Visually, sonically, thematically, tonally, Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece is absolutely spot-on, mimicking the very particular look, sound and feel of the earlier film with eerie specificity. As with J.J. Abrams’ The Force Awakens, which felt like Star Wars: A New Hope, this absolutely feels like Blade Runner, including buying into that film’s more ponderous aspects, and certainly into…
DetailsJohn Denver’s Annie’s Song was used very prominently in this year’s Free Fire and Okja. His song Take Me Home Country Roads was used very prominently in Alien Covenant and Logan Lucky. Now, Kingsman: The Golden Circle uses both, very prominently. Channing Tatum was in Logan Lucky and is now in Kingsman. Co-incidence? I don’t think so. I think Matthew Vaughn, director and co-writer of Kingsman, is having a sly joke, and it’s perfectly in keeping with the tone…
DetailsUnlike last year’s fresh and visually gratifying The Shallows, this year’s shark indie takes place 47 Meters Down, and is very much the worse for it. Since our protagonists, young sisters-in-Mexico-but-now-in-trouble Kate (Claire Holt) and Lisa (Mandy Moore), are trapped in a shark cage 47 Meters Down, the atmosphere is underwater-gloomy, the sisters’ faces are obscured by their diving masks, and…
DetailsAnolther fun-filled week of information from entertainment land! In this week’s “Before a Tomb Raider, she was a…bike messenger?” story, Alicia Vikander si our new Lara Croft, Tomb Raider in the film that comes out March 16, 2018. But her back story is kinda random. This official synopsis is weirdly specific: “Lara Croft is the…
DetailsOh look, another week of shenanigans in the world of film – and stuff. In this week’s “Legendary loss” story, the great actor Harry Dean Stanton died today at the age of 91. Stanton had iconic roles in films like Alien, Godfather II, Pretty In Pink, Escape From New York, and Repo Man. He’s basically…
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