view Rental of 1-bedroom condo in Orchard Parkview - Full furniture - Price is only 12 million/month By batdongsan.com.vn Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:47:31 GMT Studio with 1 Bedroom Condo for rent in Orchard ParkviewPrice only: 12 million/month- Available now - New 100% + Luxury - Full Furniture................Conntact me: Manh Tuong via Phone, zalo, viber, Whatsapp: 0973 814 788Tks! ... Full Article
view Apartment at Orchard Park View for rent - 2 Bedroom, New 100% - Only 18 million/month By batdongsan.com.vn Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:47:36 GMT The home has 2 Bedrooms, Full Furniture + Beautiful + New 100%- PRICE: 18 milion Vietnam Dong ($760)+You come to visit and feel, we have a team of enthusiastic, happy welcoming and serving customers. Wish you a happy new day and trust the apartment. Thanks!+ Fully furnished+ New1... Full Article
view Penthouse at Empire City for sale by reputable Develop, Cove Building, view of Bitexco By batdongsan.com.vn Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 22:17:00 GMT Penthouse Cove Residences in Empire City For Sale.Luxury new penthouse, views of the river, Empire City Cove.InteriorEach apartment is spacious, has an open plan and includes three bedrooms, one of which features a humidity-controlled walk-in closet and a spa-style bathroom.Equip... Full Article
view Cần bán lô 5m x 20m tại Phạm Hữu Lầu, Phước Kiển, NB - KDC view Sông, đường 10m LH ngay chính chủ By batdongsan.com.vn Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 10:15:53 GMT Cần tiền lo công việc nên mình muốn bán lại lô đất đẹp tại Phước Kiển - Nhà Bè.5x20 100m2 KDC ven sông Đường 10m Phước Kiển Nhà Bè.Giá: 3,9 tỷ (thương lượng nhẹ cho anh chị em).Không còn vị trí nào đẹp mà giá có thể tốt hơn.Anh chị em thiện chí vui lòng liên hệ: Anh Hiếu - Chính ... Full Article
view Chính chủ cần bán khách sạn Thuần Hà bờ hồ Sa Pa có view cực đẹp, giá 12 tỷ LH: 0972572987 By batdongsan.com.vn Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:49:06 GMT Tôi cần bán khách sạn Thuần Hà diện tích 80m2 mặt sàn. - Địa chỉ: Tổ 3, phường Sa Pa. - Gồm 5 tầng và 1 Tum. - Diện tích 80m2 (5x16) với đầy đủ nội thất được ốp gỗ Pơ mu 100%. - Khách sạn năm giữa trung tâm thị trấn Sa Pa cách nhà thờ Đá 200m, vị trí đắc địa có 1 không 2. Mặt tiề... Full Article
view LockDown Interview: रिंकू राजगुरु के नए हीरो ने सुनाए समलैंगिक किरदार के किस्से, बताया असली नाम By www.amarujala.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:29:31 +0530 भारतीय सिनेमा में बाहर से जितनी चकाचौंध दिखती है, अंदर जाकर उतना ही अंधेरा है। यहां पर स्टार किड्स के लिए रास्ता तो बहुत आसान है लेकिन जिनका इस इंडस्ट्री से कोई लेना देना नहीं रहा है Full Article
view #LockDownInterview: बच्चा जानता है पार्क में जाना मना है, फिर भी जिद इसलिए करता है: शरमन जोशी By www.amarujala.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:29:40 +0530 कोरोना वायरस की वजह से पूरे भारत में लॉकडाउन लागू है। इसके चलते लोगों को परेशानियां तो हो ही रही हैं। जो लोग अपने घर हैं और आसपास का माहौल कुछ हद तक ठीक है, वे तो फिर भी ठीक हैं। लेकिन, बाहर फंसे लोगों के लिए तो ये मुश्किलों भरा वक्त है। Full Article
view The Call of the Wild – Movie Review By thescenemagazine.ca Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:12:40 +0000 The Call of the Wild – Movie Review Rating: A- (Great) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy 20th Century Studios Jack London’s novel The Call of the Wild is a stirring and page turning adventure that puts the reader into the point-of-view of a dog. Buck’s journey from domesticated pooch to a dog understanding where he came from is […] The post The Call of the Wild – Movie Review appeared first on The Scene Magazine. Full Article Uncategorized movie reviews movies
view The Jesus Rolls – Movie Review By thescenemagazine.ca Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:43:04 +0000 The Jesus Rolls – Movie Review Rating: D+ (Bad) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Level Film Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Big Lebowski has rightfully become a beloved cult film and with that comes calls to make a sequel. The Coen Brothers have correctly asserted that the Dude is better suited to one stand-alone story. However, that hasn’t […] The post The Jesus Rolls – Movie Review appeared first on The Scene Magazine. Full Article Uncategorized movie reviews movies
view The Invisible Man – Movie Review By thescenemagazine.ca Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:45:50 +0000 The Invisible Man – Movie Review Rating: A- (Great) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Universal Pictures The horror genre doesn’t get nearly enough recognition for how it handles certain subject matter. Some can be gratuitous, while others are able to comment on society’s ills in a way that provokes a needed reaction from the audience. Director/writer Leigh Whannell […] The post The Invisible Man – Movie Review appeared first on The Scene Magazine. Full Article Uncategorized movie reviews movies
view Run This Town – Movie Review By thescenemagazine.ca Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 12:23:40 +0000 Run This Town – Movie Review Rating: C (Average) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Elevation Pictures The scandal surrounding Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was so massive, it even managed to receive worldwide attention. That’s rather unprecedented in Canadian politics, but it was an unusual story not in sync with peoples’ stereotypical view of Canada. A movie about Ford […] The post Run This Town – Movie Review appeared first on The Scene Magazine. Full Article Uncategorized movie reviews movies
view Onward – Movie Review By thescenemagazine.ca Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:30:24 +0000 Onward – Movie Review Rating: B+ (Very Good) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Walt Disney Studios Part of the appeal of fantasy films is seeing the different magical creatures that populate the world created by the authors and filmmakers. Director Dan Scanlon seems to have latched onto that in devising the story for Onward, which cleverly brings those […] The post Onward – Movie Review appeared first on The Scene Magazine. Full Article Uncategorized movie reviews movies
view The Hunt – Movie Review By thescenemagazine.ca Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:12:13 +0000 The Hunt – Movie Review Rating: B- (Okay) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Universal Pictures Within the current political climate, both sides have never been more divided. This is especially amplified in the age of the Internet, where everyone has a place to voice their opinion. The Hunt takes the curious approach of making the stereotypical alt-right wingers […] The post The Hunt – Movie Review appeared first on The Scene Magazine. Full Article Uncategorized movie reviews movies
view Bloodshot – Movie Review By thescenemagazine.ca Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 02:04:12 +0000 Bloodshot – Movie Review Rating: D (Very Bad) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Sony Pictures Watching Bloodshot, one is almost reminded of the loud, absurd and moronic action movies that once starred the likes of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Sylvester Stallone. It’s just a bunch of over-the-top action scenes loosely tied together by the thinnest of plots. In […] The post Bloodshot – Movie Review appeared first on The Scene Magazine. Full Article Uncategorized movie reviews movies
view My Spy – Movie Review By thescenemagazine.ca Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 14:14:39 +0000 My Spy – Movie Review Rating: B (Good) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Elevation Pictures The premise for My Spy isn’t the most original concept in the world. There have been any number of comedies centered on muscled men tasked with watching over children and the humour that ensues. It was probably inevitable that Dave Bautista would be […] The post My Spy – Movie Review appeared first on The Scene Magazine. Full Article Uncategorized movie reviews movies
view Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Movie Review By thescenemagazine.ca Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 15:10:19 +0000 Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Movie Review Rating: A- (Great) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Universal Pictures Getting pregnant can be a tricky event for any teenager and how they approach this can often depend on their environment. In exploring the topic, director/writer Eliza Hittman has opted for a realistic portrayal. The journey taken by Autumn and her […] The post Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Movie Review appeared first on The Scene Magazine. Full Article Uncategorized movie reviews movies
view The Willoughbys – Movie Review By thescenemagazine.ca Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:24:53 +0000 The Willoughbys – Movie Review Rating: B+ (Very Good) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Netflix There is something strangely appealing about stories that mix childlike fantasy with macabre humour. It’s why Roald Dahl’s books continue to resonate with readers, young and old. The Willoughbys brings us a colourful world with dark themes and wicked comedy. Director/co-writer Kris Pearn […] The post The Willoughbys – Movie Review appeared first on The Scene Magazine. Full Article Uncategorized movie reviews movies
view The Invisible Man review: How science really can make things invisible By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:20:12 +0000 A new movie reimagines H.G. Wells's novel The Invisible Man. We still can't make people invisible, but it is possible to make tiny objects completely disappear Full Article
view Will Instagram filters alter our view of beauty and who we are? By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:00:00 +0000 We’re used to tweaking our digital selves to look thinner or more attractive. A new generation of Instagram filters could drastically change how we perceive ourselves Full Article
view The Doors of Eden review: A gripping alternative biology tech-thriller By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:00:44 +0000 Adrian Tchaikovsky's latest novel The Doors of Eden rewrites Earth's evolutionary history, with highlights including fish that upload their minds to supercomputers and cats that rule over primates Full Article
view Westworld season 3 review: Five-star TV where nothing is what it seems By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:31:29 +0000 Westworld is soon to return with season three. Four episodes in to the impossibly glamorous, highly urbanised future, I can't wait to find out what's going on, writes Emily Wilson Full Article
view Doom Eternal review: A welcome adrenaline-inducing distraction By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 14:00:31 +0000 Doom Eternal does contain gratuitous violence, but the evidence suggests violence in video games doesn't affect people's behaviour in the real world, says Jacob Aron Full Article
view Providence review: Chilling sci-fi where an AI becomes god by accident By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Is our love affair with AI really about building a new kind of deity to meet human needs no amount of rationality can fill? Max Barry's disturbing novel Providence lays out the case, says Sally Adee Full Article
view Resident Evil 3 review: A glimpse into post-pandemic fiction By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:50:29 +0000 The video game Resident Evil 3 was in development long before the coronavirus outbreak, but it holds up a mirror to the strange times we live in today Full Article
view Network Effect review: A glorious thought-provoking Murderbot tale By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Martha Wells's action-packed novel Network Effect puts you inside the head of a Murderbot. It raises fascinating questions you will think about for a long time, says Sally Adee Full Article
view Telling Lies review: A twisting mystery for the age of video calls By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 08:00:19 +0000 Telling Lies is a game where you sift through video calls to solve a mystery. Half the time you don't know what you should be doing, but that's part of the fun, says Jacob Aron Full Article
view Hi-Res View of Ryugu Asteroid Suggests It Had a Close Encounter With the Sun By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 22:00:56 +0000 This solar contact could provide a potential explanation for the asteroid's weird, two-tone surface. Full Article
view Apple's iPhone SE Australian Review: It's Bloody Good By feeds.gizmodo.com.au Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 14:05:16 +1000 Last year, Google turned the mid-range phone market on its head by introducing the ludicrously-priced and well-specced Pixel 3a. A few other brands have followed suit since then, but none have been quite as exciting as the new iPhone SE. Now it truly seems like flagship inclusions at lower price points are here to stay - and it's about damn time. The trend of $1,500 - $2,000 becoming the norm for new phones over the last few years has been bad for buyers. A new middle ground has been long overdue and we welcome it. But is the resurrected iPhone SE actually a good phone to buy in 2020? More » Full Article
view Marley Spoon's V2food Plant-Based Meals Review By feeds.gizmodo.com.au Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:43:07 +1000 Over the past few years plant-based meat has become increasingly popular. Thanks to the popularity of brands such as Impossible, we;re now seeing increasingly more vegan-friendly meat alternatives in the supermarkets and even being sold by fast food chains. Meal kit delivery service Marley Spoon has even begun offering plant-based options, using v2food mince. This is what they taste like. More » Full Article
view Solar Orbiter will give us our best views of the sun’s top and bottom By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:51:22 +0000 The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, set to launch on 7 February, will give us our first clear views of the sun’s poles and help unravel the mystery of the solar wind Full Article
view Journey to the Savage Planet review: It's wacky but not in a good way By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:18:12 +0000 There’s nothing like crash-landing on an alien planet. Journey to the Savage Planet doesn't always get it right, but it has echoes of classic Metroid Prime, says Jacob Aron Full Article
view For All Mankind review: A superb alternative history of the space race By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 18:00:00 +0000 When the Soviet Union lands on the moon first people in the US are shocked. But For All Mankind provides an even bigger surprise when one cosmonaut's identity is revealed, says Emily Wilson Full Article
view Tara Reade Tells Her Story in First On-Camera Interview By www.realclearpolitics.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:53:42 -0500 Megyn Kelly's exclusive sit down with Tara Reade Full Article AM Update
view DARPA Subterranean Challenge: Tunnel Circuit Preview By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 14:30:00 GMT Get ready for the first scored event in DARPA's latest Grand Challenge Full Article robotics robotics/robotics-hardware
view Skydio 2 Review: This Is the Drone You Want to Fly By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:00:00 GMT Flying this $999 obstacle-dodging drone is a magical experience Full Article robotics robotics/drones
view SnowRunner Review: In for the long haul By www.dailystar.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000 It seems a dream heading out in a truck and living your best life, but in this simulation, it’s all about being precise. Is that where the fun is though? Full Article Gaming
view Coronavirus in Scotland: Testing strategy to be reviewed amid care worker reports By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 10:41:30 +0100 THE SCOTTISH Government is reviewing its Covid-19 testing strategy after the Deputy First Minster has been left “frustrated” by reports home care workers have been told to travel to the other side of Scotland for tests. Full Article
view The Assistant review – eloquent sexual harassment drama By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-03T07:00:45Z Julia Garner excels as a junior assistant to a predatory media mogul boss in Kitty Green’s powerfully understated #MeToo dramaA performance of few words but immense physical eloquence by Julia Garner anchors this impressively chilling #MeToo-era drama about workplace harassment and abuse. Following a day in the life of a young woman with dreams of making her mark in the film and television industry, it’s a sobering portrait of a dirty little secret that was brought into the news spotlight by the Harvey Weinstein scandal. All the more powerful for its understated tone, this low-key piece packs a hefty punch as it exposes the web of silence that enabled a very modern horror story.Garner (who won an Emmy for her work on TV’s Ozark) is Jane, a high-achieving college graduate who finds herself on the bottom rung of the ladder as a junior assistant to an unnamed entertainment mogul in New York. The appointment may hold promises of great opportunities ahead, but for now it’s fairly soul destroying. An opening sequence, played out to the lonely strains of Tamar-kali’s sparse score, finds Jane being driven to the office before dawn, turning on the lights above her colleagues’ desks – first in, last out. Her tasks are menial yet weirdly demanding: making coffee, changing the paper in the photocopier, ordering lunch, and arranging travel and accommodation for an ever-changing roster of offhand executives and needy clients. Continue reading... Full Article Drama films Film Culture Harvey Weinstein The Assistant
view Sergio review – fact-based Netflix UN drama opts for old school romance By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-16T07:35:01Z Wagner Moura and Ana de Armas give strong performances in a mostly effective retelling of the life and tragic death of a celebrated Brazilian diplomatThere’s an old school charm to Sergio, documentarian Greg Barker’s narrative portrait of UN diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello, a dramatic retelling of a life he already brought to the screen in a 2009 documentary of the same name. Barker’s knowledge of Sérgio’s life and accomplishments is backgrounded by a clear respect for who he was and so while the film is factually detailed, as one would expect, it’s also rooted in a desire to showcase his humanity, both in and out of work, with Barker deciding to lean into full-tilt romantic tragedy, perhaps also as a way of differentiating his two Sergios. Related: Love Wedding Repeat review – laboured Netflix romcom farce Continue reading... Full Article Drama films Romance films Film Culture Netflix
view Selah and the Spades review – teen cliques drama balances satire and surrealism By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-16T06:00:36Z This uncanny story of preppy drug dealers has a touch of Heathers and a bit of Bret Easton Ellis, and an intriguing take on what high school is really likeTayarisha Poe, like her partial namesake, has a gift for the uncanny. She is the photographer and film-maker behind this feature debut, which began as an online multimedia project and was developed as a conventional movie through the Sundance screenwriters and directors labs. What has emerged is an intriguing, opaque, tonally elusive story that seems weirdly unfinished. It is set in a privileged high school – a world of ivy-covered stone buildings and shady quadrangles where rich kids are separated into malign and mutually hostile cliques. It has a touch of Donna Tartt and Bret Easton Ellis, a hint of Heathers and a bit of the elegant, disdainful satire of Dear White People.Somehow, though, it is odder, more stylised and contrived, always holding out the possibility that it is set in the future, or in an alternative present on some other planet, or inside the head of one of its characters who is having a disturbing dream – the kind that ends just as it is about to give up its meaning. Right until the closing credits, I half-expected the face of each person on screen to flip upwards, revealing a Stepford-like set of dials. Continue reading... Full Article Drama films Young people Film Culture
view Circus of Books review – tender doc about family life and gay porn By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-17T08:00:09Z An affectionate and absorbing documentary from film-maker Rachel Mason about her devout parents, who ran a famous adult bookstore in early-80s LA Here is a documentary with an absorbing and unexpectedly complicated story to tell, whose paradoxes and sadnesses are not entirely resolved by the end. Artist and film-maker Rachel Mason has created an affectionate portrait of her elderly parents, Karen and Barry, who in many ways are like one of the (fictional) old couples in When Harry Met Sally.Karen is a former journalist, devoutly Jewish, and Barry is a former special visual effects engineer who worked on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 and invented a modification for kidney dialysis machines. But they found themselves in a tough financial spot in the early 1980s and took over Circus of Books, a gay porn bookstore in Los Angeles that also sold movies called things like Confessions of a Two Dick Slut and Don’t Drop the Soap, and was one of Larry Flynt’s first distribution points. Under their shrewd management, the store boomed, opened another branch and became a well-known meeting place for LGBT people, while all the time, the Masons were a conventional family who kept their three children well away from the business. Karen movingly – and honestly – recounts how upset she was to discover that one of her sons was gay: the business and family life were that separate. Continue reading... Full Article Documentary films Booksellers Sexuality Pornography Los Angeles Film Culture Older people Magazines LGBT rights Family Books Media Society US news Retail industry Life and style
view Beastie Boys Story review – Spike Jonze and the boys are back in town By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-20T16:00:39Z Ad-Rock and Mike D host a convivial trip down memory lane in this filmed record of a live show staged in tribute to third member Adam YauchThe release of this documentary coincides with #MeAt20, a heart-twisting craze on social media for posting pictures of yourself at 20 years old. Middle-aged people’s timelines are speckled with funny, sweet and sometimes unbearably sad images of themselves in unlined, unformed youth, doing goofy things in milky analogue pictures from back when you had 12 or 24 exposures on your roll-film camera and getting them developed at Boots was a pricey business. That’s what I thought of while watching this engaging, oddly moving film from Spike Jonze: a record of the live stage show he devised at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, in tribute to white hip-hop stars and tongue-in-cheek party-libertarian activists the Beastie Boys. It is presented by the two surviving members, Adam Horovitz and Michael Diamond, in tribute to the third member, Adam Yauch, who died of cancer in 2012. Jonze is reuniting with the band after having directed a string of their music videos, including the crime-TV spoof for their single Sabotage in 1994.Horovitz and Diamond amble on stage, apparently dressed head-to-toe in Gap, and appear for all the world to be about to unveil the iPhone 4S, although actually their jokey anecdotalism makes the show in some ways like the regional tours once presented by George Best and Rodney Marsh. With amiably rehearsed back-and-forth banter, they introduce the embarrassing photos and excruciating TV clips that are shown on a big screen. And the effect of seeing them juxtaposed with the plump-faced frizzy-haired imps of 1986 is startling and bizarre. In the present day, the advancing years seem to have boiled away the badass attitude, leaving behind the quirky humour. Continue reading... Full Article Documentary films Film Music documentary Spike Jonze Beastie Boys Music Culture Rap Hip-hop
view The Willoughbys review – imaginative animated Netflix adventure By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-20T15:46:27Z A manic pre-summer caper skirts near dark territory but remains a mostly kid-friendly tale of an unusual familyA year after Sony’s wonderfully inventive Into the Spider-Verse became the first non-Pixar/Disney/Dreamworks film to win the best animated feature Oscar since 2011, the race was again populated by outliers. Frozen 2 was snubbed and instead Laika crept back into the spotlight with Missing Link (after winning the Golden Globe) and Netflix snuck in with two originals – Klaus and I Lost My Body – marking the streamer’s first time breaking into the pack. While Toy Story 4 might have ultimately won out, the lineup continued to reflect both a widening field and an embrace of more left-field choices, a much-needed jolt of energy in what used to be a two-horse race. Related: Trolls World Tour review – eyeball-frazzling sequel offers same again Continue reading... Full Article Animation in film Film Netflix Culture Comedy films Comedy Ricky Gervais
view Extraction review – hokey, high-octane action thriller By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-22T15:00:48Z Chris Hemsworth plays a super-tough mercenary on an all-guns-blazing mission to rescue a crime lord’s kidnapped sonSadly, this has nothing to do with dentistry. Extraction is a made-for-Netflix action thriller from veterans of the Marvel Comic Universe – screenwriter Joe Russo, stunt-specialist-turned-director Sam Hargrave and star Chris Hemsworth. It’s based on the graphic novel Ciudad (which Russo co-authored), transferring the action from the Paraguayan city of Ciudad Del Este to Dhaka in Bangladesh.Extraction is a little bit hokey and absurd, and the very end has an exasperating cop-out – but it has to be admitted that, in terms of pure action octane, Russo and Hargrave bring the noise, and there are quite a few long-distance “sniper” scenes in which people get taken out from miles away as the bullet travels through their skulls with a resonant thoonk. Continue reading... Full Article Action and adventure films Netflix Film adaptations Chris Hemsworth Culture Marvel Books Film Comics and graphic novels Thrillers (film) Drama films
view Blood Quantum review – grimy zombie horror offers intriguing twist By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T07:10:09Z A visually distinctive, semi-effective Canadian thriller pits a First Nation community against a zombie invasion Given how movies about the undead refuse to die, a tweak on what’s become a decaying formula is always a welcome surprise, especially if said tweak involves a little more than “what about zombies but strippers”. Back in the 60s, and at rare times since, the zombie subgenre has been used as a way of sneaking social commentary into horror, the set-up of an invading force destroying a community allowing for a range of sly metaphors. Related: 'I'm indigenizing zombies': behind gory First Nation horror Blood Quantum Continue reading... Full Article Horror films Zombies Culture Film Thrillers (film)
view A Secret Love review – moving portrait of two women's 60-year romance By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T13:00:16Z This heartwarming documentary traces the lives of a baseball star and her partner, now in their 90s, who pretended to be ‘just good friends’ for decadesThis documentary from Netflix is a real heart-soother. Directed with tremendous sensitivity and intimacy by Chris Bolan, it’s a love story about two women now in their 90s – Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel, who have been together since the 1940s.For decades they kept up the pretence of being “just good friends” to their families before finally coming out a few years ago. Talking to outsiders, they still describe each other as “cousins”. The legacy of shame and fear among older people in the gay community is explored in the film, but the overwhelming mood here is love. Continue reading... Full Article Documentary films Film Netflix Baseball Culture Media Sport World news Sexuality LGBT rights
view Dangerous Lies review – diverting yet dopey Netflix thriller By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-30T13:00:20Z A ridiculously titled film about a couple who stumble upon a stash of money is absurd and cliched but mostly entertainingOne of the most surprising reveals of last October’s unprecedented Netflix data dump was the astounding popularity of cheap psycho-thriller Secret Obsession. While the streamer proudly touted new films from Alfonso Cuarón, Paul Greengrass and the Coens in the same period, it was a no-star, dim-plotted slab of schlock that netted more viewers, with an estimated 40m households eager to find out just how secret that obsession really was. Modelled after a Lifetime TV movie (with a Lifetime TV director at the helm), it was an important victory for Netflix because it revealed a substantial audience for tiny-budgeted thrillers with generic titles, a bracket they could easily fill at little expense. Related: The Half of It review – charming Netflix teen comedy takes on Cyrano Continue reading... Full Article Thrillers (film) Film Netflix Culture
view The Half of It review – charming Netflix teen comedy takes on Cyrano By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-30T06:15:13Z A talented trio of young actors enliven a familiar yet engaging tale of a queer love triangle at high schoolThere’s a satisfying ease to Netflix high school comedy The Half of It, a charming twist on the Cyrano de Bergerac formula that deserves slightly more attention than most of the streamer’s other made-to-order sleepover pics. A teen market that had been underserved by studios has now been exhaustively cornered by the company but often without much care or inventiveness, a conveyor belt of content that prioritises quantity over quality. It’s refreshing then to see a film such as this emerge from the same production line, slickly ticking all the same boxes but with a noticeable uplift in enthusiasm, grafting its own identity on to the boilerplate format. Related: Never Have I Ever review – Netflix teen series slowly finds its voice Continue reading... Full Article Comedy films Comedy Culture Film Netflix Romance films
view All Day and a Night review – stylish Netflix father-son crime drama By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T08:20:19Z Moonlight’s Ashton Sanders gives a compelling lead performance as a young man trying to escape his father’s shadowIt’s an unusually stacked week for new films on Netflix (one they might regret when pre-pandemic content starts to dry up) with a teen comedy, a B-thriller and a romantic documentary all launching before the weekend, a feast for viewers at home but a glut that could overshadow one of their finer offerings quietly releasing alongside. All Day and a Night, a tough-minded drama from Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole, might not be quite worthy enough for their awards slate (although it’s a damn sight more compelling than The Two Popes …) but it’s a step up from what one might expect of an unhyped May movie from the streamer. Think of it as a classier boutique release, deserving of a higher shelf placement. Related: The Half of It review – charming Netflix teen comedy takes on Cyrano Continue reading... Full Article Drama films Film Culture
view ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter,’ ‘Gold,’ ‘A Dog’s Purpose’: Review Revue By blogs.wsj.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:00:43 +0000 What film critics have to say about this week's new releases. Full Article Film Review Revue A Dog's Purpose Gold Resident Evil Rotten Tomatoes