The Weekly Reel: The Safe Havens of 2D Animation
The past couple of weeks, we took a look at the situation of 2D animation in Hollywood and how it might disappear from the box [...]
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: Animation of the Rising Sun
Borrowing from the French word for cartoon, Japanese “anime” has become incredibly popular here in the United States. Even back in the days before television, [...]
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: A History of Horror
Fear. It is one of mankind’s base instincts. For centuries, many people have crafted tales to evoke and awaken this feeling in all of us, [...]
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: Terrifying Trends
We last left our retrospective during the 80’s, an era full of horror classics and cult film phenomena. It is as we get into the [...]
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: The celluloid candidate
‘Tis the season to be bombarded with commercial after commercial after commercial. No, I’m not talking about the holidays. I’m talking about election season, the [...]
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: An industry imposed detour
The strange habits of Hollywood when it comes to the release of holiday films was brought to my attention by some readers of both this [...]
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: FAQs about Film
In this installment of The Weekly Reel, I’ve decided to answer some questions people often ask me about the process of making a film and [...]
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: A look at the Golden Globe and the Academy Award
Sunday kicked off movie award season with The Golden Globes. The Academy Awards are right around the corner, but it takes more than a few awards to make a film worthwhile. Read More...
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: From page to projector
A brief look at the translation of books to the silver screen.
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: Let it end or just make more!
Stephen Romney rants about his frustrations with 3D re-releases of films.
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: Animation shortcuts and techniques
The artistic methods used in animation are similar the world over. Stephen Romney talks about four techniques that are common in both anime and western animation.
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: Dr. Seuss in cinema, then and now
To coincide with the release of The Lorax, The Globe presents a brief look at the cinematic history of Theodor Seuss Geisel. What would the beloved children's author think of the latest adaptations of...
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel Double Feature: From the small screen to the silver screen...
To coincide with the release of 21 Jump St., Stephen Romney presents his list of the top 3 films based on TV Shows and the top 3 television shows based on movies.
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: Teenage Tinseltown and the Full Fathom Five fiasco
The Globe presents a brief commentary on the recent surge of Young Adult Fiction and the journey to the silver screen.
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: Fairy tale fancy
The Globe presents a look at the recent trend of the "mature" fairy tale film.
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: Lies my movie told me
Stephen Romney takes a look at the Top 3 movie cliches and myths.
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: Remakes, reboots and reversions
Stephen Romney shares his thoughts on the recent trend of reboots and remakes filtering into theaters.
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: Fact, fiction and film
On June 5, 2012, renowned science fiction author Ray Bradbury passed away after a long battle with illness at the age of 91. Bradbury was [...]
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: A battle of two Draculas: Lugosi vs. Oldman
Romney compares two notable adaptations of Bram Stoker's novel. The first is the 1931 version of Dracula directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi. The second is the 1992 version, directed by...
View ArticleThe Weekly Reel: Top 5 Films of 2012
Arts reporter Stephen Romney gives his top 5 favorite films for 2012.
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