Alien: Covenant movie review: game over, man
A rote disappointment. There is nothing shocking or even mildly unexpected here. But there is an ironic weakening of the power of the xenomorphs to terrify.
Prometheus
the 85th Academy Award nominees
With links to my reviews. I’ll be adding reviews of the last few films I haven’t yet covered between now and the Oscars.
Iron Man 3 (trailer)
So since Guy Pearce is here, I’m gonna just go right ahead and assume that he is playing the young Peter Weyland…
the first image from the Evil Dead remake is seriously not groovy (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the day: Do actors deserve to be well paid for appearing in successful films even if they are not the entire reason the films are successful?
New York Post critic Kyle Smith cries foul at the fact that Kristen Stewart is so well paid for Twilight, but he seems to miss a key point…
question of the day: Are midnight Thursday movie openings here to stay?
Or are they a temporary symptom of Hollywood’s struggle to keep audiences engaged?
lost wormhole (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the day: What great thinkers — writers, philosophers, scientists — whom Hollywood generally ignores should inspire more films?
Ray Bradbury, who died yesterday at age 91, inspired, both directly and indirectly, generations of filmmakers. Stephen Hawking’s ideas inform both Battleship and Prometheus this summer. What other thinkers should storytellers be looking to for inspiration?
Prometheus (review)
Wants to be an ambitious SF drama, but somewhere along the way, the provocative speculation and the seriocomic tragedy got lost. Oh, and the characters got forgotten, too. Plus there’s precious little authentic drama.
question of the day: Has a surfeit of promo ever made you sick of a movie before you’ve even seen it?
In the current environment, in which devoted movie bloggers work for free in exchange for access to early material and talent, can we even expect any pullback on the hype overdrive?
