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‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ is the hardcore action movie you need
9/10 John Wick: Chapter 2 is awesome! Everybody go see it. After John Wick (Keanu Reeves) returned from retirement as an assassin in the previous film, Santino D’Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio) calls in an old favor from him. Wick is given a … Continue reading
Beta Decay: witnessing in Black and Chrome
The cultural phenomenon just got even shinier and even more chrome. In the year and a half since Mad Max: Fury Road’s release, writer/director/series mastermind George Miller has been talking about black and white and score-only versions of the film that … Continue reading
A less chaotic state: 1959’s Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur holds a unique place in cinematic history for a wide variety of reasons. It’s a movie you’ve definitely heard of, but it’s only on the fringe of what I’d call an enduring classic. It’s highly emblematic of the time it was … Continue reading
Posted in A less chaotic state
Tagged #fury road, #lord of the rings, #mad max, #star wars, #the force awakens, #the revenant, 70mm, Ben-Hur, Charlton Heston, Fury Road was the best thing ever, the Ben-Hur remake is going to be a disaster, the chariot race, Titanic, ye uninitiated heathens
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Hardcore Henry more video game than movie, damn good video game
Most of the time when a movie is sold around a new or unestablished camera gimmick, the entire movie is formed around that gimmick. But Hardcore Henry is a little more, well, hardcore. The movie puts viewers in the perspective of Henry … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #fury road, #god of war, #halo, #hardcore henry, #mad max, #sharlto copely, #tim roth
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