#A Career-Spanning Conversation – /Film

#A Career-Spanning Conversation – /Film

“#A Career-Spanning Conversation – /Film” Willem Dafoe wants to see my face. During a Zoom call, the video is not working at the start of the interview. Finally, once Dafoe and I connect face-to-face, he explains, “It’s important.” And it is important. Seeing how someone reacts, what lights them up, or what disinterests them, matters during…

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#Billy Campbell 30 Years Later – /Film

#Billy Campbell 30 Years Later – /Film

“#Billy Campbell 30 Years Later – /Film” This month marks a milestone for one of the most underrated Disney films. The Rocketeer arrived in theaters in the summer of 1991, delivering a 1930s-era adventure of a pilot who stumbles upon a jetpack being sought after by gangsters, FBI agents, Nazis, and millionaire industrialist Howard Hughes….

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#Breaking Down the Train Scene in Invincible Season 1 Finale – /Film

#Breaking Down the Train Scene in Invincible Season 1 Finale – /Film

“#Breaking Down the Train Scene in Invincible Season 1 Finale – /Film” The Invincible finale didn’t pull its punches. Spoilers ahead, obviously, but showrunner Simon Racioppa and the team behind Amazon’s superhero animated show — which includes creator Robert Kirkman — showcased the true, devastating destruction that comes with turning a city into a bloody battleground between super-powered characters. The body…

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#The Dry and Playing Subtle Characters – /Film

#The Dry and Playing Subtle Characters – /Film

“#The Dry and Playing Subtle Characters – /Film” Eric Bana‘s performance in The Dry is one of those reminders that less is more. Sometimes more is more, yes, but in the case of the hit Australian crime mystery, silence speaks loudly. Bana stars as Aaron, a man investigating a murder-suicide involving his old friend back home, where…

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#The Reckoning and More – /Film

#The Reckoning and More – /Film

“#The Reckoning and More – /Film” Neil Marshall is returning to his roots. The director began his career with the one-two punch of Dog Soldiers and The Descent and while neither is 20 years old yet, they’re already endlessly rewatchable classics in the eyes of many horror movie fans. Marshall went on to direct bombastic post-apocalyptic mayhem with Doomsday followed by Centurion, a…

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#Profile Director Interview: Timur Bekmambetov – /Film

#Profile Director Interview: Timur Bekmambetov – /Film

“#Profile Director Interview: Timur Bekmambetov – /Film” It’s fitting interviewing director Timur Bekmambetov over Zoom. Towards the end of the conversation, when the pleasantries and goodbyes were over, something about my reaction to finishing the call made him say “You see!” I didn’t see. Maybe he saw how exhausted I actually was the morning of the interview…

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