by Seth Lamey | Dec 26, 2018 | Issues, Right, Short Films
Film Studies students at Winona State had the chance to study the action genre this past fall, understanding the conventions and tropes that make the genre one of the most heart-pumping thrills audiences seek. A few students put their understanding of script writing,...
by Morghan Lemmenes | Dec 17, 2018 | Issues, Left
Hello and welcome to another issue of POVwinona! In a prior issue our contributors looked back at the roots of the action-adventure genre, and in this issue our writers are examining how a variety of sub-genres connect to other films in the genre and generate social...
by Noah Mruz | Dec 17, 2018 | Criticism, Left
George Miller’s 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film Mad Max 2 showcases a highly-stylized world where the cars and the people are equally as over the top. The film follows antihero Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) as he reluctantly helps a group of...
by McKenna Scherer | Dec 17, 2018 | Criticism, Left
A seven-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner, James Cameron’s 1986 Aliens was everything people wanted and more following 1979’s Alien. Launching the standard for all sequels far above what was typically expected, the action-and-alien-focused sequel came at a...
by Taylor Nasinec | Dec 17, 2018 | Criticism, Left
Based on the graphic novel The Coldest City, Atomic Blonde is the 2017 espionage thriller with a thick spread of double agents and betrayal during the week prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Directed by the John Wick co-director, David Leitch, his first solo...
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