In the neat, uniquely conceived apocalyptic film”Brutal Heat”—competing in the Proxima section—a solar fragment is hurtling toward earth. No one knows if it’s going to hit the planet or just barely miss. But it is making everything hotter, consequently making everyone more violent, and hornier. To escape his contentious relationship with his dad, the teenage … Read more
Aaron Paul has shared details on his two different performances in the Black Mirror season 6 episode “Beyond the Sea.” He sheds light on how he approached playing both Cliff and David. “This is a period piece, and so you could tell that Cliff is heavy-handed. I’m sure his father was even much more heavy-handed,” … Read more
Insidious: The Red Door looks to be taking down Indiana Jones at the weekend box office with an expected $31 million weekend against Indy’s $28 million. Numbers have begun rolling in for this mid-summer weekend and as expected Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is looking to drop the 60% we predicted on Thursday. … Read more
KVIFF was also filled with wonderful retrospectives. “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” Peter Weir’s feast of masculine tenderness wrapped in a nautical epic, screened in 35mm. John Cassavetes’ romantic screwball “Minnie and Moskowitz” was also shown. But the major highlight was curator Joseph Fahim’s richly programmed series on mid-century Japanese author … Read more
Over two years since the first season wrapped its 8-episode run, Amazon Studios has promised an Invincible Season 2 update. The announcement will come at San Diego Comic Con later this month, Ryan Ottley served as the central artist on the Kirkman and Cory Walker created comics. on July 21. When will Invincible Season 2 … Read more
Actor Tim Curry was so worn out during the climax(es) of the 1985 comedy Clue that he had to visit the nurse. There are so many motives, characters, actors, and sets, but we finally figured it out…It was Tim Curry, with exhaustion, on the set of key. The actor, who played butler Wadsworth in the … Read more
“Biosphere” has a curious premise that’s briskly unpacked within the movie’s first half hour. [SOME ESSENTIAL SPOILERS FOLLOW] In that time, insecure Billy (Duplass) and overweening Ray (Brown) discover that they’re not only trapped in a biodome that is running out of food but also that one of the fish that they’re raising for their … Read more
Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated next entry in the Dune franchise is almost here, and a recent report suggests that the current Dune: Part Two runtime is over three hours long. This comes from a new report from World of Reel, which notes that the current cut of Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is a whopping 3 … Read more
Vietnam banned Barbie from distribution due to a dispute over its alleged depiction of the controversial “nine-dash line.” She’s a Barbie girl in a Barbie world…Unfortunately, it seems the real world – or at least the way Barbie sees it – has drawn ire from Vietnam, who has banned the upcoming movie stemming from a … Read more
Winter is after the Big Picture: how YouTube’s “recommended” algorithm changed the game, our world, and us. Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, is interviewed extensively, and her corporate-speak about the positive “connections” formed between “diverse” groups of people rings false, as does her reassurances of how hard YouTube works to make the community … Read more