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New ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ trailer realizes that it is just a whale
Thor vs. the whale is the movie we have been waiting for. The latest trailer for director Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea was released on Wednesday and reminded us that this is still a movie that is supposed to come out after they moved the release date from March to December. The […] More
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Eddie Redmayne plays Lilli in the first trailer for Tom Hooper’s ‘The Danish Girl’
After grabbing Oscar gold last year, Eddie Redmayne looks to be in the thick of the hunt again with his latest role (no, not Jupiter Ascending!) The first trailer for The Danish Girl arrived on Tuesday with Redmayne starring as Danish artist, Einar Wegener, who is one of the first recipients of sexual reassignment surgery […] More
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Watch the new trailer for the upcoming James Bond film ‘Spectre’
The James Bond franchise has been one of the longest-running in cinema history, going through numerous decades and lead performers to become a recognisable touchstone in the film landscape. The latest actor to take on the titular role has been Daniel Craig, who is poised to return for his fourth go-round in the upcoming entry […] More
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Limping, Lisping and Lobstering: Escaping Yorgos Lanthimos’ Hotel of Purity
Back when Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos first clambered barefaced upon the international stage with his daring Dogtooth, quite a few hastened to mention its striking resemblance to Arturo Ripstein’s similarly self-contained The Castle of Purity, made some 35 years earlier. In the wake of his first English-language effort The Lobster, one might even go further and compare all that Lanthimos has done thus far to Ripstein’s film: the […] More
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Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep lead a women’s rights movement in first trailer for ‘Suffragette’
Who wouldn’t join a movement led by Meryl Streep? Streep is joined by Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter in the first trailer for Suffragette. The film is directed by Sarah Gavron from script by Abi Morgan and also stars Ben Whishaw and Brendan Gleeson. Suffragette is the story of the struggle for women’s suffrage […] More
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A dark shadow and past terrorizes James Bond in first trailer for ‘Spectre’
Daniel Craig is back as James Bond. The first trailer for the latest entry in the famous franchise, Spectre, dropped on Friday. The film brings back Craig as Bond, Ralph Fiennes as M, Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny, Ben Whishaw as Q, and Rory Kinnear as Tanner. Spectre introduces Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, Andrew […] More
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‘Paddington’ might just become a future family film classic
Paddington is a 21st century take on an icon of children’s literature that never feels constrained by its source material despite its closeness in spirit. In its playful craft, wit for all ages, fully realised human leads, and actual engagement with important, timely themes in a manner free of heavy-handedness, King and company have created what one hopes will become a future family film classic. More
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‘The Zero Theorem’ sees Terry Gilliam in his comfort zone, for worse rather than better
Rather than the political surveillance looked at in Brazil, corporate surveillance is the primary focus, though the film’s weak digs at both that and the impersonal nature of our online modern age lack any of the bite of the earlier film. Exploration of the latter idea certainly isn’t helped by the writing of Bainsley, a character lacking in any agency of her own. Thierry is victim to an uncomfortable amount of fetishistic objectification, present even outside of the few scenes in which it contextually makes a little sense. Kim Griest’s well-rounded, independent heroine is just one of the ways in which Brazil still has punch today as a key science fiction work; The Zero Theorem, an effort that never excels, is a light shove at best. More
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Fantasia 2014: ‘The Zero Theorem’ undermines its satire with muddy ideology and philosophy
Stop me if you’ve heard this one already: a low-level cog in a comically large bureaucratic environment in a grotesque-looking “future” dystopia struggles in the face of obsolescence and oblivion. The character in question is fundamentally good, but incredibly weedy, their resolve and spirit having been ground to stumps by the world around them. More
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GFF 2014: ‘The Zero Theorem’ sees Terry Gilliam in his comfort zone, for worse rather than better
Though writer Pat Rushin scripted and conceived the story of The Zero Theorem, one can be forgiven for assuming Terry Gilliam came up with the narrative himself, being that it comes across as the work of someone who either saw every film Gilliam’s ever made or just happened to direct them. Indeed, The Zero Theorem sees Gilliam very much in his storytelling and thematic comfort zones, though sadly to diminishing returns. It openly scrounges scraps from earlier efforts, especially Brazil, but has little idea how to develop its ever so slightly different ideas beyond thin sketches. More
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‘The Zero Theorem’, the newest film from Terry Gilliam, releases a trailer
While Terry Gilliam rose to prominence as a member of the legendary comic troupe Monty Python, his 1985 film Brazil helped establish him as a filmmaking force in his own right. With his last feature coming in 2009, many were interested to see what he would tackle next, interest that was only heightened by news […] More
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‘Cloud Atlas’ an ambitious endeavor containing too little emotional heft
Cloud Atlas Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy and Lana Wachowski Written by Tom Tykwer, Andy and Lana Wachowski Germany/USA/ Hong Kong/Singapore, 2012 Beyond its unparalleled ambition, Cloud Atlas is a film that carries too little emotional heft to truly resonate. In what will easily go down as the most divisive film-going experience of the year, and potentially live on […] More
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