Twenty-First Century Prophecies of The World’s End

|Ryan Sanderson| Before writing about The World’s End, I embarked on my own nostalgic voyage, revisiting three of my favorite films from an earlier chapter of my life. Shaun of the Dead came out my sophomore year of high school. The summer between high school and… Continue reading

Bonus! 4-Page Hot Fuzz Video Game Strategy Guide Inside

|Ben Jarman| The movie Hot Fuzz has many references to 80s and 90s action films and many of these films had Nintendo video game adaptations. The following pages are an attempt to create a strategy guide for an 8-bit Hot Fuzz adaptation that does not exist. Just imagine Edgar Wright’s movie… Continue reading

In It for the Love of the Game

|Devin Warner| There’s something really special about the homage film. It wasn’t until rewatching Hot Fuzz for my Perisphere article on Shakedown that I realized a lot of my favorite movies growing up were the homage films. That genre is something that I feel taps into that… Continue reading

The Impeccable Comedic Beats of Shawn of the Dead

|Allison Vincent| I love comedy. If theater or filmmaking is cooking then comedy, to me, is the baking. It’s all about precision and, most importantly, timing. I cut my comedic teeth on Looney Tunes, The Three Stooges, Mr. Bean, and Mel Brooks movies. My grandmother would take me to used book Continue reading