Movie Features
Sometimes, we must do a deep dive when watching a movie. At Ready Steady Cut, we analyze and dissect movies, providing theories and unique perspectives. Here are our Movie Features.
We also do TV Features too.
‘All the Empty Rooms’ Should Be Mandatory Viewing For Everyone
When I sat down to review All the Empty Rooms, it took me only a few seconds of the 35-minute runtime to realise it was...
Them Again: Why Movie Typecasting Is A Good Thing (Sometimes)
I’ve been thinking about Michael Jai White. Don’t worry, it’s nothing weird – I just watched Hostile Takeover, the first of his movies to really...
The Crowd Work Conundrum: Are Comedians Funnier When They Don’t Write Material?
Nate Jackson: Super Funny is a very good special by all the usual standards, but it’s fascinating in one specific, new-ish way. Bookended by perfectly funny...
Invite Only: Fan-Casting The Craziest Project X Party Ever
If you’re old enough to have been a teenager in 2012 or thereabouts, you no doubt remember Project X, a teen comedy based on a...
Barbenheimer – how did Barbie and Oppenheimer success compare?
The rumoured same-day release of both Oppenheimer and Barbie 2023 films sparked an interesting debate when it was announced months ago. It started out as...
The real reason why Netflix cancels shows
It’s an all too common occurrence. You’re looking forward to the next season of your new favourite show to be released on Netflix and get...
Will interactive movies shakeup cinema?
Many streaming services including Netflix and HBO Max are experimenting with adding interactive films to their repertoire. Although many of these interactive films have a...
Becoming Desensitised to Horror and Gore
Horror films and gore have long piqued our interest since television and film became a part of our lives. In fact, one of the first...
Why are there fewer original films being released?
In recent years, many questions have arisen in the minds of avid film watchers, one of which is “why does Hollywood keep remaking movies?”. Recently,...
The 10 worst Star Wars characters who can’t get far, far away enough
The 10 Worst Star Wars Characters Few fictional settings are as vast and far-reaching as Star Wars. Ever since George Lucas created the sci-fi fantasy...
Dave Chappelle’s 8:46 is a powerful statement, not a stand-up
Netflix’s Dave Chappelle: 8:46 is available on YouTube — click the link. At the start of Dave Chappelle’s 8:46, he recalls the time when he experienced...
Problems with ‘Avengers: Endgame’
1.2 billion dollars in just five days shows that the final movie in this phase of the MCU was perhaps the most anticipated film in...
Mortal Franchises
Mortal Engines is the most recent adaptation of a young adult novel series to flop at the box office. In fact, its one of 2018’s...
Are Live-Action Disney Films a Safe Bet?
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is the latest Disney live-action film that attempts to adapt a classic fairytale with cutting-edge CGI aimed at modern...
Revisiting ‘Ghostwatch’
As October draws to a close we start the inevitable slide to Halloween, the spookiest day of the year. I’ve never been a fan of...
The Real Psycho
Until 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was known for his big-budget suspense thrillers. This was the man who had brought us North by Northwest the year before,...
‘The Neon Demon’ Revisited
In light of the soon to be released remake of giallo horror classic Suspiria, it seems as good a time as ever to reexamine a...
How to solve the Predator problem
Predator is a fantastic action film that launched one of the truly iconic sci-fi monsters of all time. Yet despite the success of the original film...