vineri, 12 mai 2017

Feud (2017)

1.
a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.
"his long-standing feud with Universal Pictures"
verb
1.
be engaged in a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.

"Hoover feuded with the CIA for decades"

Feud : Bette and Joan is my favorurite film series this year so far.
TBC
Feud: Bette and Joan in white on crimson background

miercuri, 10 mai 2017

Alien: Covenant (2017)

After Prometheus (my review here-in Romanian !) Ridley is back to the Alien series with a third film. 
I wrote BEFORE in Cinemap in a piece on this years's most anticipated films:
"This year Ridley Scott will be 80 and it's 38 years since Alien. I hope sir Ridley will not fail and the movie will contiune the series further from  Prometheus. To be a sequel and not a remake. The trailer put me off a bit, where are the days of a subtle trailer like the 1st Alien, whose slogan was „In Space No one Can Hear You Scream”. Here the slogan is RUN."
and HIDE !

NOW:
the Covenat is SPOT ON. Great sequel to PROMETHEUS.  Filled with Xenomorphs. And thinking man's philosophy of gods and (im)mortality.
Original title Alien: Paradise Lost would've been more of a spoiler as John Milton's quotes are used: "Better to rule..."
Danny McBride is great in his 1st dramatic role and Michael Fassbender is spellbinding as David & Walter (names coming from exec prods David Giler and Walter Hill !!!). Great art design and dark, bleak, by Chris Seagers, former Tony Scott collaborator ! All the Giger shades are there !

Great score by newcomer Jed Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth, Assasin's Creed) with homages to Jerry Goldmith's Alien and Harry Gregson-Williams's Prometheus. Plus Wagner's  Rheingold and...John Denver !
Waiting now for the THIRD part, already announced, shooting starts in 14 months.
**** /8 OUT OF 10
CLUES: BLADE RUNNER -from the opening eye, Dr. STRANGELOVE, 2001, OZZYMANDIS poem by Shelley.
Here are some extra scenes that enlarge the mythology and story:
-The Last Supper Clip
-the alternate beginning/prologue:  


-Birth of Walter (from min.1):



Bonus: VR Experience: IN UTERO
Variety:
"As acts of creation go, Scott has made an “Alien” movie for that segment of the audience that has always rooted for the monster."

Michael Parks RIP

To-day 10 May mr. Michael Parks left the movies and the planet. He was 77.
 Just saw the begininig of From Dusk Til Dawn on Netflix  a few days ago, I haven't seen it since it came out I guess, I was noticing Parks in the opening scene, and then now, opening the imdb, blam....:( A character actor par excelence, with way over 100 films on his resume, Parks was Tarantino and Kevin Smith's favourite bit player. Tusk, Red State, Django Unchained. Ambroice Bierce in From Dusk til Dawn 3, Texas Ranger Earl McGraw in Kill Bill and in the "Grindhouse" pictures. Also a country music performer. Also in Twin Peaks series.
Last film I've seen him in, Blood Father, last year in Cannes midnight screenings.
Article in USA Today with tribute from Robert Rodriguez.

luni, 8 mai 2017

Blade Runner 2049 -le trailer

‪#‎BladeRunner2049‬-6.10.17

Cel mai aștepat film al anului. În 1982  Ridley Scott a schimbat istoria cinematografului cu cel mai adult film SF, Blade Runner / Vînătorul de recompense (Odiseea spațială-2001 al lui Kubrick, e mai mult un eseu art-house, nu chiar film narativ). Deşi considerat sacrosant, s-a vorbit demult de un sequel. Odată anunţat canadianul Dennis Villeneuve (Sicario, Arrival) ca regizor am simţit că proiectul are şanse de reuşită. Ingrediente: Ridley Scott producător executiv, Harrison Ford prezent în distribuţie ca Dekkard, şi pe post de continuator  al rolului, Ryan Gosling-cel mai în vogă actor al lumii după La La Land, un director de imagine magistral: Roger Deakins şi Jóhann Jóhannsson pe post de Vangelis (in final l-au adus pe Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfish :().  Sper ca Harrison Ford să facă mai mult decât în Star Wars–The ForceAwakens


LE (later edit): ...shi n-au invins... :(((