December 22, 2014
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Main characters are two-and-a-half times more likely to die in a children's animated film than in a film for adults—and three times more likely to be murdered.
With the year almost at an end, I have had the chance to catch up on a particular title that grabbed my attention. The title is question is the home video release of As Above, So Below
The Babadook is something of an anomaly in the horror movie genre, which is so commonly obsessed with the utter destruction of its protagonist. One of the incredible qualities of Richard Linklater's Boyhood, in which a 6-year-old boy becomes an 18-year-old man before our eyes, is the way it derives suspense and drama from both ordinary events and life milestones: camping, divorce, photography …