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.
Is Uwe Boll Actually Bad at Making Movies? I Did The Maths
Taking away the subjectivity of film criticism, mathematically and by the law of averages, Uwe Boll is bad at making movies. However, he is clearly...
‘Citizen Vigilante’ and the Streisand Effect: A Loss For Art Is A Win For Cult Marketing
Citizen Vigilante shouldn’t be successful if you think about it. It’s a deeply terrible movie on a technical level and a wildly irresponsible one morally,...
Waiting It Out: A Timeline Of Louis C.K.’s Shrugging Return to the Mainstream in ‘Ridiculous’
While he wasn’t the first, and he certainly won’t be the last, Louis C.K.’s cancellation and subsequent career renaissance is one of the more instructive...
Armie Hammer’s Role In ‘Citizen Vigilante’ Is The Latest In A Long Line Of Post-Cancellation Comebacks
While the selling point of Citizen Vigilante, at least for its target demographic, is undoubtedly all the Muslim murdering, it’s undoubtedly a fascinating case study in...
Patriots Hate Immigrants So Much They’re Defending an Uwe Boll Movie
You need only take a brief look at the comments beneath my review of Citizen Vigilante, an execrable piece of fascistic propaganda from notoriously provocative...
‘Toy Story 6’ Absolutely Does Not Need to Happen
Toy Story 6 – let’s play with the idea of another sequel in this franchise for a moment. It’s basically confirmed, and with a decent...
How ‘Disclosure Day 2’ Can Fix the First Film’s Illogical Sci-Fi Writing
With the Steven Spielberg magic in full effect, Disclosure Day is being generally loved by audiences and critics alike. Despite my negative review and complaints...
The Source Material Of ‘Colors of Evil: Black’ Virtually Guarantees A Sequel
Colors of Evil: Black is a sequel to Colors of Evil: Red, both Polish thrillers adapted by Adrian Panek for Netflix from Malgorzata Oliwia Sobczak’s...
‘Michael’ Is Impossible to Review Sensibly, and the Sequel Will Be No Different
A few weeks have passed since the release of Michael, the biographical tribute to the late Michael Jackson – a man who could stand on...
The Apple TV Show You NEED To See If You Enjoyed Taron Egerton’s Villain In ‘Apex’
I have to say that I’m genuinely surprised by how many people are shocked to see a skinhead Taron Egerton terrorising Charlize Theron in Netflix’s Apex....
‘Return to Silent Hill’ Gets A Few Things Dead Wrong About ‘Silent Hill 2’
Unlike Christophe Gans’s first cinematic foray into the world of Silent Hill, which wasn’t based on any of the games in particular and instead pulled...
Netflix’s Ghoulish ‘Skyscraper Live’ Sets A Worrying Precedent For Live Programming
Let’s be frank here: Anyone who tunes into Skyscraper Live is doing so for one reason and one reason only, which is to see if...
‘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...