Victoria Alonso’s sudden exit from Marvel Studios on March 17 reportedly “blindsided” the 17-year studio veteran who served as president of physical and postproduction, visual effects and animation production, according to a new report in Variety. However, between a massive surge of new content since 2019 and a perceived decline in quality, some writing may have been on the wall.
Two VFX industry sources who spoke with IndieWire on the condition of anonymity said some VFX artists who worked on Marvel projects faced last-minute deadlines that made it very difficult to produce quality work — and found themselves embarrassed by some of the work they produced. And the sources added that while Alonso was remarkably successful at keeping the VFX pipeline flowing for as long as she did, results became increasingly inconsistent.
While there’s still no official word as to the reason for Alonso’s dismissal, it arrives amid allegations of...
Two VFX industry sources who spoke with IndieWire on the condition of anonymity said some VFX artists who worked on Marvel projects faced last-minute deadlines that made it very difficult to produce quality work — and found themselves embarrassed by some of the work they produced. And the sources added that while Alonso was remarkably successful at keeping the VFX pipeline flowing for as long as she did, results became increasingly inconsistent.
While there’s still no official word as to the reason for Alonso’s dismissal, it arrives amid allegations of...
- 3/23/2023
- by Bill Desowitz and Brian Welk
- Indiewire
‘Star Wars’ Comparisons, Work Conditions, and Corey Stoll: Inside the ‘Ant-Man’ VFX of ‘Quantumania’
After exploring microscopic worlds in the first two “Ant-Man” movies, director Peyton Reed expanded into the massive Quantum Realm for the epic battle with Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) in “Quantumania.” What better way to kick off Phase 5 of the MCU?
Much was made upon the film’s release of its similar look to that of “Star Wars,” but according to Marvel VFX production supervisor Jesse James Chisholm, Reed was more focused on the sci-fi visual influences of Heavy Metal Magazine and the abstract photography of Gerard van Smirren than the work of legendary “Star Wars” designer Ralph McQuarrie and his eye-popping, surreal landscapes and kitschy characters.
But Chisholm understands the comparison. “I don’t think we went in consciously making a ‘Star Wars’ movie,” he told IndieWire. “We all grew up on those films and it’s so steeped in our lexicon that it just becomes a part of our thinking.
Much was made upon the film’s release of its similar look to that of “Star Wars,” but according to Marvel VFX production supervisor Jesse James Chisholm, Reed was more focused on the sci-fi visual influences of Heavy Metal Magazine and the abstract photography of Gerard van Smirren than the work of legendary “Star Wars” designer Ralph McQuarrie and his eye-popping, surreal landscapes and kitschy characters.
But Chisholm understands the comparison. “I don’t think we went in consciously making a ‘Star Wars’ movie,” he told IndieWire. “We all grew up on those films and it’s so steeped in our lexicon that it just becomes a part of our thinking.
- 3/6/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Spoiler Alert: This story discusses major plot points in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” currently playing in theaters.
The biggest issue “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” visual effects supervisors Jesse James Chisholm and Dave Hodgins had in building the robotic villain M.O.D.O.K. was getting the proportions right.
M.O.D.O.K., which stands for Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing, is played by Corey Stoll, the villain from the original “Ant-Man.” As audiences saw at the end of the first movie, his character Darren Cross is microscopically shrunk by Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang, causing massive amounts of damage to his body. He pops up in the third “Ant-Man” movie with a horrifically contorted physique, a giant head and a tiny body. To move, M.O.D.O.K. sits inside a hover chair that doubles as a mechanical suit. “He’s just a massive floating head,” Chisholm says.
The biggest issue “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” visual effects supervisors Jesse James Chisholm and Dave Hodgins had in building the robotic villain M.O.D.O.K. was getting the proportions right.
M.O.D.O.K., which stands for Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing, is played by Corey Stoll, the villain from the original “Ant-Man.” As audiences saw at the end of the first movie, his character Darren Cross is microscopically shrunk by Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang, causing massive amounts of damage to his body. He pops up in the third “Ant-Man” movie with a horrifically contorted physique, a giant head and a tiny body. To move, M.O.D.O.K. sits inside a hover chair that doubles as a mechanical suit. “He’s just a massive floating head,” Chisholm says.
- 3/3/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Ant-man And The Wasp: Quantumania. © 2023 Marvel.
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.
The sci-fi adventure opens in theaters on Feb. 17, 2023.
#AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania
The advance screening is on Wednesday, February 15th, 7pm at Marcus Ronnies Cine on the IMAX screen.
The screening will be filled on a first come first served basis, so we encourage you to arrive early. Seats will not be guaranteed. Rated PG-13.
Enter at the link below for the chance to win a family-four pack of passes.
Sweepstakes Link: http://gofobo.
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.
The sci-fi adventure opens in theaters on Feb. 17, 2023.
#AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania
The advance screening is on Wednesday, February 15th, 7pm at Marcus Ronnies Cine on the IMAX screen.
The screening will be filled on a first come first served basis, so we encourage you to arrive early. Seats will not be guaranteed. Rated PG-13.
Enter at the link below for the chance to win a family-four pack of passes.
Sweepstakes Link: http://gofobo.
- 2/9/2023
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Fiona Crombie.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite won seven prizes at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ awards in London on Sunday, including original screenplay for Tony McNamara and Deborah Davis and production design for Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton.
So the momentum builds for all four, who have been nominated in their respective categories at the Academy Awards.
Crombie’s work on The Favourite had already been recognised as it was named best period film at the Art Directors Guild’s Excellence in Production Design Awards in Los Angeles.
In the past five years, the winner of the Adg’s period film category went on to win the Oscar in production design three times: The Great Gatsby (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2025) and The Shape of Water (2018), which also won best picture.
Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix film Roma took home the BAFTA Awards for best film, director, cinematography and...
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite won seven prizes at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ awards in London on Sunday, including original screenplay for Tony McNamara and Deborah Davis and production design for Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton.
So the momentum builds for all four, who have been nominated in their respective categories at the Academy Awards.
Crombie’s work on The Favourite had already been recognised as it was named best period film at the Art Directors Guild’s Excellence in Production Design Awards in Los Angeles.
In the past five years, the winner of the Adg’s period film category went on to win the Oscar in production design three times: The Great Gatsby (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2025) and The Shape of Water (2018), which also won best picture.
Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix film Roma took home the BAFTA Awards for best film, director, cinematography and...
- 2/10/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Moments ago, we saw one of the final dominos in the precursor season tumble. Yes, the 72nd British Academy Film Awards were held, with the winners staking their claim to potential Oscar glory. BAFTA has long held major sway with the Academy Awards, so what voters in the former do, members of the latter keep in mind. That should again be the case this year, though there weren’t a whole lot of surprises to be found. BAFTA voters embraced the things we expected them to, for better or worse. Now, it’s just a matter of figuring out if they’re on the money or not, which is what I’ll be doing next… BAFTA gave the most awards to The Favourite, with seven in total, including Olivia Colman in Best Actress, Rachel Weisz in Best Supporting Actress, and the duo of Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara in Best Original Screenplay.
- 2/10/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix film Roma won the Best Film at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday. Fox Searchlight’s The Favourite, which led all nominees going in with 12, won a leading seven trophies as the two films with the most Oscar nominations this year duked it out on at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Cuarón’s black-and-white Spanish-language memory play score four noms overall — Best Film, Director and Cinematography and Best Film Not in the English Language — but those categories came later in the evening.
The rest of the show was mostly The Favourite‘s playground, where the Brit-originated pic with its Brit subject matter won Outstanding British Film, acting trophies for lead Olivia Colman and co-star Rachel Wiesz, as well as Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Production Design and Make Up & Hair.
Also picking up Oscar momentum Sunday was Rami Malek, who...
Cuarón’s black-and-white Spanish-language memory play score four noms overall — Best Film, Director and Cinematography and Best Film Not in the English Language — but those categories came later in the evening.
The rest of the show was mostly The Favourite‘s playground, where the Brit-originated pic with its Brit subject matter won Outstanding British Film, acting trophies for lead Olivia Colman and co-star Rachel Wiesz, as well as Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Production Design and Make Up & Hair.
Also picking up Oscar momentum Sunday was Rami Malek, who...
- 2/10/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Roma” was the big winner at the BAFTA Awards in London, winning Best Film and Best Director even as “The Favourite” won more prizes overall. Yorgos Lanthimos’ regal period piece led all film with seven wins after likewise picking up the most nominations (12), with Olivia Colman (Best Actress), Rachel Weisz (Best Supporting Actress), and screenwriters Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara among the honorees; it was also named Outstanding British Film.
“Bohemian Rhapsody” star Rami Malek continued his awards-season dominance after also winning Best Actor laurels at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild, with Mahershala Ali doing the same in the Supporting category for “Green Book.”
Read the full list of winners below:
Best Film
“BlacKkKlansman”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Roma” (winner)
“A Star is Born”
Director
Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” (winner)
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”
Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Paweł Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
Original Screenplay
“Cold War,...
“Bohemian Rhapsody” star Rami Malek continued his awards-season dominance after also winning Best Actor laurels at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild, with Mahershala Ali doing the same in the Supporting category for “Green Book.”
Read the full list of winners below:
Best Film
“BlacKkKlansman”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Roma” (winner)
“A Star is Born”
Director
Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” (winner)
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”
Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Paweł Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
Original Screenplay
“Cold War,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
“Roma” was the big winner at the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association’s inaugural film awards, picking up a slew of prizes: Best Picture, Director, Actress, Original Screenplay, Production & Set Design, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, and Foreign-Language Film. Alfonso Cuarón’s black-and-white period piece has dominated this side of awards season, taking home top prizes from critics’ groups in Los Angeles, New York, and London, among others.
Also popular among the Leja was “If Beale Street Could Talk,” which won Best Supporting Actress for Regina King, Best Adapted Screenplay for Barry Jenkins, and Best Music for Nicholas Brittell. Full list of winners below.
Best Picture of the Year
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“Cold War”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Roma”
“A Star is Born”
“Vice”
Best Achievement in Directing
Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”
Barry Jenkins, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Spike Lee,...
Also popular among the Leja was “If Beale Street Could Talk,” which won Best Supporting Actress for Regina King, Best Adapted Screenplay for Barry Jenkins, and Best Music for Nicholas Brittell. Full list of winners below.
Best Picture of the Year
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“Cold War”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Roma”
“A Star is Born”
“Vice”
Best Achievement in Directing
Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”
Barry Jenkins, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Spike Lee,...
- 1/21/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Will the highest grossing film of the year “Black Panther” score a Best Picture nomination? It’s a fair question as no Marvel film has ever even been in the conversation. And the question has produced so much turmoil the academy temporarily thought of adding a Best Popular Film category. We should look towards another popular origin story that was not your typical Oscar fare — 1977’s “Star Wars: IV A New Hope” — as our guide towards “Black Panther’s” potential Oscar nomination haul.
George Lucas’s original “Star Wars” spawned a franchise that includes seven prequels and sequels and two spinoffs to date. Luke Skywalker’s origin story maybe outside the Oscars comfort zone but that didn’t stop the film from picking up 10 nominations including Best Picture; Best Director (Lucas); Best Original Screenplay (Lucas); and Best Supporting Actor (Alec Guinness).
It won six below-the line races: Best Film Editing...
George Lucas’s original “Star Wars” spawned a franchise that includes seven prequels and sequels and two spinoffs to date. Luke Skywalker’s origin story maybe outside the Oscars comfort zone but that didn’t stop the film from picking up 10 nominations including Best Picture; Best Director (Lucas); Best Original Screenplay (Lucas); and Best Supporting Actor (Alec Guinness).
It won six below-the line races: Best Film Editing...
- 1/19/2019
- by Amanda Spears
- Gold Derby
We all knew that Disney and Marvel Studios would be pushing Black Panther for Best Picture for next year’s Oscars. Their going to push the film for a lot more than that though! A full list of categories have been shared that show us what awards that are going to be campaigning for. The studios definitely aren’t holding back or being shy!
Here’s the complete list of potential Oscar nominees for Black Panther:
Best Picture
Best Director (Ryan Coogler)
Best Adapted Screenplay (Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole)
Best Actor (Chadwick Boseman)
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Cinematography (Rachel Morrison)
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design (Ruth Carter)
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Visual Effects
Best Original Score (Ludwig Goransson)
Best Original Song (“All the Stars”)
A lot of Marvel fans loved Black Panther. It really was...
Here’s the complete list of potential Oscar nominees for Black Panther:
Best Picture
Best Director (Ryan Coogler)
Best Adapted Screenplay (Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole)
Best Actor (Chadwick Boseman)
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Cinematography (Rachel Morrison)
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design (Ruth Carter)
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Visual Effects
Best Original Score (Ludwig Goransson)
Best Original Song (“All the Stars”)
A lot of Marvel fans loved Black Panther. It really was...
- 9/11/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Paul Bullock Nov 7, 2017
With a preview of the new DuckTales arriving in the UK this month, we look at the comics to read as background...
The return of DuckTales (a wooo-oooo!) has brought about renewed interest in the adventures of Scrooge McDuck, his n’er-do-well nephew Donald and the world’s most famous Junior Woodchucks Huey, Dewey and Louie. It may still be in its first season over in the Us, but the new series has already received high praise, with critics citing as a major positive the reverence it has towards legendary comics writer and artist Carl Barks.
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For those not familiar with his work, Barks is a Disney legend who originally joined the studio in 1935 as an inbetweener - an artist who creates the frames in between the...
With a preview of the new DuckTales arriving in the UK this month, we look at the comics to read as background...
The return of DuckTales (a wooo-oooo!) has brought about renewed interest in the adventures of Scrooge McDuck, his n’er-do-well nephew Donald and the world’s most famous Junior Woodchucks Huey, Dewey and Louie. It may still be in its first season over in the Us, but the new series has already received high praise, with critics citing as a major positive the reverence it has towards legendary comics writer and artist Carl Barks.
See related Mr Robot interview: Sam Esmail on hackers, Fight Club Why Mr Robot is Fight Club’s spiritual successor
For those not familiar with his work, Barks is a Disney legend who originally joined the studio in 1935 as an inbetweener - an artist who creates the frames in between the...
- 10/27/2017
- Den of Geek
Looking back on this still-young century makes clear that 2007 was a major time for cinematic happenings — and, on the basis of this retrospective, one we’re not quite through with ten years on. One’s mind might quickly flash to a few big titles that will be represented, but it is the plurality of both festival and theatrical premieres that truly surprises: late works from old masters, debuts from filmmakers who’ve since become some of our most-respected artists, and mid-career turning points that didn’t necessarily announce themselves as such at the time. Join us as an assembled team, many of whom were coming of age that year, takes on their favorites.
“I can’t figure it out. Do want to be like me or do you want to be me?”
From the opening frames of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Andrew Dominik stokes...
“I can’t figure it out. Do want to be like me or do you want to be me?”
From the opening frames of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Andrew Dominik stokes...
- 9/21/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
HBO released the new slate of stuff coming to its streaming services HBO Go and HBO Now today, and, per usual, it’s a mix of older films and the network’s own stuff, out the same day it airs on cable. The biggest name on that latter list is April 22’s The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks, which stars Oprah Winfrey as a woman working with a reporter (Rose Byrne) in order to learn more about her mother’s considerable contributions to medical history.
In terms of theatrical films, last year’s supervillain feature Suicide Squad is making its way to the services in both theatrical and extended versions. (So heads-up, Leto-heads.) Meanwhile, the list of older films has a bit of a “somber Westerns vibe” to it, with Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven and Andrew Dominick’s The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford both ...
In terms of theatrical films, last year’s supervillain feature Suicide Squad is making its way to the services in both theatrical and extended versions. (So heads-up, Leto-heads.) Meanwhile, the list of older films has a bit of a “somber Westerns vibe” to it, with Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven and Andrew Dominick’s The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford both ...
- 3/31/2017
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
The recent release of a video from the set of A Dog’s Purpose, which shows a trainer appearing to force a German Shepard into turbulent waters, has many questioning what the rules for animal safety are on film sets.
The film’s production team, Amblin Entertainment, has defended its treatment of animal actors, saying in a statement that they “followed rigorous protocols to foster an ethical and safe environment for the animals.” The statement adds that Hercules, the dog in the video, had several days to rehearse the stunt, and when he became apprehensive on the day of shooting,...
The film’s production team, Amblin Entertainment, has defended its treatment of animal actors, saying in a statement that they “followed rigorous protocols to foster an ethical and safe environment for the animals.” The statement adds that Hercules, the dog in the video, had several days to rehearse the stunt, and when he became apprehensive on the day of shooting,...
- 1/20/2017
- by kellibendertimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
International icon Jackie Chan reunites with his current go-to director Ding Sheng for upcoming action comedy Railroad Tigers - a period set piece that see Chan playing a sort of Jesse James meets Robin Hood outlaw leading a band of resistence fighters against the Japanese occupation of China. Due for international release next month Railroad Tigers has been running a surprisingly low profile thus far - particularly surprising given that Chan's work with Sheng is by far the best of his late career period and the quality of the just released trailer is very good. Epically scaled and playful in equal measures this looks to be pretty vintage Chan in tone while also surrounding the star with a likeable young cast who appear perfectly game...
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- 11/23/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld | Art by Joshua Cassara | Published by Titan Comics
This was a pleasant surprise on my reading pile last time round. I didn’t really have that high expectations of a comic featuring Sherlock Holmes’s brother (why would you?) but I like the direction they went, in showing us how Mycroft went to being the pillar of the establishment he is in later years because of the adventures he had in his younger years. Clever idea. This Mycroft is a playboy, equally as smart as his to be more famous brother Sherlock, but more socially active, more handsome, though also more self-serving.
Last issue saw Queen Victoria, and a very good imitator, recruit Mycroft to help avert disaster for the British Empire. A whole load of steampunk tech created under Royal approval, not intended to be weapons but converted into them, had had their blueprints stolen.
This was a pleasant surprise on my reading pile last time round. I didn’t really have that high expectations of a comic featuring Sherlock Holmes’s brother (why would you?) but I like the direction they went, in showing us how Mycroft went to being the pillar of the establishment he is in later years because of the adventures he had in his younger years. Clever idea. This Mycroft is a playboy, equally as smart as his to be more famous brother Sherlock, but more socially active, more handsome, though also more self-serving.
Last issue saw Queen Victoria, and a very good imitator, recruit Mycroft to help avert disaster for the British Empire. A whole load of steampunk tech created under Royal approval, not intended to be weapons but converted into them, had had their blueprints stolen.
- 10/31/2016
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
David Crow Oct 31, 2016
Westworld stuns with its most intricate (and best) episode to date. Spoilers ahead in our review of Contrapasso...
Read David’s discussion of post-episode 5 Westworld fan theories, here.
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This review contains spoilers.
1.5 Contrapasso
Tonight’s trip into Ford and Arnold’s gun-slinging paradise (or perhaps Hell, as the title Contrapasso implies) was the most astonishing episode of Westworld to date. Intricately plotted and densely challenging, we had shootouts, betrayals, moments of robotic transcendence whereupon a host broke her “modest little loop,” and even confirmation of true artificial sentiency in Maeve.
The Dolores and William subplots jumped deeper down the rabbit hole while elevating the tension to remarkable degrees. The group found themselves...
Westworld stuns with its most intricate (and best) episode to date. Spoilers ahead in our review of Contrapasso...
Read David’s discussion of post-episode 5 Westworld fan theories, here.
See related The Missing series 2 episode 3 review: A Prison Without Walls The Missing series 2 episode 2 review: The Turtle And The Stick The Missing series 2 episode 1 review: Come Home The women taking over TV crime drama
This review contains spoilers.
1.5 Contrapasso
Tonight’s trip into Ford and Arnold’s gun-slinging paradise (or perhaps Hell, as the title Contrapasso implies) was the most astonishing episode of Westworld to date. Intricately plotted and densely challenging, we had shootouts, betrayals, moments of robotic transcendence whereupon a host broke her “modest little loop,” and even confirmation of true artificial sentiency in Maeve.
The Dolores and William subplots jumped deeper down the rabbit hole while elevating the tension to remarkable degrees. The group found themselves...
- 10/31/2016
- Den of Geek
We returned to the good ole Wild West with Red Dead Redemption 2 being shown off today. So we decided to head out to the wild west ourselves and relive the best games that brought it to life. Find out our top 5 western based games after the jump!
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Gun
I figured I’d start the list off with a game that will make pretty much everyone go “hey I played that game when I was younger!” Gun is that game because pretty much anyone that has shown even the slightest bit of interest in the Wild West genre has explored the open world of Gun. The game did everything you could potentially love with an open world environment: wild west gunfights, bandits, and you can even hunt wild animals. There were so many finely tuned features all throughout the game that you could be addicted to it for days.
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Gun
I figured I’d start the list off with a game that will make pretty much everyone go “hey I played that game when I was younger!” Gun is that game because pretty much anyone that has shown even the slightest bit of interest in the Wild West genre has explored the open world of Gun. The game did everything you could potentially love with an open world environment: wild west gunfights, bandits, and you can even hunt wild animals. There were so many finely tuned features all throughout the game that you could be addicted to it for days.
- 10/20/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Dustin Spino)
- Cinelinx
Steve Mack/FilmMagic
If you’ve noticed Rob Lowe‘s lighter, edgier hairstyle lately, we’re here to tell you that your eyes are not playing tricks on you. The 52-year-old actor is sporting a cool new do for his role in Code Black, and we have all of the details straight from his groomer.
“It was Rob’s vision and I took it to the next level,” celebrity groomer Jason Schneidman tells PeopleStyle about his cut, which is longer on the top and buzzed on the sides. “He was reinventing himself for his new character on Code Black and he plays a military medic.
If you’ve noticed Rob Lowe‘s lighter, edgier hairstyle lately, we’re here to tell you that your eyes are not playing tricks on you. The 52-year-old actor is sporting a cool new do for his role in Code Black, and we have all of the details straight from his groomer.
“It was Rob’s vision and I took it to the next level,” celebrity groomer Jason Schneidman tells PeopleStyle about his cut, which is longer on the top and buzzed on the sides. “He was reinventing himself for his new character on Code Black and he plays a military medic.
- 10/11/2016
- by Jillian Ruffo
- PEOPLE.com
Update: Buoyed by the initial critical response, Netflix has now rolled out a new clip for Luke Cage showcasing Mike Colter’s Power Man putting some goons in check. Have at it above!
Original story: The premiere has been dated, the episode titles are out in the open, and showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker has been busy championing the musical tenets of Marvel’s new standalone series – yes, Luke Cage is barrelling down on its anticipated debut and already, the first wave of reviews are beginning to pour online.
They are, in short, overwhelmingly positive, and though in time they will only represent a small portion of the critical consensus, Marvel and Netflix could well have another hit on their hands when it comes to Mike Colter’s Hero for Hire.
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Pulled from Den of Geek, Comics Beat, Collider and Heroic Hollywood, it should be noted...
Original story: The premiere has been dated, the episode titles are out in the open, and showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker has been busy championing the musical tenets of Marvel’s new standalone series – yes, Luke Cage is barrelling down on its anticipated debut and already, the first wave of reviews are beginning to pour online.
They are, in short, overwhelmingly positive, and though in time they will only represent a small portion of the critical consensus, Marvel and Netflix could well have another hit on their hands when it comes to Mike Colter’s Hero for Hire.
More News From The Web
Pulled from Den of Geek, Comics Beat, Collider and Heroic Hollywood, it should be noted...
- 9/7/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Mike Cecchini Sep 7, 2016
Our Us chums give a spoiler-free verdict on Marvel's Luke Cage Netflix series, which is chock full of cinematic ambition and atmosphere...
This Luke Cage review contains No spoilers, so read on with confidence! It is based on the first seven of thirteen episodes.
Luke Cage lacks the eye-popping martial arts choreography of Daredevil or the heart-pounding psychological terror of Jessica Jones. The night-time seediness of the Marvel’s fictional version of Hell’s Kitchen is replaced by the summery daytime promises of NYC’s resurgent Harlem neighbourhoods. But like its predecessors, Luke Cage boasts an excellent cast, tremendous atmosphere, and a willingness to go places that other Marvel Studios productions can’t. And it brings a few fun twists to the party, too.
As the series opens, Luke is just trying to keep a low profile, sweeping floors in a barbershop, washing dishes in a nightclub,...
Our Us chums give a spoiler-free verdict on Marvel's Luke Cage Netflix series, which is chock full of cinematic ambition and atmosphere...
This Luke Cage review contains No spoilers, so read on with confidence! It is based on the first seven of thirteen episodes.
Luke Cage lacks the eye-popping martial arts choreography of Daredevil or the heart-pounding psychological terror of Jessica Jones. The night-time seediness of the Marvel’s fictional version of Hell’s Kitchen is replaced by the summery daytime promises of NYC’s resurgent Harlem neighbourhoods. But like its predecessors, Luke Cage boasts an excellent cast, tremendous atmosphere, and a willingness to go places that other Marvel Studios productions can’t. And it brings a few fun twists to the party, too.
As the series opens, Luke is just trying to keep a low profile, sweeping floors in a barbershop, washing dishes in a nightclub,...
- 9/7/2016
- Den of Geek
Happy Labor Day, all! To mark this occassion I will be working very hard today because I have much to accomplish before I leave for Tiff, the best film festival on the planet, according to me, for its ease, it's breadth, and the quality of its movies. Any big plans today, whether or not its Labor Day where you live?
On this day in history as it relates to the movies...
1916 One hundred years ago today the other über famous and influential D.W. Griffith epic, the one its Ok to care about, opened. Intolerance, sometimes subtitled "love's struggle throughout the ages," was three and a half hours long and prominently advertised its then insane budget of $2,000,000. Wouldn't it be funny if today's movies were all "we cost $300,000,000 to make" (and all you get is a glossy commercial for merchandise / sequels)" on the posters? The epic stretched from Ancient Babylon through...
On this day in history as it relates to the movies...
1916 One hundred years ago today the other über famous and influential D.W. Griffith epic, the one its Ok to care about, opened. Intolerance, sometimes subtitled "love's struggle throughout the ages," was three and a half hours long and prominently advertised its then insane budget of $2,000,000. Wouldn't it be funny if today's movies were all "we cost $300,000,000 to make" (and all you get is a glossy commercial for merchandise / sequels)" on the posters? The epic stretched from Ancient Babylon through...
- 9/5/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Killing Them Softly director Andrew Dominik is back this year, although not with a narrative feature. Rather, he’s reunited with his Jesse James composer Nick Cave for a feature on the making of their new album, Skeleton Tree. Titled One More Time With Feeling, it depicts the creation process behind Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds‘ sixteenth studio LP.
Also set to premiere at the Venice International Film Festival ahead of worldwide screenings on September 8th, the film now has a first trailer. It shows off black-and-white imagery (the film also has color, as well as a mix of 3D and 2D) as we see Cave both in the studio and out and about. Check out the preview below, and see Dominik’s ten favorite films here.
Originally a performance based concept, One More Time With Feeling evolved into...
Also set to premiere at the Venice International Film Festival ahead of worldwide screenings on September 8th, the film now has a first trailer. It shows off black-and-white imagery (the film also has color, as well as a mix of 3D and 2D) as we see Cave both in the studio and out and about. Check out the preview below, and see Dominik’s ten favorite films here.
Originally a performance based concept, One More Time With Feeling evolved into...
- 8/2/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
April and the Extraordinary World (Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci)
Most writing on Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci‘s April and the Extraordinary World speaks as though they’ve adapted one of revered Frenchman Jacques Tardi‘s graphic novels. This isn’t quite the case. What they’ve actually done is bring his unique “universe” to life with help from previous collaborator Benjamin Legrand (writer of Tardi’s Tueur de cafards) instead. Legrand and Ekinci crafted this alternate...
April and the Extraordinary World (Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci)
Most writing on Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci‘s April and the Extraordinary World speaks as though they’ve adapted one of revered Frenchman Jacques Tardi‘s graphic novels. This isn’t quite the case. What they’ve actually done is bring his unique “universe” to life with help from previous collaborator Benjamin Legrand (writer of Tardi’s Tueur de cafards) instead. Legrand and Ekinci crafted this alternate...
- 8/2/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
The New World (Terrence Malick)
Terrence Malick is a filmmaker who has always valued photogenic artistry over narrative thrust, content to let his stories and characters wash over the audience like a crashing wave. There are few directors who indulge in such visual splendor, his creative aphorism seemingly being beauty for the sake of beauty. For Lubezki’s first collaboration with the director, The New World, it was also an opportunity for him to shoot (at least partially) on 65mm.
The New World (Terrence Malick)
Terrence Malick is a filmmaker who has always valued photogenic artistry over narrative thrust, content to let his stories and characters wash over the audience like a crashing wave. There are few directors who indulge in such visual splendor, his creative aphorism seemingly being beauty for the sake of beauty. For Lubezki’s first collaboration with the director, The New World, it was also an opportunity for him to shoot (at least partially) on 65mm.
- 7/26/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Night & Fog (Alain Resnais)
Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, filmmaker Alain Resnais documented the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek in Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard), one of the first cinematic reflections on the Holocaust. Juxtaposing the stillness of the abandoned camps’ empty buildings with haunting wartime footage, Resnais investigates humanity’s capacity for violence, and presents the devastating suggestion that such horrors could occur again. – Criterion
Sing Street (John Carney)
Returning...
Night & Fog (Alain Resnais)
Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, filmmaker Alain Resnais documented the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek in Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard), one of the first cinematic reflections on the Holocaust. Juxtaposing the stillness of the abandoned camps’ empty buildings with haunting wartime footage, Resnais investigates humanity’s capacity for violence, and presents the devastating suggestion that such horrors could occur again. – Criterion
Sing Street (John Carney)
Returning...
- 7/19/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Lawman Wyatt Earp is itching to get the heck out of Dodge City in this sneak peek from AMC’s The American West (airing Saturday at 10/9c).
RelatedPierce Brosnan to Lead AMC Drama The Son, Replacing Sam Neill
Spanning the years 1865 to 1890, the Robert Redford-produced limited series has been revisiting how — in the aftermath of the Civil War — the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity,” while sharing the personal, little-known stories of Western legends. In the sixth of eight episodes, Billy the Kid seeks revenge for the death of his friend and Jesse James reemerges from years in hiding,...
RelatedPierce Brosnan to Lead AMC Drama The Son, Replacing Sam Neill
Spanning the years 1865 to 1890, the Robert Redford-produced limited series has been revisiting how — in the aftermath of the Civil War — the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity,” while sharing the personal, little-known stories of Western legends. In the sixth of eight episodes, Billy the Kid seeks revenge for the death of his friend and Jesse James reemerges from years in hiding,...
- 7/15/2016
- TVLine.com
Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds and Grinderman bandmate, Warren Ellis, have scored the upcoming contemporary western, Hell or High Water, starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine.
Directed by David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water tells the story of Toby (Pine), a divorced father who plots a series of bank heists with his ex-con brother, Tanner (Ben Foster), in order to keep the family's house from foreclosure. Bridges, meanwhile, plays Marcus, a Texas Ranger trying to stop the brothers in the weeks before his retirement.
Hell or High Water premiered...
Directed by David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water tells the story of Toby (Pine), a divorced father who plots a series of bank heists with his ex-con brother, Tanner (Ben Foster), in order to keep the family's house from foreclosure. Bridges, meanwhile, plays Marcus, a Texas Ranger trying to stop the brothers in the weeks before his retirement.
Hell or High Water premiered...
- 7/13/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds and Grinderman bandmate, Warren Ellis, have scored the upcoming contemporary western, Hell or High Water, starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine.
Directed by David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water tells the story of Toby (Pine), a divorced father who plots a series of bank heists with his ex-con brother, Tanner (Ben Foster), in order to keep the family's house from foreclosure. Bridges, meanwhile, plays Marcus, a Texas Ranger trying to stop the brothers in the weeks before his retirement.
Hell or High Water premiered...
Directed by David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water tells the story of Toby (Pine), a divorced father who plots a series of bank heists with his ex-con brother, Tanner (Ben Foster), in order to keep the family's house from foreclosure. Bridges, meanwhile, plays Marcus, a Texas Ranger trying to stop the brothers in the weeks before his retirement.
Hell or High Water premiered...
- 7/13/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Belladonna of Sadness (Eiichi Yamamoto)
It all begins with Once Upon a Time. Such a simple introduction for Belladonna of Sadness, a 1973 Japanese animated feature whose newfound legacy includes a decades-long disappearance, a dramatic re-emergence, and a growing reputation as a frenzied, pornographic freakout. The final entry in anime elder statesman Osamu Tezuka‘s erotic Animerama trilogy has remained largely unknown to even the most die-hard cult cinephiles, a fate determined after its commercial failure bankrupted Tezuka’s production company,...
Belladonna of Sadness (Eiichi Yamamoto)
It all begins with Once Upon a Time. Such a simple introduction for Belladonna of Sadness, a 1973 Japanese animated feature whose newfound legacy includes a decades-long disappearance, a dramatic re-emergence, and a growing reputation as a frenzied, pornographic freakout. The final entry in anime elder statesman Osamu Tezuka‘s erotic Animerama trilogy has remained largely unknown to even the most die-hard cult cinephiles, a fate determined after its commercial failure bankrupted Tezuka’s production company,...
- 7/12/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Boy & the World (Alê Abreu)
Crayon-like scribblings and simple geometric patterns meticulously complicate themselves like a fractal over the course of this child’s-eye odyssey through the global struggle between humankind and the forces that oppress it. Kaleidoscopic visuals use repetition to explore the communal nature of both work and celebration. This film continually pulls back to show the larger picture of society, its visuals becoming more complex in kind, before it reduces to a more intimate view...
Boy & the World (Alê Abreu)
Crayon-like scribblings and simple geometric patterns meticulously complicate themselves like a fractal over the course of this child’s-eye odyssey through the global struggle between humankind and the forces that oppress it. Kaleidoscopic visuals use repetition to explore the communal nature of both work and celebration. This film continually pulls back to show the larger picture of society, its visuals becoming more complex in kind, before it reduces to a more intimate view...
- 7/5/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
“Ballykissangel” (1998-99) Colin Farrell‘s big break came playing villager Danny Byrne in the Irish TV series “Tigerland” (2000) In his first U.S. starring role, Farrell played a draftee in 1971 going through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, aka Louisiana’s infamous Tigerland, the last stop for soldiers heading to Vietnam. “American Outlaws” (2001) The Dublin-born actor got his first big exposure with American audiences playing Jesse James in 2001’s “American Outlaws” “Minority Report” (2002) Farrell sealed his movie star status when he co-starred with Tom Cruise in 2002 Steven Spielberg film, “Minority Report” “Daredevil” (2003) He went on to shave his head for...
- 6/30/2016
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Cemetery of Splendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
If it is by now redundant to say that Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul (who understands pronunciation troubles and insists people call him “Joe”) is truly in a class of his own, we might blame both the general excellence of his output — a large oeuvre consisting of features, shorts, and installations — and the difficulty that’s often associated with describing them in either literal or opinion-based terms. The further one gets into his work,...
Cemetery of Splendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
If it is by now redundant to say that Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul (who understands pronunciation troubles and insists people call him “Joe”) is truly in a class of his own, we might blame both the general excellence of his output — a large oeuvre consisting of features, shorts, and installations — and the difficulty that’s often associated with describing them in either literal or opinion-based terms. The further one gets into his work,...
- 6/28/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Ashleigh Murray and Rachel Crow have been cast in the title roles of Netflix’s upcoming original film Deidra & Laney Rob a Train. Rounding out the cast are David Sullivan, Tim Blake Nelson, Danielle Nicolet, Sasheer Zamata and Arturo Castro. Deidra & Laney tells the tale of two teenage girls — Murray plays Deidra, Crow plays Laney — who turn to train-robbing after their moms are sent to prison. Despite the Jesse James-era occupation, the film is set in the…...
- 6/22/2016
- Deadline
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra)
With its focus on the effects of exploration by white men on foreign lands, Ciro Guerra’s Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent will inevitably be compared to Werner Herzog’s stories of savage nature, and while Guerra is investigating some of Herzog’s most well trodden themes, the chaos of man exists in the background, while the unspoiled sit front and center here. Embrace of the Serpent centers on two explorers, separated by decades in time,...
Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra)
With its focus on the effects of exploration by white men on foreign lands, Ciro Guerra’s Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent will inevitably be compared to Werner Herzog’s stories of savage nature, and while Guerra is investigating some of Herzog’s most well trodden themes, the chaos of man exists in the background, while the unspoiled sit front and center here. Embrace of the Serpent centers on two explorers, separated by decades in time,...
- 6/21/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
We know how much you love watching the American West come alive on AMC's Hell on Wheels.
For five seasons you have watched the struggle to build railroad that will make travel between the east and west a reality and not necessarily a death sentence due to the hardships of traveling by horseback and on foot.
An all new episode of AMC’s limited series, The American West, airs this Saturday, June 18th at 10/9c.
On the second episode, “Two Front War” – executive produced by Robert Redford and Stephen David, and directed by John Ealer – Jesse James targets the railroads.
Custer is sent on a secret mission in Sioux Territory.
Grant deals with growing unrest in the west and south.
There was so much going on during that time, it's almost hard to believe, isn't it?
But if we're going to compare and contrast to what's happening on Hell on Wheels,...
For five seasons you have watched the struggle to build railroad that will make travel between the east and west a reality and not necessarily a death sentence due to the hardships of traveling by horseback and on foot.
An all new episode of AMC’s limited series, The American West, airs this Saturday, June 18th at 10/9c.
On the second episode, “Two Front War” – executive produced by Robert Redford and Stephen David, and directed by John Ealer – Jesse James targets the railroads.
Custer is sent on a secret mission in Sioux Territory.
Grant deals with growing unrest in the west and south.
There was so much going on during that time, it's almost hard to believe, isn't it?
But if we're going to compare and contrast to what's happening on Hell on Wheels,...
- 6/17/2016
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg)
Forget the Cloverfield connection. The actors who were in this film didn’t even know what the title was until moments before the first trailer dropped. Producer J.J. Abrams used that branding as part of the wrapping for its promotional mystery box, but the movie stands perfectly alone from 2008’s found-footage monster picture. Hell, 10 Cloverfield Lane perhaps doesn’t even take place within the same fictional universe as that film — although a friend asked if it’s secretly a Super 8 sequel, and, honestly, you could think of it as one without contradicting anything in either movie. Whether the Cloverfield name fills you with wariness or enthusiasm, it would be unwise to burden Dan Trachtenberg‘s film with such prejudices. – Dan S. (full review)
45 Years (Andrew Haigh)
Andrew Haigh’s third feature as a director, 45 Years, is an excellent companion piece to its 2011 predecessor, Weekend. The latter examined the inception of a potential relationship between two men over the course of a weekend, whereas its successor considers the opposite extreme. Again sticking to a tight timeframe, the film chronicles the six days leading up to a couple’s 45th wedding anniversary. Though highly accomplished, Weekend nevertheless suffered from a tendency towards commenting on itself as a gay issues film, which at times overrode the otherwise compelling realism. Despite treating material arguably even more underrepresented in cinema – senior relationships – Haigh avoids this same self-reflexive pitfall in 45 Years, pulling off an incisive and emotionally ensnaring tour de force. – Giovanni M.C. (full review)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Alexander Hall)
A sophisticated supernatural Hollywood comedy whose influence continues to be felt, Here Comes Mr. Jordan stars the eminently versatile Robert Montgomery as a working-class boxer and amateur aviator whose plane crashes in a freak accident. He finds himself in heaven but is told, by a wry angel named Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains), that his death was a clerical error, and that he can return to Earth by entering the body of a corrupt (and about-to-be-murdered) financier—whose soul could use a transplant. Nominated for seven Oscars (it won two) and the inspiration for a sequel with Rita Hayworth and two remakes, Alexander Hall’s effervescent Here Comes Mr. Jordan is comic perfection. – Criterion.com
La Chienne (Jean Renoir)
Jean Renoir’s ruthless love triangle tale, his second sound film, is a true precursor to his brilliantly bitter The Rules of the Game, displaying all of the filmmaker’s visual genius and fully imbued with his profound humanity. Michel Simon cuts a tragic figure as an unhappily married cashier and amateur painter who becomes so smitten with a prostitute that he refuses to see the obvious: that she and her pimp boyfriend are taking advantage of him. Renoir’s elegant compositions and camera movements carry this twisting narrative—a stinging commentary on class and sexual divisions—to an unforgettably ironic conclusion. – Criterion.com
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10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg)
Forget the Cloverfield connection. The actors who were in this film didn’t even know what the title was until moments before the first trailer dropped. Producer J.J. Abrams used that branding as part of the wrapping for its promotional mystery box, but the movie stands perfectly alone from 2008’s found-footage monster picture. Hell, 10 Cloverfield Lane perhaps doesn’t even take place within the same fictional universe as that film — although a friend asked if it’s secretly a Super 8 sequel, and, honestly, you could think of it as one without contradicting anything in either movie. Whether the Cloverfield name fills you with wariness or enthusiasm, it would be unwise to burden Dan Trachtenberg‘s film with such prejudices. – Dan S. (full review)
45 Years (Andrew Haigh)
Andrew Haigh’s third feature as a director, 45 Years, is an excellent companion piece to its 2011 predecessor, Weekend. The latter examined the inception of a potential relationship between two men over the course of a weekend, whereas its successor considers the opposite extreme. Again sticking to a tight timeframe, the film chronicles the six days leading up to a couple’s 45th wedding anniversary. Though highly accomplished, Weekend nevertheless suffered from a tendency towards commenting on itself as a gay issues film, which at times overrode the otherwise compelling realism. Despite treating material arguably even more underrepresented in cinema – senior relationships – Haigh avoids this same self-reflexive pitfall in 45 Years, pulling off an incisive and emotionally ensnaring tour de force. – Giovanni M.C. (full review)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Alexander Hall)
A sophisticated supernatural Hollywood comedy whose influence continues to be felt, Here Comes Mr. Jordan stars the eminently versatile Robert Montgomery as a working-class boxer and amateur aviator whose plane crashes in a freak accident. He finds himself in heaven but is told, by a wry angel named Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains), that his death was a clerical error, and that he can return to Earth by entering the body of a corrupt (and about-to-be-murdered) financier—whose soul could use a transplant. Nominated for seven Oscars (it won two) and the inspiration for a sequel with Rita Hayworth and two remakes, Alexander Hall’s effervescent Here Comes Mr. Jordan is comic perfection. – Criterion.com
La Chienne (Jean Renoir)
Jean Renoir’s ruthless love triangle tale, his second sound film, is a true precursor to his brilliantly bitter The Rules of the Game, displaying all of the filmmaker’s visual genius and fully imbued with his profound humanity. Michel Simon cuts a tragic figure as an unhappily married cashier and amateur painter who becomes so smitten with a prostitute that he refuses to see the obvious: that she and her pimp boyfriend are taking advantage of him. Renoir’s elegant compositions and camera movements carry this twisting narrative—a stinging commentary on class and sexual divisions—to an unforgettably ironic conclusion. – Criterion.com
Also Arriving This Week
Eddie the Eagle (review)
Hello, My Name is Doris (review)
Get a Job (review)
Gold
Recommended Deals of the Week
Top Deal: A selection of Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg Blu-rays are under $10 this week.
All the President’s Men (Blu-ray) – $7.79
The American (Blu-ray) – $6.68
Amelie (Blu-ray) – $8.99
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Blu-ray) – $7.88
Beginners (Blu-ray) – $6.11
Bone Tomahawk (Blu-ray) – $9.99
The Brothers Bloom (Blu-ray) – $9.99
The Cabin in the Woods (Blu-ray) – $9.99
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- 6/14/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson)
Charlie Kaufman, the writer behind Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, teams up with animator Duke Johnson to create a complex emotional drama starring lifelike puppets. The premise is riddled with existential dread of modern-day life, presented uniquely through Kaufman’s idiosyncratic point-of-view. For protagonist and self-help author Michael Stone (voiced soulfully by David Thewlis), everyone around him has the same voice (thanks to Tom Noonan) and nothing feels right. It isn’t...
Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson)
Charlie Kaufman, the writer behind Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, teams up with animator Duke Johnson to create a complex emotional drama starring lifelike puppets. The premise is riddled with existential dread of modern-day life, presented uniquely through Kaufman’s idiosyncratic point-of-view. For protagonist and self-help author Michael Stone (voiced soulfully by David Thewlis), everyone around him has the same voice (thanks to Tom Noonan) and nothing feels right. It isn’t...
- 6/7/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
It was just last week we were wondering what was next in store for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford director Andrew Dominik, with rumors that his long-gestating Blonde would finally be going forward thanks to Netflix. It looks like we’ll get a film from him much sooner than expected, as he reunited with his Jesse James composer Nick Cave for a feature on the making of their new album, Skeleton Tree.
Ahead of a September 9th release of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ sixteenth studio LP, Dominik’s film One More Time With Feeling will screen in theaters worldwide the prior evening, on September 8th. Shot in both black-and-white and color, as well as 3D and 2D, see details on the “stark, fragile, and raw” film below.
Originally a performance based concept, One More Time With Feeling evolved into something much more significant as...
Ahead of a September 9th release of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ sixteenth studio LP, Dominik’s film One More Time With Feeling will screen in theaters worldwide the prior evening, on September 8th. Shot in both black-and-white and color, as well as 3D and 2D, see details on the “stark, fragile, and raw” film below.
Originally a performance based concept, One More Time With Feeling evolved into something much more significant as...
- 6/2/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
City of Women (Federico Fellini)
Federico Fellini‘s epic 1980 fantasia introduced the start of the Maestro’s delirious late period. A surrealist tour-de-force filmed on soundstages and locations alike, and overflowing with the same sensory (and sensual) invention heretofore found only in the classic movie-musicals (and Fellini’s own oeuvre), La città delle donne [City of Women] taps into the era’s restless youth culture, coalescing into nothing less than Fellini’s post-punk opus. Marcello Mastroianni appears as Fellini’s alter...
City of Women (Federico Fellini)
Federico Fellini‘s epic 1980 fantasia introduced the start of the Maestro’s delirious late period. A surrealist tour-de-force filmed on soundstages and locations alike, and overflowing with the same sensory (and sensual) invention heretofore found only in the classic movie-musicals (and Fellini’s own oeuvre), La città delle donne [City of Women] taps into the era’s restless youth culture, coalescing into nothing less than Fellini’s post-punk opus. Marcello Mastroianni appears as Fellini’s alter...
- 5/31/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
A Married Woman (Jean-Luc Godard)
A Married Woman is an often overlooked masterwork from Godard’s most productive period. The plot appears to be simple: Charlotte (Macha Méril) is a young married woman having an affair with an actor. When she discovers that she is pregnant, she must decide which man is the father and which man she will stay with. In Godard’s hands, however, the film, described as a film about a woman’s beauty and the ugliness of her world,...
A Married Woman (Jean-Luc Godard)
A Married Woman is an often overlooked masterwork from Godard’s most productive period. The plot appears to be simple: Charlotte (Macha Méril) is a young married woman having an affair with an actor. When she discovers that she is pregnant, she must decide which man is the father and which man she will stay with. In Godard’s hands, however, the film, described as a film about a woman’s beauty and the ugliness of her world,...
- 5/24/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
The Witch (Robert Eggers)
“We will conquer this wilderness. It will not consume us,” foreshadows our patriarch in the first act of The Witch, a delightfully insane bit of 17th century devilish fun. As if Ingmar Bergman and Ken Russell co-directed Kill List, Robert Eggers’ directorial debut follows a God-fearing Puritan family banished from their settlement in a colonial New England, only to have their deep sense of faith uprooted when our title character has her way with their fate.
The Witch (Robert Eggers)
“We will conquer this wilderness. It will not consume us,” foreshadows our patriarch in the first act of The Witch, a delightfully insane bit of 17th century devilish fun. As if Ingmar Bergman and Ken Russell co-directed Kill List, Robert Eggers’ directorial debut follows a God-fearing Puritan family banished from their settlement in a colonial New England, only to have their deep sense of faith uprooted when our title character has her way with their fate.
- 5/17/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray)
When a gifted but washed-up screenwriter with a hair-trigger temper—Humphrey Bogart, in a revelatory, vulnerable performance—becomes the prime suspect in a brutal Tinseltown murder, the only person who can supply an alibi for him is a seductive neighbor (Gloria Grahame) with her own troubled past. The emotionally charged In a Lonely Place, freely adapted from a Dorothy B. Hughes thriller, is a brilliant, turbulent mix of suspenseful noir and devastating melodrama,...
In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray)
When a gifted but washed-up screenwriter with a hair-trigger temper—Humphrey Bogart, in a revelatory, vulnerable performance—becomes the prime suspect in a brutal Tinseltown murder, the only person who can supply an alibi for him is a seductive neighbor (Gloria Grahame) with her own troubled past. The emotionally charged In a Lonely Place, freely adapted from a Dorothy B. Hughes thriller, is a brilliant, turbulent mix of suspenseful noir and devastating melodrama,...
- 5/10/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
“A lot of this was done at the very last minute.”
2007’s Grindhouse experiment between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino was viewed as something of a misfire upon its initial release, but in the years since it’s enjoyed something of a reappraisal. Most viewers seem to have a strong opinion as to which of the two films is best, but regardless of where you land on that point there’s no denying that Rodriguez’s Planet Terror is far more attuned to the “grindhouse” aesthetic.
Where Death Proof feels like a slickly produced Tarantino film, Planet Terror is a gloriously intentional mess of jarring cuts, cheap tropes, B-movie dialogue, and crowd-pleasing beats. It’s not great cinema, but it’s a hell of a lot of fun and one of Rodriguez’s most consistently entertaining movies.
Keep reading to see what I heard on the Planet Terror commentary!
Planet Terror (2007)
Commentator: Robert Rodriguez (writer/director)
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2007’s Grindhouse experiment between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino was viewed as something of a misfire upon its initial release, but in the years since it’s enjoyed something of a reappraisal. Most viewers seem to have a strong opinion as to which of the two films is best, but regardless of where you land on that point there’s no denying that Rodriguez’s Planet Terror is far more attuned to the “grindhouse” aesthetic.
Where Death Proof feels like a slickly produced Tarantino film, Planet Terror is a gloriously intentional mess of jarring cuts, cheap tropes, B-movie dialogue, and crowd-pleasing beats. It’s not great cinema, but it’s a hell of a lot of fun and one of Rodriguez’s most consistently entertaining movies.
Keep reading to see what I heard on the Planet Terror commentary!
Planet Terror (2007)
Commentator: Robert Rodriguez (writer/director)
https:...
- 5/5/2016
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Arabian Nights (Miguel Gomes)
In lauding Miguel Gomes‘ three-part, six-and-a-half hour behemoth, it’s perhaps important to consider his background as a critic. Not just in terms of the trilogy’s cinephilic engagement with Rossellini, Alonso, Oliveira, etc.; also in its defiant nature. While it’s easy to assign the trilogy certain humanist and satirical labels from the get-go and just praise these films for following through on them, Gomes continually seeks to mutate and complicate his of age-of-austerity saga.
Arabian Nights (Miguel Gomes)
In lauding Miguel Gomes‘ three-part, six-and-a-half hour behemoth, it’s perhaps important to consider his background as a critic. Not just in terms of the trilogy’s cinephilic engagement with Rossellini, Alonso, Oliveira, etc.; also in its defiant nature. While it’s easy to assign the trilogy certain humanist and satirical labels from the get-go and just praise these films for following through on them, Gomes continually seeks to mutate and complicate his of age-of-austerity saga.
- 5/3/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
[caption id="attachment_48149" align="aligncenter" width="590"] The American West TV show on AMC. David H. Stevens as Jesse James. Photo Credit: Lawrence French/Getty Images For AMC./caption]
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country. The American West TV series on AMC premieres Saturday, June 11, 2016, at 10:00pm Et. Spanning the years 1865 to 1890, The American West shows how, after the Civil War, the Us became the “land of opportunity.” The American West is executive produced by Stephen David Entertainment and Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn with Sundance Productions.
AMC says The American West features "the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men." The eight-episode limited event series features Western legends including Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull. The series features exclusive interviews with Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, and...
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country. The American West TV series on AMC premieres Saturday, June 11, 2016, at 10:00pm Et. Spanning the years 1865 to 1890, The American West shows how, after the Civil War, the Us became the “land of opportunity.” The American West is executive produced by Stephen David Entertainment and Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn with Sundance Productions.
AMC says The American West features "the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men." The eight-episode limited event series features Western legends including Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull. The series features exclusive interviews with Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, and...
- 4/28/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Ready, set, sparkle! That's right, we're talking about the Acm Awards, which took place in Sin City. When you bring together country music superstars (who typically don't stray too far from glitz) and the city of Las Vegas (also known for a touch of pizazz), you better be ready for red carpet looks that follow suit. Some, like Carrie Underwood and Kimberly Perry, really delivered in the glitter department. Others, like new mom Jesse James and Kacey Musgraves, kept a lower profile in monochrome looks. Regardless of their skin-to-sparkle ratio, these celebs dressed to impress at the Academy of Country Music Awards this year. To see all of the red carpet...
- 4/4/2016
- E! Online
Many big screen biographies are often accused of taking…liberties…with the facts, often to help the finished film’s pacing. After all, unless it’s a TV mini-series, it’s difficult to compress a remarkable life into an evening at the movies. Film makers will frequently switch the order of events along with the popular practice of using composite characters (a little bit of this fella’, and a bit of this old pal, and…), even inventing supporting roles, or tagging real folks with invented names. And then there are fantasy tales using a real person (and elements of his life) as the story’s heroic center. In Hollywood famous true Western outlaws like Billy the Kid and Jesse James were the leads in many fictional flicks (hey, those two “met” Dracula and Frankenstein’s daughter!). Those on the opposite side of the law like Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson...
- 2/4/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As we began talking about editorial content we could publish to celebrate the release of Hail, Caesar!, the latest film from Joel and Ethan Coen, we realized that none of us had the same top five lists, and that it seems unusual for that to be the case. The Coens have had such a rich and varied career that it is impossible to pin them down to one style or one theme or one type of storytelling. Some people love their comedies. Some people love it when they get dark. Some people love the underdogs, the least-liked of their films. But what's clear is that every film they've made has its fans, and even their worst films are beloved by someone. There are few artists like the Coen Brothers, and we were delighted to get lists from each of our special guest contributors this time. The diversity of the replies...
- 2/4/2016
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
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