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Written by ScreenPhiles

Marvel Studios’ Real Problem

By my reckoning the biggest problem that Marvel Studios faces is less sequels or superhero fatigue – something I’m not at all convinced exists – than runaway production costs. Some might tell you that interest has waned in superhero films, which is blatantly not true (particularly when it comes to Marvel Studios, though DC Films…the […]

Written by ScreenPhiles

The (Un)necessary Remake Dept: The Manitou

Some people might call William Girdler’s The Manitou a ripoff of The Exorcist, and in a sense they’d be right in that both involve possession of a sort.  Then’s there’s the fact that Girdler’s film came five years afterwards, though other than that it’s a whole other animal and deserves revisiting. The movie, based on the novel […]