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Movie Review: 'First Man' Excels as a Macro View of Space Exploration and a Micro View of Humanity
Oscar winning director Damien Chazelle's First Man tells the raw story of how America, as a nation got the the moon. However, as the titleindicates, the film chooses to tell the story specifically from the perspective of Neil Armstrong: A troubled man who is grieving the tragic loss of his child. If there is one word that describes what it feels like to watch this movie it would be immersive. The term "man in a can" has been used to describe astronauts before and First Man viscerally immerses audiences into the feeling of being hurled through space while crammed into a tiny command module held together by nuts and bolts. While it is a visceral and cinematic space-exploration drama, the primary goal of the film is to immerse audience into the grief, isolation and humanity of the first man on the the moon. The film achieves this goal masterfully.
By Ben McVittie7 years ago in Geeks
Meet the Queens of 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 4'!
Are you ready to go for the gold? It's All Stars season! Though RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 4 was officially announced on the 22nd of August, we still haven't received a cast announcement. But don't worry kitty girls, all is not lost, as the Nancy Drews of Reddit have had the cast predicted for a very long time.
By Josh Liaison7 years ago in Geeks
The Status of DC Entertainment: What's Coming Soon to Theaters
After Justice League under-performed in the box office, DC and Warner Bros. began shifting direction, and soon the fate of DC's cinematic universe was on the mind of every blogger in the galaxy. At that point though, we didn't know much, so the actions that DC would take moving forward were really anybody's guess.
By Gannon Kendrick7 years ago in Geeks
'Animal World' Review
Animal World based on the manga Kaiji is a Chinese language movie available on Netflix. There are already a number of adaptations to Kaiji like the 2007 anime or the 2009 Japanese live-action movie. What sets Animal World apart is that it’s less of retelling of the same story in a new medium and more of a loose adaptation.
By Gareth Read-Ellis7 years ago in Geeks
"A Lovely Sunday"
The first thing that strikes you at "A Lovely Sunday For Creve Coeur" is the cluttered stage by Harry Feiner. The symbolism is too great, as we see the lives of four women unwind. Like many of Tennessee Williams plays, we see the symmetry of many of the characters that he presents to us. We saw it in "Streetcar Named Desire" and we see it in "Creve Couer". Four women, all with an agenda, some good, some not so good and of course some with cunning, bad intentions. The play takes place in St. Louis, the home of many German immigrants after World War Two. These immigrants were hard working, blue collar people who strove to have a better life here in America. We meet for most of the first hour both Dorothea (Jean Lichty), a young vibrant school teacher who posses a Southern charm. She is a transplant from Memphis and teaches at the local school where she is a civics teacher. She is smitten by the schools principal who we never see. Ralph Ellis is the schools principal and apparently a heart throb, at least to Dorothea. He comes from the "right family", is thrusted onto the social calendar even though he decided to a teacher instead of a lawyer like his father. The play is two hours and set in one day and the action is at a very even pace and moves nicely. Austin Pendleton did a nice job moving his characters about in true Williams fashion. Tennessee Williams plays need to keep the audience looking, watching and studying the actors wondering what is going through their minds. "Sunday" is no different. One of Tennessee Williams lesser know plays, but a good one no less.
By Robert M Massimi. ( Broadway Bob).7 years ago in Geeks
The Master of Meaning: Gaspar Noé
The Argentinian/ French auteur Gapar Noé has been recognised as a contributor to the rise in French Extremity cinema. Within the content of his work he explores deep, dark, and controversial parts of the human experience, having to use a variety of techniques to make the characters empathetic for an audience in the challenging, sometimes unbearable viewing content. There are arguments for and against his attempts to shape meaning as being successful and unsuccessful; he has a variety of creative techniques he uses to construct and explore narrative. I will use three of Noé’s films as examples to analyse; Irreversible (2002), Enter The Void (2009) and Love (2015). These films showcase Noés talent and track his development and further explorations of reoccurring themes such as love, violence, and drug use.
By Aidan Kirwin7 years ago in Geeks
5 Reasons Why You Should Watch 'Good Girls'
Good Girls is centered around three women. There's Beth, a mother of four whose relationship with her husband is facing tough times and they're drowning in bills, then there's Annie (Beth's sister), a single mother who barely makes enough money, and lastly, Ruby, their friend whose daughter has kidney failure while she and her husband don't have enough income for better medical care.
By Danielle T. Murray7 years ago in Geeks
