Director’s Spotlight
Director’s Spotlight: Roland Emmerich
November 30, 2017By: Austin Cozicar Roland Emmerich’s work has been criticized for being cheesy, unoriginal, and wildly unrealistic, and Peter Howell of the Toronto Star complained that Emmerich’s movie 10,000 BC deserves the “. . . Worst CGI, Most Annoying Narrator, Lamest Dialogue and Dumbest Action Hero [Awards].” This is not an inaccurate description. In his 2004 film The Day After Tomorrow, global warming causes an ice age to happen over the course of a few days . . . in 2004. In the film 2012, a character is reluctant to fly a plane because he’s only had a couple…
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Director’s Spotlight: Denis Villeneuve
November 16, 2017By: Adrienne Blas Denis Villeneuve is a French-Canadian filmmaker who discovered his passion for film while in university. He first began making a name for himself by directing independent films, and now Villeneuve has gone on to win the Canadian Screen…
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Director’s Spotlight: Tim Burton
October 28, 2017By: Jonathan Pabico One of my favourite directors is the legendary Tim Burton. Burton's films are known for their bleak and morbid atmospheres as well as the dark and unsettling feeling they create in a viewer. Despite this, his movies…
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