Film

It's no secret that Marvel movies are almost always a huge success. The television series are doing very good as well. But there are many who don't realize these shows are tied into this same universe. Do you think those who only watch the films are missing out by not watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil (on Netflix), and Jessica Jones (also to be available on Netflix)?

In an interview on The Nerdist Tom Hiddleston and Del Toro talked about how Crimson Peak is a revival of Victorian genre and themes without being hokey. Once the film comes out I would be interested in an article that explores this idea and if they accomplish this revival in film. I love the genre so I am super pumped.

Explore Victorian aesthetic choices and narrative style.

Recently Marvel Studios hasn't made a bad film or television show. An average show, maybe, but nothing below 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. If a bad film of theirs were to come out, would it be acclaimed as one? Or do you think the fans would squint their eyes until we existed in a world where Marvel Studios could do no wrong?

Westerns were a very popular film genre years ago. Classics, such as "The Man with No Name Trilogy," "The Searchers," and "Once Upon a Time in the West," have proved that Westerns are enjoyable and interesting to watch. However, as years have gone by, the Western genre has decreased in popularity as other movie genres like action, and comedy have increased in appeal. Movies like, "Slow West" (2015, John Maclean) and "Django Unchained" (2012, Tarantino) have proved that westerns can still be fun to watch when you are the movie theater or at home.

Many movies today are now considered Neo-Westerns. Neo-Westerns are defined as a film reflecting the Western style, but being set in contemporary America. "No Country for Old Men" is a clear example. With these Neo-westerns, and other genres taking over, will the original western genre ever make a comeback?

Spoiler alert. Who is truly the guilty party in the French film, "Cache" – Georges or Majid? Does Georges' response to the harassment warrant a consideration for murder, having pushed back against somebody so pathologically insane and fragile? Or is there a way that he could have gone about this confrontation which could have brought about actual convalescence? Perhaps requesting a shrink for Majid or even speaking directly to Majid about the rooster incident rather than continuing his own pathological vice of lying which is on display through the interactions with his wife. And what of the different father-son, mother-son relationships that we witness (as well as do not witness)? And the implications of Anne's suspected adultery by her son Pierrot with her friend Pierre? And how does this all tie in with the Papon massacre on an allegorical level (the narrative being less equivocally related); in other words – how does the film present its stance about the massacre and whether there has been any true healing since the massacre occurred?

One of the favorite film genres of the public has to be Crime and some of the best of them come from Japan and revolve around the Yakuza. With the release of a High Definition transfer of Kinji Fukasaku's Battles Without Honor and Humanity and its sequels in the near future, it would be interesting to see an article that examines these films that started the genre and where it is now or write about contemporaries and favorites of the genre. Another director to look at is Takeshi Kitano who created some of the best in the genre with Sonatine, Outrage, and Beyond Outrage.

In response to the lack of women helming projects in the film industry, the last few years have seen a proliferation of popular female-fueled movies. Many of these films, such as Kirsten Wiig's Bridesmaids and Amy Schumer's Trainwreck, are raunchy comedies bent on proving that women can do the same thing as men. Feminist films like Mad Max and the upcoming female-cast Ghost Busters might mark a change in the tide, but we still aren't seeing nearly as many women making movies and taking home awards as there are men. Are contemporary female films sacrificing seriousness to make a point about feminism?

It is true when they say no film is perfect, and time travel movies are no exception. No matter how hard a writer tries, there will always be a plot hole in a time travel movie because the genre itself can get very complicated. This does not mean that the movie is bad, just take the Back to the Future trilogy for example. While there are some inconsistency when regarding the time travel, it almost does not matter because how fun and well written the films are. Then we get a film like Terminator Genisys, a movie that it is bad because not only does it ruin the first two Terminator movies, but the time travel makes absolutely no sense; it makes someones head hurt after a while. So the question is: can bad time travel logic ruin a film?