Talk about “under the radar.” If it’s Hollywood, you have to go for high value production numbers based on gross overuse of CGI and a hot girl who can barely act. On the opposite indie part of the spectrum though, you want artistic expression or an experience as close to real life as possible.
Alex Garland’s Ex Machina reminds us that we are all just line workers in a baby-making factory. Mankind has evolved over time to have a very strong sex drive; a drive that reveals itself during the most seemingly insignificant events of our lives. At the grocery store buying yogurt?
In recent years, the subject of artificial intelligence in movies has become more and more prominent, perhaps because our own technology has become increasingly advanced in that direction. It may not be long before we have created our own race of conscious, intelligent beings. Until then, though, it is always fascinating to surmise about the idea.
“My approach to 3D is in a way quite conservative … I want it to be comfortable. I want you to forget after a few minutes that you are really watching 3D and just have it operate at a subliminal, subconscious level. That’s the key to great 3D and it makes the audience feel like real participants in what’s going on.
There are so many complexities in life. If there is one thing you may acknowledge as easy though, it’s that you love your kids. On the other hand, you may also acknowledge that it was horrible torture bringing them into this world.
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Entourage, Spy, Insidious:
Editorial note: Today, the original Jaws movie is celebrating its 40th anniversary. There are as many kangaroos on Saturn as there are people who think that Jaws 2 was an improvement on the 1975 original.
It’s so rare that you get a mishmash of things that would make the twelve year old version of yourself giggle with joy. Truly, what is better than having a former Superman take on pro-wrestler The Big Show in what basically amounts to a cage match? The answer is nothing, as granted by WWE Studios Inc.
The central idea to Tomorrowland, Disney’s latest attempt to turn a theme park attraction into a blockbuster spectacle, is flawless. Instead of being pessimistic about the future, why don’t we adopt the same attitudes of previous generations and look at the future with a sense of optimism, awe and wonder? After all, today’s younger generations are being fed miserable visions of the future by pop culture, with every major summer tentpole movie of the past few years having villains who argue that the best way to save both the planet and humanity as a whole is to destroy it.
When you grow up around film, you see a lot of the best and craziest role models. It was incredible to watch the performance art of Charlie Chaplin, or the storytelling of directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Stanley Kubrick. The Godfather movies, with the exception of #3, still stand the test of time for the conserved pacing, subtlety and epic everything that was those two films.
Some films parody the media, others predict what effect it will have on us in the future, other movies just have fun with the subject. Whether its a streaming network, printed journalism, television or radio transmissions the media is massive, and inescapable, so why not make movies about this oppressive facet of life? These films vary in years, themes, genre’s and that’s why they are so important.
James has an older brother, Frankie, who has just been released from prison. Frankie, like many movie criminals, wants James to join him in “real estate”. “Real estate” in this definition requires James to be the wheelman and basically destroy the life he’s been building.
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: San Andreas, Aloha, Results, Gemma Bovery and Heaven Knows What.
For most people Pitch Perfect wasn’t something they saw in the cinema. They watched in on DVD on a whim or chanced it after hearing about it from a friend. Released just as Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson’s careers were on the rise (and was possibly one of the films that gave them a leg up) it initially went under the radar, but as the years have passed the film has garnered great reviews and the Barden Bellas now have a huge fanbase.
Here’s a movie to look forward to in October, just in time as you’re cosplaying your favorite comic book superheros. In Crimson Peak, a lovely, prim and proper author becomes emotionally torn between her childhood friend and a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape her past, she becomes entwined with a house stuck in its past.