Contributions from Padraig Cotter | Little White Lies

Contributor Padraig Cotter

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In Praise Of

Revisiting Blade II: Guillermo del Toro’s slick superhero B-movie

by Padraig Cotter

With its sym­pa­thet­ic mon­sters and dis­tinct visu­als, this 2002 sequel is the director’s most under­rat­ed film.
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In Praise Of

Halloween III: Why Season of the Witch is the most daring film in the franchise

by Padraig Cotter

With a pinch of Ham­mer Hor­ror and a dol­lop of ​’80s gore, this meta hor­ror is the bold­est in the series.
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The curious phenomenon of ghost directing: Hollywood’s best worst kept secret

by Padraig Cotter

These famous movies weren’t made by who you think…
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In Praise Of

In defence of Jaws: The Revenge

by Padraig Cotter

Is Joseph Sargent’s uni­ver­sal­ly derid­ed 1987 film real­ly one of the worst sequels ever made?
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How fan theories changed the way we watch movies and TV

by Padraig Cotter

We all love to unpick the mys­ter­ies of our favourite films and shows, but has the phe­nom­e­non gone too far?
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Perfect Imitation – The spreading influence of John Carpenter

by Padraig Cotter

He may be all but retired from fea­ture film­mak­ing, but traces of the genre director’s lega­cy can be found everywhere.

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