Cartoonist Kayfabe [YouTube] Look at OTOMO: AKIRA Layouts & Keyframes
If you are a fan of art books and animation, this write-up is for you. Edgar Award Winning comicbook artist Ed Piskore of Cartoonist Kayfabe fame returned from Japan with an amazing oversized book covering the creation of the classic film AKIRA. The book: Animation AKIRA Storyboards (OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS) The video review of […]
Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well: The Short Film” Misses Oscar Shortlist
Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences body announced the shortlist for ten categories for the upcoming 2023 Oscars with the films that made the cut. By the time the formal nominations come out on January 24, each category will be narrowed down to five nominees. Taylor Swift’s acclaimed project All Too Well: […]
Poster Reveal: Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan’s next feature film is coming into focus, first with the on-set images exclusively from Total Film and now with the release of the striking and abstract first look at the IMAX pre-release poster – let’s take a good look – One thing is for sure – by the look of the color scheme, […]
REVIEW: “Bones and All”
At last, the highly anticipated gruesome love story Bones and All to bring about the reunion of Luca Guadagnino and Timothée Chalamet. Maren (Taylor Russell) is a troubled teen; she’s soft-spoken, awkward, doesn’t have many friends and, in many ways, her father seems domineering and like he could be doing more. That is until one […]
Emily The Criminal – eating soup with a corkscrew
Emily The Criminal (2022) From IMDB: Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, ultimately leading to deadly consequences. Starring Aubrey Plaza as Emily, this is a reserved small little crime drama and that is a good […]
Has Hollywood Entered A New Avatar Era
The film “Looker” which was released in 1981 was the first time I had considered the use of Digital Avatars in film, which – back in the day, the term didn’t even exist. Written and directed by sci-fi legend Michael Crichton, the movie tells of a company buying the digital rights to models, but to […]
The Notorious Arthouse Movie Sold As A Hollywood Tentpole
Natural Born Killers (1994) Dir. Oliver Stone Story: Quentin Tarantino Screenplay: David Veloz Screenplay: Richard Rutowski Screenplay: Oliver Stone IMDB Synopsis: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. The synopsis is not wrong but it barely touches on the power and impact of the film. […]
Movie Trailers A-Go-Go!
The Hollywood production engine has started to run once again post the Pandemic shutdown. Most feature projects require a solid 5 years production time and in many cases, Covid furthered that by 1, 2, and even 3 years. What we see now is the first bloom of the post-Pandemic Productions. We should celebrate them all! […]
Munich: A Look Back At One Of Spielberg’s Greatest
Munich (2005) Dir: Steven Spielberg IMDB Synopsis: After the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day. Roger Ebert said of Munich: As a thriller, “Munich” is efficient, absorbing, effective. As an ethical argument, it is haunting. For […]