Director/co-writer Liu Jian’s affection for his impulsive young characters adds a welcome variation to the usual pre-graduation coming-of-age story’s concerns for life after college. It’s funny because it’s true, and not only to its young subjects’ inconstant values. These art students, like most art students, take themselves too seriously and also live in a beautiful … Read more
Madame Web concept art features Spider-Man battling with Ezekiel Sims, but the finished movie didn’t include the character. You know your movie’s a failure when it’s been bested by Morbius, but that’s where Madame Web has found itself. The critically panned movie is part of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, a franchise which doesn’t seem to include … Read more
The directors of Late Night With the Devil have addressed their controversial decision to use a few pieces of AI art in the horror film Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Spooky Pictures recently teamed up to produce the horror film Late Night With the Devil, headed up by the Australian writing and directing duo of Colin and … Read more
Talking about new media, the TikTok avatar Bobiță was created by Ilinca Manolache before you cast her as Angela in the film. And so you have multiple layers of social criticism through your lens through her lens, through his quote-unquote lens, through the lens of the TikTok filter. Can you talk a bit about all … Read more
Writer/director Damien Leone had a budget of around $55,000 to work with on his breakout horror film Terrifier, and a budget of “a little over” $250,000 for Terrifier 2, which was a massive hit when it was released in 2022, earning $15.1 million at the box office. Since the second film did so well, it’s no surprise that … Read more
The following post contains minor spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which at this point is already two years old. Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier firmly established Sam Wilson, formerly known as the Falcon, as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new Captain America. It even gave Sam his own … Read more
Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted to share it with as many people as possible. “Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net” … Read more
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring except Art the Clown. And also he had an axe. Already a modern Halloween icon, the gruesome and creepy star of the cult Terrifier film series has set his sights on a new holiday in the teaser for his next sequel, Terrifier 3. The trailer … Read more
The worlds of Michael Myers and Halloween collide with Archie and the Riverdale gang in new artwork made for the film’s 45th anniversary. It has been 45 years since the release of John Carpenter’s Halloween. And while there are so many unique approaches to celebrating the occasion – killing your babysitter, purchasing Laurie Strode’s house, … Read more
Tim Burton is known for his very distinct visual style and character design. As such, people have been using A.I. to mimic that aesthetic in new pieces of computer-generated artwork. It turns out, Burton himself is not a fan. With the rise of widely available A.I., there has been fear about it potentially even replacing artists. Whether that’s something … Read more