Tag: Children of Men
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‘Gravity’ Ending Explained: Does Sandra Bullock Get Home From Space?
In 2013, director Alfonso Cuarón, the keen and decidedly selective filmmaker known for such films as Children of Men, Y Tu Mamá También, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, brought Gravity into the world. Written by Cuarón and his son, Jonás Cuarón, Gravity is a swift hour-and-a-half of heart-pounding peril wrapped in the…
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How Harry Potter Saved Children Of Men From Getting Scrapped For Good
For a movie that fits firmly in the dystopian sci-fi genre, Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 film “Children of Men” makes for one of the most truly terrifying films ever. In a world where infertility has been the law of the land for eighteen years and resources have dwindled, humanity has turned on itself. It’s like the…
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How Atomic Blonde’s Amazing Stairwell Fight Came Together
Whether as an actor, stuntman, or director, David Leitch has been the architect behind some of the most captivating recent fight scenes in film. His catalog of work spans some of the biggest action movies of the last twenty years, including the last two films in “The Matrix Trilogy,” “300,” and “Deadpool 2.”Although it was…
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‘Awake’ Trailer: A Post-Apocalyptic Movie Where No One Can Fall Asleep
In A Quiet Place, people need to remain silent. In Birdbox, people need to keep their eyes shut. Now here comes Awake, where everyone somehow loses the ability to sleep. This latest post-apocalyptic thriller looks like a mishmash of Children of Men and The Last of Us video game series, with a little Bird Box…
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‘The Matrix’ Trilogy, ‘Jurassic Park’ Among Popular Films Leaving Peacock Soon
If you want to jack in to “The Matrix” trilogy, adventure with the denizens of “Shrek,” or set course for the first three “Jurassic Park” films, do it soon: Said films will be leaving Peacock at the end of the month.IndieWire has confirmed that those specific features, among others, will be taken off of the…
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Krzysztof Penderecki Dies: Influential Composer With Music in ‘The Shining’ and ‘Twin Peaks’ Was 86
Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, whose often disturbing and challenging avant-garde music has turned up in films from “The Shining” to “The Exorcist” and “Children of Men,” and as recently as the TV series “Twin Peaks: The Return,” died at his home in Krakow on Sunday, March 29. He was 86 years old.Penderecki’s greatest…
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Stephen King’s ‘Lisey’s Story’ With Clive Owen and Julianne Moore Coming to Apple TV
Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story is coming to a small screen near you, with Clive Owen (Gemini Man) reuniting with his Children of Men co-star, Julianne Moore, who will also executive produce (with J.J. Abrams and Ben Stephenson). Owen will play Scott, Lisey’s late husband. The prolific King has apparently fallen on hard times of late,…
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Casey Affleck’s Hot-Take-Generator ‘Light Of My Life’ [Berlin Review]
Occupying the exact thematic mid-point between “Leave No Trace” and “Children of Men” while never quite attaining the heights of either of those touchpoints, Casey Affleck’s “Light of My Life” is nevertheless, still a solid, somber but superbly performed indie which is both energized and undermined by its real-life context. And that context is, no…
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Cuarón Tells Lubezki How He Filmed ‘Roma’ — Even One Quiet Shot Needed 45 Camera Positions
Alfonso Cuarón’s impressive black-and-white memoir of 1971 Mexico City, “Roma,” recognized as one of the year’s best by multiple critics groups, finally arrived on Netflix December 14. Last Sunday on a packed soundstage at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, the writer-director-cinematographer was grilled by his old film school buddy Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki, who collaborated on six…
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‘Roma’ Trailer: Alfonso Cuarón’s Latest Film Looks Absolutely Gorgeous
One of the biggest awards contenders this year is likely to be Roma, the latest film from Gravity and Children of Men director Alfonso Cuarón, but it’s nothing like either of those two films. Instead, the filmmaker has crafted a family drama that many critics are calling a masterpiece. You’ll see why in the new…