An essential read as the Marvel fan base prepares for Avengers: Endgame, courtesy of The Angry Staff Officer: The world is blessed that Steve Rogers never made it past captain. The Battle of Wakanda in Avengers: Infinity War is a master class in how not to use an infantry battalion. However, from his failure, we… Continue reading Tactical Evaluation
Tag: Film
Before the smartphone
Coming soon (with any luck) to a screen near you: General Magic, A Documentary Feature: Judging by the trailer, John Sculley is not going to come out of this smelling of roses. General Magic, the upcoming documentary, is a tale of how great vision and epic failure can change the world. The film features members… Continue reading Before the smartphone
Best Films of 2018
David Ehrlich’s latest annual medley of imagery from The 25 Best Films Of 2018 demonstrates once more that there’s plenty of good work out there every year, it’s just a question of how hard you have to look to find it. By virtue of this list being published towards the end of the calendar year,… Continue reading Best Films of 2018
Alien(s)
I knew that there was a long-standing strain of fandom built around the core concepts of Alien vs. Predator, but I had no idea it was set in stone like this: The centuries old Paisley Abbey had a rather modern new gargoyle added during a refurbishment in the 1990s… pic.twitter.com/SUjVXIUHNi — Myko Clelland (@DapperHistorian) June… Continue reading Alien(s)
Dancing in Movies
When I first saw a link to Dancing In Movies a week or so ago I wasn’t all that impressed: yes, someone had put a lot of effort into stringing together clips from nearly 300 films but I wasn’t getting a thrill from it. But now I’ve taken (several) further looks at it and I… Continue reading Dancing in Movies
2001 remembered
Stephen Wolfram, on the legacy of seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey when he was eight years old: It’s hard for me to believe it’s been 50 years since I first saw 2001. Not all of 2001 has come true (yet). But for me what was important was that it presented a vision of what might… Continue reading 2001 remembered
Punish David with Marvel Movies to Help End Gun Violence!
Film critic David Ehrlich, who is a significant part of the reason Fighting In The War Room is my favourite film podcast, as well as the author of some glorious end-of-year YouTube video countdowns, but who is not a big fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is organising Punish David with Marvel Movies to Help… Continue reading Punish David with Marvel Movies to Help End Gun Violence!
Getting the picture right
In case you were wondering, Netflix go to great lengths to select the most enticing preview image possible for you when you’re presented with a list of possible viewing choices: For many years, the main goal of the Netflix personalized recommendation system has been to get the right titles in front each of our members… Continue reading Getting the picture right
Quiet!
So, it turns out that Peter Watts had less tolerance than I did for the plot holes in A Quiet Place: [Spoilers follow, especially if you click on that link to go to the original post.] I really wanted to like this one. I did, too, at first. The layered, multidimensional, never-quite-silence of the movie’s… Continue reading Quiet!
WALL-E, revisited
Seeing WALL-E BUT IN 7 DIFFERENT GENRES – especially the Jony Ive / Apple Keynote variant – serves as a reminder of the power of trailers (and clever editing) to sell us on a film, but mostly just makes me want to watch WALL-E again for the first time in a few years.[note]Was it really… Continue reading WALL-E, revisited