Iron Maiden -Burning Ambition (2026)

 hell yeah, and yes a film about the Maidens

thought first it was out today, but it's next month !!!

8.05.2026. watch your cinema screens !!!

Spider-Noir (2026)

"With No Power Comes No Resposibility"

The Nicolas Cage is back with something cool in black and white (and color) but I'd rather see it Noir as in the title. Premieres May 24th on Amazon Prime as in in collaboration with Sony, who's only Marvel character they got rights too...

From the looks it's more of a Sin City / Frank Miller, The Spirit / Will Eisner. 

Breendan Gleeson is the villain.

Hopefully this will rock, as gamebased Fallout TV series did, or DC / HBO recently two interesting spinoffs, The Penguin and The Peacemaker and Marvel/ Disney did mega meta Wonder Man.

Cliff Booth is back !!!

Cliff Booth aka Brad Pitt, the stuntman from Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood is back in the new Netflix film  The Adventures of Cliff Booth, written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by David Fincher !!!

Timothy Olyphant is also back as western TV actor James Stacy (Lancer).

Here's the teaser trailer. Coming soon this year !!!

The Bride (2026)

Movie or at least Curio of next year ?

The Bride, Maggie Gyllenhaal's second film after The Lost Daughter (2021) is a revisonist retelling of Bride of Frankenstein (1935, James Whale), with Jessie Buckley (Fargo sez, IV) as The Bride, Christian Bale as Frankenstein's Monster, and Jake Gyllenhaal, Penelope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening.

The Bride is a mix of Poor Things and Joker (Folie a deux), with elements of Public Enemies (Bale again..), Bonnie and Clyde and other goodies of the 30's era. 

Just fyi, there was another The Bride, starring Sting, Clancy Brown as the Monster aka Viktor and Jennifer Beals as "Eve", directed by Franc Roddam, in 1985.

Life, Death and Dennis Hopper by The Waterboys -Out now !!!

 Finally ! On April 4, the most expected album (in any sense, and for me in special) by Mike Scott's The Waterboys is out. I announced here on Jan. 8 2025.

What a Treat !!! 25 songs (you can find 'em all on Youtube here, spotify and other patforms), featuring an array of guests, from Steve Earle to Bruce Springsteen and Fiona Apple. 

Vignetes about Golf (Hooper's latter passion), The Last Movie (his doomed film), Andy (Warhol), Michelle (Phillips), Frank Booth (from Blue Velvet), Terry Southern (who wrote Easy Rider), etc. Including a fake trailer for a biker movie, "Freaks on Wheels", a la Tarantino's latest films. 

Post-modern, cool, eclectic, funky, groovy, mad -as Sir Dennis was ;) A wonderful heartfelt tribute, about the times and of Wild Pop Americana and one of True Legends of the Movieland (und more). 

Reviews here:

MOJO -4 stars

Uncut -4 stars

Under The Radar  -75 %

Rolling Stone 

Metacritics -78 %

**** 1/2 out of FIVE. 

Life, Death and Dennis Hopper Track List 

(where there are links you find the videos). 

1. Kansas (featuring Steve Earle)

2. Hollywood’55

3. Live In The Moment, Baby

4. Brooke / 1712 North Crescent Heights

5. Andy (A Guy Like You)

6. The Tourist (featuring Barny Fletcher)

7. Freaks On Wheels

8. Blues For Terry Southern

9. Memories Of Monterey

10. Riding Down To Mardi Gras

11. Hopper’s On Top (Genius)

12. Transcendental Peruvian Blues

13. Michelle (Always Stay)

14. Freakout At The Mud Palace

15. Daria

16. Ten Years Gone (featuring Bruce Springsteen)

17. Letter From An Unknown Girlfriend (featuring Fiona Apple)

18. Rock Bottom

19. I Don’t Know How I Made It (featuring Taylor Goldsmith)

20. Frank (Let’s Fu*k)

21. Katherine (featuring Anana Kaye)

22. Everybody Loves Dennis Hopper

23. Golf, They Say

24. Venice, California (Victoria)/The Passing Of Hopper

25. Aftermath

 

Rutger Hauer-Like Tears in the Rain

The long in the works documentary  (& awaited by ppl like me) on Rutger Hauer , The Rutger !!!

 will be now on streaaming, amazon prime in March (viaplay in UK).

Trailer here:

Bluesferatu@Bran Castle 6.07.24

 Not 2 be Missed, our show of the Year ;)

event here

&

https://www.facebook.com/events/1470842583640074

tickets on @iabilet.ro

Communique:

"Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens", de F. W. Murnau (1922), este unul din cele mai importante filme mute.
Muzica originală s-a pierdut, așa că s-au făcut nenumărate partituri pentru el și este un favorit live al festivalurilor de film și nu numai.
Dar niciodată nu s-a cântat Blues pe el. Un blues mai psihedelic, dar ce blues, Bluesferatu!!!
Muzica originală este compusă și interpretată live de muzicieni brașoveni, Robert Watzatka ”Watzzy” - chitară, Ionuț Constantin ”Yokko”, Costi Popescu - tobe, Ilyes Botond ”Boti”- chitară , Mihai Nedea - keyboards, Ovidiu Mihai - bas, anume: Proiectul Bluesferatu!
Anul trecut l-am prezentat pe 28 septembrie în premieră mondială la Brașov, în cadrul Transilvania Blues Festival - și în avanpremieră la Banca de Cultură Apollonia și la Hub 2068.
Acum va fi proiectat pe un ecran în curtea castelului Bran (exterior), cel mai potrivit spatiu pentru Bluesferatu & Co să se dezlănțuie - în aer liber, la lumina lunii. Muzicienii vor cânta live în fata ecranului pe toată durata filmului - 95 de minute!
Un concert - eveniment: Bluesferatu 2.0. sau Bluesferatu Comes to Bran!!!

Biete: 100 RON in pre-sale si 120 RON in seara concertului !

Un proiect produs de Alin Ludu Dumbravă și Vlad Popescu pentru Asociația Arts & Events.

Partener principal – Castelul Bran
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Partener enologic: Stoker Wines
Parteneri media: Rock FM, Hit FM, Zile și Nopți

B. There and Let There B. Bluesferatu !!!

Announced just now the trailer for Roger Eggers' Nosferatu,null out this Xmas, it's a good preparation for it

Megalopolis @Cannes 77

World Event du jour (16 mai 2024) -the world premiere of Francis Ford Coppola's MEGALOPOLIS (over 40 years in the making, and finally produced on his own dime-and 120 million $ of it !!!, sold half of his vineyards they say), at the 77th Festival de Cannes. Coppola is 85 now and won double time -deux fois la Palme d'Or, for The Conversation in 1974 and for Apocalypse Now in 1979 (ex aqueo with Schlondorff's Blechtrommel/The Tin Drum). Now he's nominated for a Third Palme (third time's a charm syndrome, well, Merde! :)

Great teaser for the film (or First Look clip) shattered the internet views 12 days ago, and then the trailer is on now, 2 days before the Cannes screening. French distributor is Le Pacte and I know for fact il will be distributed in Thaeters in Romania. Interesting enough, no US distributor yet, but surely this will be of passé composé demain ;) Update-yes, sold to Lionsgate immediately !

Cannes TV du 1er rang just showed the end of the screening, the applause and the ending photo call of Coppola and his family & Team. Adam Driver, the lead of the film, Talia Shire (Francis' sister), Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel, Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Voight (85 as well !!!) and a bearded almost unrecognizable Shia LaBeuf in Palais Lumiere and on the Red Carpet (here's the Red Carpet before the seance). 

                       Here are the whole 22 mins of this Historical Event (yep, wish i was there...)

                                                                 c'est Cannes, c'est beau...c'est vieux ;)

Update> 8 Nov. 2024, I saw the film today...my thoughts here

https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/11/megalopolis-2024.html

:( not Megalopolis at all, so flawed, proof of good intentions don't make great films ..;(

Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

Joker: Folie à Deux

Trailer out on April 9th. 

great song on it (and it's featured in the film): What the World Needs Now Is Love, the Burt Bacharach & Hal David's 1965 song, here performed by Tom Jones 

Expected Release date: Oct. 4th 2024

My review of the JOKER (2019) here. (in Romanian;)

My thoughts about Joker 2, here. 

The world is a stage.                                                         #JokerMovie

     

Michael Mann's Ferrari (2023)

(This was 1st a post on Aug. 30 2023)- Now in Venice Film Festival ! In Competition !!!

Adam Driver eats more spaghetti and chews again uno accente italiano after being in Ridley Scott's House of Gucci ;).

Now he is Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann's long in the works biopic. Mann, who is now 80 !!! wanted to make this film from the early Nineties, first with Robert De Niro as Ferrari, then in 2016 he was about to shoot it with Christian Bale. Bale did get to play in Le Mans/Ford v Ferrari a Formula One English pilot Ken Miles. Michael Mann was the executive producer on Mangold's 2019 film, where Enzo Ferrari was played by cult actor Remo Girone (Tano Cariddi in La Piovra series, now on The Equaliser 3). Mann then cast Hugh Jackman as Ferrari but he finally shot the film last year with the properly named Driver, Adam ;)

US Release date: Dec. 25 2023. 

Romanian release Jan. 5 2024

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Just saw the film in the theatre, needs a biiig screen to be enjoyed properly. Plus the sound...

Of course as it was shot in the 2.39: 1 ratio, shot masterfully by Erik Messerschmidt (Fincher's The Killler, Mank), proof that Mann took him in to shot the Italian vistas and incredible car racing. Some new angles and virtuoso craftmann-ship, but in the service of the story. 

Which is twisted between the man, the machines, the women, the drivers, the competition. Based on the Brock Yates biography, Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machines.

Adam Driver is great, restrained, standing tall and playing someone who is 20 years his senior, Enzo Ferrari was 60 at the time the film is set, 1957. He is the film's biggest asset and Mann chose him rightfully so. The film focuses primarily on the relationship with his wife, Laura (a strong make-upped Penelope Cruz channeling Anna Magnani), and his mistress Lina Lardi (Shailene Woodley).  Also it focuses on the relationship of Ferrari with his drivers, the new entry Antonio De Portago in paricullar. Written by the late Troy Kennedy Martin (The Italian Job, The Edge of Darkness), the film is shot all over Italy (the Mille Milla Race) and displayed on a professional budget ($110 mill.), with a pulsating score by Daniel Pemberton, that incudes a sample of Lisa Gerrard 's score of The Insider (Sacrifice). Editing choices were made so the film ends at 130 mins, I would've wanted it go go on more, as it takes a long time to start on, and develop a relationship with its viewers.

3 1/2 out of 5, 7 out of 10 !

Trailer out Today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yezwLp2isbY

Furiosa (2024)

#Furiosa

The prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road and the spin-off just got a date and a trailer, that looks amazing. 

George Miller is back at what he does best, after his Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) being not so longed for. 

I like he's named "Mastermind" in the promotion for the film.  It seems that the budget of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was over 200 mill,. $ and it was shot again in Australia, the biggest production there ever. Warner Bros. distribute. Tom Holkenborg scores again. Chris Hemsworth is the baddie, aptly named Dementus, there will be more of Rictus Erectus, Immortan Joe, The Organic Mechanic and the War boy. Let's see what joy can Anya Taylor-Joy (pun intended;) can bring to the character. After all, she was a Witch, a Norse, android Morgan, mutant Magik and on the Menu...the gambit chess series I did not see.

I bet the film will open Out of Competition at next Cannes Film Festival. In Australia it opens May 23 2024, in the US on May 24th. I guess Romania will join the list. 

                                                     Le trailer, out on Dec. 1st -Oh, What a Lovely Day (redux) !!!!

Nope (2022)

 Nope is the third film of Jordan Peele, one of the most expected this year- and I must say it is that impressive. Peele's best and accomplished film, and the best film I've seen so far in the cinemas this year. (excluding Nightmare Alley, which was a 2021 theatrical release). 

To be seen in Theaters.  And it works for multiple viewings as well.

In IMAX if possible, as it was shot completly with IMAX cameras. And by the virtuoso Hoyte Van Hoytema (Nolan's DOP on Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet, and now on Oppenheimer, so a specialist in shooting in IMAX  narrative film if there ever was one),  There are a lot of references on the visual medium during the film, with cameras being present, from surveillance cameras to Panavision to IMAX or digital 4K. 

Also because of the sound and the great sound design. 

Terrific in a theatre with good sound.

And the music, by Michael Abels, on his third collaboration with Peele, after Get Out and Us. With a function of its own, and references of classic scores, from Hitchcock, to Spielberg to Sergio Leone.

Also a great soundtrack too. With twists on the sound of songs (Jodie Foster!, Dionne Warwick, Corey Hart)

spoiler: the title can be read an acronym of Not of Planet Earth :)

It's a film about Spectacle, showbiz, exploitation (they shoot horses, don”t they), television, cinema and voyeurism, a visual methaphor and a warning of  what not do do (see the biblical opening quote): "Nahum 3:6: I will cast abominable filth upon you, make you vile, and make you a spectacle.", 

a clear shot at Hollywood and its self destructive spell/doom.

References in the film (for film buffs only): Close Encounters of Third Kind, E.T., 2001, The Wizard of Oz, Alien, Predator, Akira, Jurassic Park, Signs. Even The Shining.There is a lot of Spielberg in Peele's vision, as it is the early M. Night Shyamalan (as he was compared then with Spielberg too).  Also the first image on film ever shot, in 1888, a horse riding with a black jockey. 

Great cast: Daniel Kaluuya (his third with Peele), Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun...There's Keith David (with a Bunuelian nod:), via John Carpenter's The Thing and They Live..

and then there's a great Michael Wincott performance, as my buddy said when he shows up, ¬Wow, that's Moxica!!!¬ Wincott also sings his own rendition of  1954's ¬The Purple People Eater¬ by Sheb Wooley 

oh, yeah, and ¬Here comes¬Gordy....

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My score: 4 out of Five, 8 out of Ten.

"Come ride through Jupiter's Claim, as seen in Nope, at Universal Studios Hollywood, only on the World-Famous Studio Tour" 

No Time To Die trailer & release date

No Time to Die -soon :)
still, no word about who plays the title song, keep'em crossed ...(now, itțs out !)
2 aprilie UK
8 aprilie 2020 in Romania !

BOND 25 ! The Fifth (and last) Bond film of Daniel Craig !!!


featuring Blofeld (Christoph Waltz) and the new villain, Freddie M..oups, Rami Malek !


                                                       
                                                                 Le Trailer !

Images (1972)

Nu stiu cum de mi-a scapat acest film obscur si singular al lui Robert Altman, IMAGES.
Credeam ca l-am vazut dsi tin minte ca a fost considerat pierdut negativul si am ajuns acum la el dupa ce am recuperat The Killing of Sister George via Susannah York. Ea a scris cartea pentru copii din care citeaza in film, un psychothriller despre o scriitoare schizofrena-York, care a luat pentru rol premiul pentru cea mai buna actrita la festivalul de la Cannes in 1972.
Colaboratorii sai la film sunt impecabili, Vilmos Zsigmond la imagine (in Panavision superb) , Graeme Cifford -montaj,  scenograful lui Altman, Leon Ericksen si John Williams compozitorul muzicii (nominalizata la Oscar). Rezulta un film cel putin ciudat cu un sound design strident facut de percutionistul japonez Stomu Yamashta (care a facut score-ul la The Man Who Fell to Earth). Muzica si sound designul, creepy (o gasiti aici) plus zoom-urile lui Zsigmond, locatia irlandeza, creaza atmosfera suficienta pentru un curio film cult in cinci personaje-actorii au numele reale in film dar incurcate intre ele la fel ca si Cathryn/Susannah-Cathryn Harrison, alter-ego si barbatii--Marcel Bozzuffi -Rene, Rene Auberjonois-Hugh, Hugh Miliais-Marcel.
pt clues v. si puzzle-ul cu uniconi din cartea cu povesti. Inspiaratia majora a lui Altman la film este Persona (1966) lui Bergman.
cred ca filmul creste in vizionari repetate si sigur pe ecran mare !
3 stele din 5 6  din 10 !

dvd din 2003 la MGM cu extras- documentar Imagining 'Images' de 25 de min despre productie.
Intreg filmul se gaseste pe youtube aici
Images apare pe dvd blu ray pe 30 martie 2018 (arrow academy), cu un nou transfer 4K, comentariu audio, comentariu de scena cu Altman si interviu cu el.

amanunte aici !


si un soi de trailer:

Goldstone (2016)

Pe urmele lui Aaron Pedersen (German in Killing Ground) prin Australia dau de acest titlu si din prima am intuit ca am gasit ceva bun. Da, chiar foarte bun.

Goldstone e un noir, thriller, western, in the outback, pe teme clasice, atemporale care arata ca un film din anii '80 care omagiaza westernurile din anii '40 si piná acum.
Scris, regizat, filmat (cadre de sus ca un design vzizual, cred ca de pe drone) si montat de Ivan Ser (Toomelah, Dreamland), totodata compozitorul muzicii  -un fragment din soundtrack aici.
El e autorul altui film de gen, Mystery Road (2013), devenit acum serial TV, cu acelasi Aaron Pedersen, in acelasi rol ca in Goldstone,  Jay Swan (get it ? :), detectiv,  aici ars deja dupa evenimentele din Mystery Road,  care e gritty si intens, dar Goldstone e peste !
Acum Pedersen vine in pustietatea unui asezamint minier pentru a cauta o fata disparuta.
Incep sa inteleg ca omul-de sorginte aborigena-de unde conotaii rasiale-, chiar e star la el in Oz-land.
Secondat de Alex Russell (care deja e pe la Hollywood, l-am vazut in Unbroken, anul trecut in Jungle, si de curind in Only the Brave), politistul tinar si simpatic si cu Jacki Weaver intr-un rol asemanator cu cel din Animal Kingdom si David Wenham (Faramir in trilogia Inelelor-LOTR) si aborigenul David Gulpilil (care a debutat in Walkabout -1971, totem al filmelor autraliene de aproape jumate de secol).
O tona de premii si nominalizari in Australia, in competitie la London Film Festival si Toronto.
4 din 5, 8 din 10

Detroit (2017)

Kathryn Bigelow's new film is a painful rendition of a terifying event in American history that is still actual and relevant !
The Algiers motel murders during the Detroit riots on the night of July 25th 1967.
50 years later Detroit still shakes & rattles !
Great ensemble cast and three act-structure -written by Marc Boal (two times Oscar winner for Hurt Locker and nominated for Zero Dark Thirty).
Act 2 plays like a most nightmarish American Horror Story, a Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets home invasion of The House on the Left and Straw Dogs, jut that those are film references. It's a racist Night of the Long Knives, or Manson sect episode, a night that will live in infamy !

shot mostly hand-held by Barry Ackroyd, Ken Loach's DOP, on his second collaboration with Bigelow after The Hurt Locker, edited wonderfully (here's an article on that) , it;s a serios contender for the Oscars on these categories, plus production design -Jeremy Hindle, Bigelow's second collaboration after Zero Dark Thirty.

One of the year's best and a must-see !
4 out of five / 8 out of 10 !

Most Beautiful Island (2017)

Most Beautiful Island (2017) is one of the interesting films of this year which you won't seee in a cinema near you. Presented in festivals, awarded at SXSW & distributed by Orion (which came back i see) & Samuel Goldwyn films.
Ana Asenio is a director whose debut is very powerful. She is also a courageous actress. She is Spanish but the film is shot in New York, on the mean streets. She is Luciana, a struggling immigrant who finds a job at a mystery party.
A realistically shot thriller, which reminded me a a bit of  13 Tzameti (the original), but in colors, and with feminity and feminism.
3 1/2 or 7 out of 10 !

Most Beautiful Island (2017) e unul din filmele interesante de anul acesta pe care nu le puteti vedea in cinema. Prezentat in festivaluri, premiat la SXSW si distribuit de Orion (care vad ca au revenit !)
Ana Asenio e o regizoare debutanta de mare forta, si o actrita si mai si. Ea este spaniola dar filmul e filmat in New York, on the mean streets, despre Luciana (Asenio), o emigranta cu probleme financiare care isi gaseste o slauba la o petrecere misterioasa.
Un thriller filmat realist, care aduce un pic cu 13 Tzameti (originalul), dar in culori, cu femininatae si feminism.
3 1/2 din 5, 7 din 10 !

Un pas in urma serafimilor (2017)

Highly Recommended.
Un film de vazut in cinema.
sa nu va sperie durata, merita !
"cronica" mea in Zile si Nopti de Bv de miine. Zice:
"Un pas in urma serafimilor e un pas inainte in filmul romanesc "
 

Ambițiosul debut în lungmetraj al lui Daniel Sandu (autorul scurt-metrajelor „Numărătoarea manuală” și „Cai putere”) este unul din cele mai interesante filme românești de după 1989. Inspirat de elemente autobiografice, Sandu a scris scenariul și a încercat mai bine de 10 ani pentru a-l transpune pe ecran. E un film despre credință și prietenie, despre oportunism și trădare, un bildungs film, despre cum se construiește sau distruge un caracter. Vlad Ivanov este fabulos ca părintele Ivan, pedagogul-șef al unui seminar de băieți care vor să ajungă preoți. Este un career best și un rol de întindere, mai mult ca cele cu care ne-a obișnuit, un monstru cu fața umană, un zbir absolut, care le face viața infernală elevilor, pleiada de actori tineri de care veți mai auzi: Ștefan Iancu, Ilie Dumitrescu Jr., Ștefan Mihai, Cristian Bota, Ali Amir, Alfred Wegeman. Cu o muzică atmosferică care schimbă filmul, bravo Marius Lefterache, filmat liber-mișcat de George Dăscălescu (acesta fiind cel mai important proiect al său de până acum), „Un pas în urma serafimilor” e un pas în față pentru cinema-ul românesc.
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Să nu vă sperie durata-mastodont de două ore și jumătate, odată intrați în atmosfera Serafimilor nu le veți simți, ba vă veți dori să dureze mai mult!

• 4 stele din 5 / 8 din 10
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Ron Goossens, Low Budget Stunt Man

Ron Goossens, Low Budget Stunt Man is the most FUN i've seen in a while, an offensive comedy from Netherlands ser in satirical movie world and introducing a far out character which is like Kenny Powers done by Will Ferrell combined with the essential loser character from Kaurismaki films. Directors Steffen & Flip take fun at their own New Kids series and the whole Dutch film industry and society. Cameos from Dick Maas and other directors and actors, a parody of 80's classic pop cheesy hits by the wonderful German 70's singer Dennie Christian (incl. Scarface's Pushing to The Limits) and the soon to be classic

Ik Leef Niet Meer Voor Jou (video here).

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Awarded special mention at the 13th Grossmann Film Fest (where I had the priviledge to see it)..

Alien: Covenant (2017)

After Prometheus (my review here-in Romanian !) Ridley is back to the Alien series with a third film. 

Alien: Covenant 

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."