Category: Roger Malcolm
The Hateful Eight (2015)
December 31, 2015
Written by Roger Malcolm
We open on wide sweeping panavision shots of beautiful snow-covered landscapes encompassing the wild frontier of Wyoming in the dead of winter. The camera eventually cuts to a cross with a snow-covered Jesus, it’s a long shot with no cut as the camera slowly comes down as we see a six-horse team pulling a stagecoach through the winter snow. As the stagecoach passes disappearing off frame right a breeze of snow passes right to left of frame before the cut of this beautifully constructed shot. A magnificent s̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ start and we haven’t even been introduced to a single character as of yet from The Hateful Eight.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
December 21, 2015
Written by Roger Malcolm
Starting much like the original Star Wars: A New Hope, we find ourselves on a desert planet with a droid being given a map of the location of the long lost Luke Skywalker. In the opening message to the audience we read that after the Empire’s downfall, the First Order has risen out of its ashes. The Rebellion is now referred to as the Resistance and their leader is General Leia (still played by Carrie Fisher). Continue reading Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)