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9 Sept 2015

MULTI-GENRE FILM - Imagine Me & You (2005)

Films have formulas and rules, but can one film fit two sets of film rules?


Imagine Me & You was a 2005 romantic comedy about two women falling in love.

2 Sept 2015

VARIOUS RULES - Why Rule #2 [Nudity]

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  Why do the nudity rules exist?


For every set of rules I've made Rule #2 about nudity.  Also see 10 ways film nudity can be more than gratutious titillation

26 Aug 2015

DISASTER FILMS - Into the Storm (2014)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Disaster films follow those formulas?


Into the Storm is a mostly "found footage" film about a large number of tornadoes hitting a rural town one day. 

19 Aug 2015

DISASTER FILMS - The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Disaster films follow those formulas?


The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 film about climate change causing a freezing event in the northern hemisphere.

12 Aug 2015

DISASTER FILMS - Deep Impact (1998)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Disaster films follow those formulas?



Deep Impact (1998) a disaster film about a comet coming to hit the Earth.  And not the similar competing film from the same year.

5 Aug 2015

DISASTER FILMS - Dante's Peak (1997)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Disaster films follow those formulas?


Dante's Peak (1997) a disaster film about a volcano.  That's it really.

22 Jul 2015

DISASTER FILMS - Daylight (1996)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Disaster films follow those formulas?




Daylight (1996) is about the collapse of a tunnel under the Hudson River, and the survivors trapped in it.