Stranger Things: Finn Wolfhard on Eleven, 80s Movies, Stephen King, and It
We sat down with Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard to talk Stephen King, Mike and Eleven, his favourite '80s movies, and much more.
The Goonies
Stranger Things Chapter Five Recap
Get out your string theory textbooks, ”The Flea and the Acrobat” injects some theoretical physics into the Stranger Things mythology.
Stranger Things Chapter Four Recap
”The Body” begins with a hypothesis about the events surrounding the death of Will Byers. However, things are not so cut and dried when radio waves, photographs, and pocket knives all reveal more evidence that the Byers boy may in fact be alive.
Stranger Things Chapter Three Recap
Chapter Three of Stranger Things , ”Holly, Jolly,” is all about taking initiative to right wrongs and rescue friends. Sadly, we learn the limits of good plans executed with the best intentions.
Stranger Things Chapter Two Recap
”The Weirdo on Maple Street” is all about the one particular individual who seems to have changed everything for the small town of Hawkins.
Stranger Things Chapter One Recap
”The Vanishing of Will Byers” is Chapter One of the Stranger Things saga wherein we are introduced to a mysterious monster, a group of misfits, a missing boy, an odd girl, a bored police chief, and an seemingly evil government body.
The New Old: Sowing Season
This week, our archival DVD column looks at various stages of growing up with looks at Good Will Hunting, High Fidelity, and Adventures in Babysitting , and a look at the volatile nature of change in The Proposition .
Interview: ParaNorman’s Chris Butler & Sam Fell
Part Two
In the age of the omnipresent CG animated film and vapid big budget spectacle, it’s incredibly refreshing to see a lovingly handcrafted stop-motion animated movie like ParaNorman come along. We had a chance to speak with directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell earlier this year, and talked about the talented young cast of the film, the directors' own experiences with bullying, ParaNorman 's relationship to the horror genre, the importance of zombies, and much more.
Interview: ParaNorman’s Chris Butler & Sam Fell
Part One
In the age of the omnipresent CG animated film and vapid big budget spectacle, it's incredibly refreshing to see a lovingly handcrafted stop-motion animated movie like ParaNorman come along. We had a chance to speak with directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell earlier this year, and talked about the "John Carpenter meets John Hughes" origins of the film, how technology has helped make stop-frame animation more practical, and much more.
Super 8 Review
It’s safe to say that many filmgoers will always measure newcomer sci-fi epics by the standards of the classics that came before them. Close Encounters of the Third Kind , E.T. and the now thirty-to-forty year old peers that reserve warm fuzzy spots in hearts around the globe. So it was both interesting and completely logical that Steven Spielberg, creator of these titan classics, would use the talents of J. J. Abrams, undeniably a contemporary lord of genre, to, in essence, create a new film that makes tribute to his own triumphs.
