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Chris Lambert is the co-founder and lead writer of Film Colossus. He specializes in film interpretation, narrative structure, and explaining how movies use story, imagery, and technique to create meaning. His work on Film Colossus has reached millions of readers, with more than 500 articles covering films ranging from Fight Club and Black Swan to Perfect Blue and The Odyssey.
Jordan Peele brings a dead TV series back to life
Jordan Peele is returning to TV with a reboot of Scare Tactics, the 2003 SyFy hidden camera prank series. According to Deadline, “Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions are producing alongside Universal Television Alternative Studios, the unscripted arm of the studio…
New movies coming to theaters | August 2024
A quick and easy look at the new movies coming to theaters in August 2024.
New movies on streaming | August 2024
A quick and easy look at the movies arriving on streaming for August 2024.
Cure explained until it clicks (1997)
What is Cure about? Cure explores the role of repression in day to day life, specifically the burden and cost of being part of society, community, or a relationship. How much do you become what others need and want you…
Twisters explained
What is Twisters about? Twisters doesn’t repeat the original’s focus on grief. Rather, it positions Kate as someone coming to terms with failure and living with the fear of failure. The film champions a growth mindset as opposed to a…
One of best movies ever made gets an HBO-sequel series
City of God is, if you ask me, one of the greatest movies ever made. So imagine my surprise when Warner Bros. Discovery announced City of God: The Fight Rages On, a TV show that serves as an official sequel…
Are film critics good at their job? Viggo gives a verdict
Is movie criticism in the gutter? It seems the King of Gondor thinks so. Viggo Mortensen spoke with Vanity Fair. They asked him “How closely do you pay attention to things like reviews and media coverage?” His response: More and…
Longlegs song (by Nic Cage) coming soon?
The Longlegs film didn’t explore the titular characters backstory all that much, which adds to the mystique, but it’s pretty clear that Dale Cobble had been, at one point, a rocker. The official X account for the film has confirmed…
Megalopolis has a comic book adaptation
Way back on March 26th, 2023, Image Comics announced a graphic-novel version of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, to be released through their Image imprint Syzygy, with Jacob Phillips as the artist. Flash ahead to July 9th, 2024, and Phillips posted…
Twister explained
What is Twister about? In Twister, the tornado primarily represents Jo’s trauma over the loss of her dad. She has to come to terms with the fact that “things go wrong. You can’t explain it. You can’t predict it.” Almost…
Longlegs box office puts respect on Neon’s name
Longlegs has claimed the highest open-weekend box office in Neon’s history. The $22.6 million gross isn’t just the best opening, it’s also the third-highest domestic gross in the distributor’s history (according to The Numbers). The only films to do better…
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