The word Serendipity stands for “the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident,” it’s basically a blessing in disguise. The film directed by Akiko Ohku seems to explore the darker aspect of life’s fortuitous events. The destinies of the characters involved in the story, rather than finding something good accidentally, traverse unexpected sorrows and someway…
The prodigious documentary directed by Amélie Ravalec focuses on a time of profound social change in the Land of the Rising Sun: the Sixties. Japanese Avant-Garde Pioneers portrays how the turbulent times of the postwar era inspired an artistic explosion across the Nipponic nation, with the emergence of a revolutionary scene of avant-garde artists who…
©Courtesy of Warner Brothers I’ve seen James Gunn’s movies, including “Slither“, “Super“, and wildly more appreciated films like “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Suicide Squad“. He established his reputation by crafting edgy and punk rock characters that don’t fit into mainstream superheroes. So when James Gunn announced that he would tackle the last son…
©Courtesy of Netflix This twisted underground game really ought to retire Seong Gi-hun’s number: #456. Just like Patrick McGoohan’s unnamed character should be the only #6 in the world of the trippy British science fiction series The Prisoner, #456 should be exclusively reserved for Seong, the sole champion in game history to ever return to…
Many Gen X’ers grew up with Superman and the Super Friends on Saturday mornings. Before that, the 1940’s Oscar-nominated Fleischer animated shorts established many iconic elements now intimately associated with Superman, like the “faster than a speeding bullet” intro and his use of phone booths for quick changes. Clearly, the character, born out the pages…
Director R.T. Thorne, sets his 40 Acres in a post-apocalyptic-near-future. In this world a mysterious plague has wiped out all animal life on Earth, causing an unprecedented global famine for a few surviving human beings, who have turned to cannibalism as their only means of survival. In this funereal scenario, a family lives isolated on…
Many fans are already comparing David Corenswet’s Superman to that of Christopher Reeve and Henry Cavill, but how does he stack up against Tim Daly, Jerry O’Connell, or Jason Isaacs? If you know their voice-over portrayals of the Man of Steel, then you are probably already a fan of DC animated movies, set in various…
Critic : Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Works as film critic and journalist who covers stories about culture and sustainability. With a degree in Political Sciences, a Master’s in Screenwriting & Film Production, and studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Chiara has been working in the press since 2003. Italian by blood, British by…
©Courtesy of Momo Akashi Japanese-born playwright and lyricist Momo Akashi has recently been establishing a reputation on the New York theater scene for pieces that portray characters in the throes of existential crisis. A devotee of the films of Hayao Miyazaki, she has said that themes like reverence for nature, the omnipresence of the supernatural,…
@Courtesy of Universal Pictures After the remarkable box office success of the first M3gan ($95 million grossed only in the U.S. Market, $180 million worldwide, a huge haul for a production budget of $12 million) it was virtually impossible for Jason Blum‘s Blumhouse and James Wan‘s Atomic Monster to pass up the opportunity for a…
Since the cult-movie It Follows released in 2014 (we are awaiting for the upcoming sequel with enormous trepidation) Maika Monroe has become one of the most effective and prolific “Scream Queens” of our times. While waiting to see if she is going to expand her repertoire working on more various genres, the Californian artist has…
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