The Good in Movies ~ by Dominic Corry, Film Critic

The Five Most Shane Black Moments from Shane Black’s Oeuvre

To mark the release of The Nice Guys, a torrent of concentrated awesome for Shane Black fans, I cited the five moments from Shane Black movies that most perfectly represent what he offers cinema in this blog for the Herald.

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Talking Shane Black, Ryan Gosling and The Nice Guys with Russell Crowe

In this interview conducted for the Herald, I chat with Russell Crowe about Shane Black, Ryan Gosling, The Nice Guys and his place in the modern blockbuster landscape.

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The Five Most Uplifting Sports Movies Of Them All

In this blog for the Herald, I mark the opening of Eddie The Eagle by citing the five most uplifting sports movies that ever were made. According to me. It’s a short list. Lots miss out. But these five are all pretty uplifting.

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The Five Best CGI Animals Before The Jungle Book

In this blog entry for the Herald, I ruminate on the stunning CGI seen in Disney’s new live-action version of The Jungle Book, and cite the five best CGI beasts to have come before.

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Roald Dahl’s Big-Screen Legacy

In this blog entry for the Herald, I mark the arrival of the full trailer for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG by looking back at all the movies based on the author’s works.

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The Return of Pee-wee Herman

In this blog entry for the Herald, I look at Pee-wee Herman’s new Judd Apatow-produced Netflix movie Pee-wee’s Big Holiday from the perspective of a die-hard Pee-wee Herman fan. Which is something that I am.

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Talking Anomalisa with Charlie Kaufman

In this interview conducted for the Herald, I chat to the peerless Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) about his dazzling new stop-motion movie Anomalisa, currently in cinemas.

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The 50 Best Character Names In Movie History

I place a lot of stock in the names of movie characters. In a medium where first impressions count, an interesting name can really help sell the feeling of a character. Whether it’s loaded with meaning, has an appealing sense of the ridiculous, or simply sounds cool, a great name will always make me sit up and take notice.

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The Ten Films I’m Most Excited To See In 2016

In this blog entry for the Herald, I fail to keep my list of 2016’s most exciting movies to ten. And I don't even mentioned Star Trek Beyond. Which I do wanna see. But its unconcious absence from this list perhaps betrays my lack of excitement about the prospect.

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My Top Ten of 2015

In which I lay out the ten films that brought me the most joy in 2015. Although I am a pretty big sucker for blockbusters, it was the smaller movies that stayed with me this year. Also I saw Nothing But Trouble (1991) for the first time. That changed my perspective on cinema in general.

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