Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse truly exceeded my expectations. I am not a fan of Marvel movies in general or any superhero movies for that matter yet both of the films in this series have taken me completely by surprise at their excellence. One of the things that stuck out to me the most in Across the Spider-verse was the use of colour, contrast, and composition which are…

William Brent Bell
The Boy was an interesting film as the cinematography was good but not great and the acting was good but not great, overall that seems to sum up the film quite well. I will say that I believe The Boy was better than 31% on Rotten Tomatoes. The plot had me interested as it appears to be a classic haunted doll movie and then surprises you. The sound design seemed to be what held the movie together…

Orphan: First Kill was honestly a surprisingly good prequel film. Horror prequels are notoriously either spectacularly awful, or brilliant, and luckily Orphan: First Kill manages to fall into the latter. Bell utilises the same visually stunning shots and cinematography that helped make the first film successful and I certainly extend my props to the makeup team for managing to give Isabelle Fuhrman, who is 26 years old, the look of a ten-year-old. In terms of plot, the story managed to…

I did not go into this film with high hopes at all, I hadn't heard good reviews so far and was not expecting it to carry any type of weight in the horror/thriller genre. However, this film absolutely exceeded my expectations. The film started out with an interesting and engaging plot and the colour filter gave the film the tone it was looking for. However the part that stuck out to me were the scenes that used minimalism. Derrickson could…