review here) was released and it has bombed at the box office, not even breaking even with its budget. This lack of financial success has not been a great shock seeing as it seems as though everyone but those who made the film predicted its failure.…
With all of the discussion floating around about the potential Men in Black – Jump Street crossover sequel this past week, I thought it would be a good time to take a look back at Jump Street’s success as a reboot then a sequel. It is one of the rare occurrences in current times where a…
I grew up with Pixar, that is to say it was in its infancy when I was born and its first slew of non-stop hits were released whilst I was still their key demographic. However, now, as I verge on adulthood, the company has begun to bring out sequels, prequels and spin offs to the…
It seems as though recently Hollywood has gained the reputation that the majority of its films fit into one of the categories in the title. The film industry is just that, an industry, so of course finances and profit play a big part in studios’ decisions to pick up or green light films. However, with the…
