Author Archive for: ‘Sylvia Kershaw and Laurie Ormond’

Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf (USA 2007) is an unusual film. It follows an unusual narrative structure – the hero’s path shifts dramatically into the future at the very moment in which we might expect a romantic resolution – and yet it is at the same time recognisable as a very ‘generic’ film, investing energy in fulfilling rather than challenging generic norms. The film …