A Star is Born (2018).
Better late than never and with the 2019 Academy Awards fast approaching, there’s no better time to explore a film worthy of recognition on the biggest night of the awards… Continue reading "A Star is Born (2018)."
Author: Haydn Spurrell
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Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018).
The twentieth film in a franchise over thirty years old has become an incomprehensible box office success. Dragon Ball Super: Broly might be the twentieth in a long line of… Continue reading "Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)."
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Akira (1988).
Japanese animation has had and continues to have an immense influence over western film and television, and there is a handful of works whose mark cannot be overstated. Akira celebrated… Continue reading "Akira (1988)."
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Widows (2018).
Steve McQueen’s latest picture plays like a response to the oft-criticised (and maybe sometimes not criticised enough) treatment of women in film as motives for change or trauma in the… Continue reading "Widows (2018)."
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‘Blade Runner – Black Lotus’ Anime in development.
It’s fitting that Blade Runner, Ridley Scott’s profoundly impactful science-fiction masterpiece, is getting an anime series given its significant impact on Japanese animation. U.S. cable network Adult Swim is partnering… Continue reading "‘Blade Runner – Black Lotus’ Anime in development."
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Gattaca (1997).
Vincent Freeman, played by Ethan Hawke, narrates a childhood during which he, as an invalid, would swim out to sea with his brother to see who could go the furthest.… Continue reading "Gattaca (1997)."
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Cam (2018).
Anonymity is king in many corners of the digital world. Alice (Madeline Brewer), her screen name Lola, finds herself creating her own wonderlands in the romantically lit shows she puts… Continue reading "Cam (2018)."
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AMC’s The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad are getting feature films.
This week production began on the long-gestating Deadwood film. It will act as a continuation of the highly acclaimed yet short-lived, three season-long, western drama starring Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, Molly… Continue reading "AMC’s The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad are getting feature films."
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Ridley Scott begins work on Gladiator sequel.
Ridley Scott is developing a sequel to 2000’s Gladiator, the Oscar-winning sword-and-sandals epic which starred Russell Crowe as a general-turned-slave who ultimately stands up to the Emperor of Rome. The… Continue reading "Ridley Scott begins work on Gladiator sequel."
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First Man (2018).
Though not the awe-inspiring adventure that some might hope for or expect from a film about Neil Armstrong stepping out onto the moon (an historical event that took a surprisingly… Continue reading "First Man (2018)."