Movie Roundup – May 2022
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood / The Courier (2020) / Candyman (2021) / Exposed / Arrietty / The Killing of a Sacred Deer / Videoman / Spiral
Musings on film, tv, books, games, music, writing, food, drink and life in general.
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood / The Courier (2020) / Candyman (2021) / Exposed / Arrietty / The Killing of a Sacred Deer / Videoman / Spiral
Free Guy / Black Widow / Charlie’s Angels / The Green Knight / I Think We’re Alone Now / Flash Gordon / Attack of the Clones / The Forgotten Battle / Princess Mononoke / Bloodshot / Godzilla vs. Kong
Kate / Army of the Dead / The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf / Shaun the Sheep Movie / Ponyo / Choke / The Empire Strikes Back / A New Hope / Rogue One / Revenge of the Sith / Spoilers, lots of spoilers!
Anyone who follows me will know that I have a real soft spot for anything to do with Ghost in the Shell, even when it’s a decidedly non-Japanese Hollywood adaptation. So it was with some trepidation but a glimmer of excitement that I watched the trailer for the new Netflix show.
While Altered Carbon is an adaptation of the 2002 cyberpunk novel by Richard K. Morgan it visually seems to owe a hell of a lot to Ridley Scott’s neo-noire interpretation of Philip K Dick’s work in Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049…
Spirits in the Forest | Horse Girl | Night is Short, Walk on Girl | The Hustle | Dolemite Is My Name | Shaft | Knives Out | Christopher Robin | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Wild | Incredibles 2 | Aladdin
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova is a long-winded tale about some historians poring over old manuscripts and letters to find
A text heavy summary of what’s on offer in Netflix’s new Cert 18 sci-fi/fantasy/horror anthology series.
Was Alita: Battle Angel a testing ground for a system of three-dimensional high-resolution rendering of computer-animated main characters which will be central to the production of Avatar 2? If so, it looks like a huge success.
A post mostly about Ghost in the Shell SAC Laughing Man, Ozark, The Predator, Farewell My Lovely and The Last Family in England.