Star Trek Into Darkness
By Ryan Copping, published on 13 May 2013 12:00 am
There is something about myself that I have been hiding for years, but I’m finally going to admit. I first realised it when I was small child, that I was …
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Ryan Copping · 51 articles
Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Ryan Copping has BA in Film and Still Photography and an MS in Communications from Grand Valley State University. He worked as a film critic and lecturer in the United States for three years before moving to Southampton to pursue a PhD in Film.
By Ryan Copping, published on 13 May 2013 12:00 am
Iron Man 3
By Ryan Copping, published on 5 May 2013 12:00 am
Before I walked into Iron Man 3, I commented to a friend that I was glad I was getting out of the house and seeing a movie as I wanted …
A Late Quartet
By Ryan Copping, published on 24 April 2013 12:00 am
The other day, I was talking to a musicologist friend of mine about The Beatles. We listened to some of the more artistic tunes and we agreed that it was …
Good Vibrations
By Ryan Copping, published on 15 April 2013 12:00 am
Good Vibrations is in part about something that was an important part of my youth, but now just makes me sound old – the record store. Every city of a …
Roger Ebert
By Ryan Copping, published on 5 April 2013 08:36 am
Roger Ebert died on Thursday the 4th of April, at the age of 70. For all intents and purposes, he was American film criticism. For many members of the public, …
Essay: The Exorcist
By Ryan Copping, published on 27 March 2013 12:00 am
In lieu a review this week, I present this essay on a cinema classic. Since its original release in 1973, The Exorcist has been continually popular, influencing the public consciousness …
Oz: The Great and Powerful
By Ryan Copping, published on 13 March 2013 12:00 am
I may not be the person to ask about Oz: The Great and Powerful. I read L. Frank Baum’s Oz books with the love and enthusiasm only a child can …
Hitchcock
By Ryan Copping, published on 20 February 2013 12:00 am
The fundamental problem with making a film about Alfred Hitchcock, I now realize, is that the director, in addition to being the master of suspense, was a master of self-promotion. …
Hyde Park on Hudson
By Ryan Copping, published on 15 February 2013 02:22 pm
Hyde Park on Hudson is a movie about appearances and lies. Nearly every character in the movie is trying to give a strong outward image to the other characters, but …
Lincoln
By Ryan Copping, published on 1 February 2013 12:00 am
As I wrote in my review of a vastly inferior film about the same subject last year, a strong case can be made that Abraham Lincoln was the greatest American. …
