A galaxy of stars paid fulsome tribute to filmmaker John McTiernan and stuntman Vic Armstrong as they were both awarded Moving Target awards on Friday for their outstanding contributions to the action genre at the inaugural London Action Festival.The awards were presented at London’s Royal London Geographical Society and icons from the action genre attended, […]
Continue readingIn addition to showcasing Daniel Craig’s dialectical range, Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” proved that the lone detective whodunit is still alive and kicking. It grossed over 300 million at the box-office (on a budget of 40 million), and its critical reception was nothing short of adoring (read ThePlaylist’s A-grade review here). (It also picked up […]
Continue readingEdgar Wright’s “Last Night in Soho” was a polarizing movie. I leaned on the positive side, but sometimes felt it bit off more than it could chew. Where I find no fault is in the film’s performances and visuals. Chung-hoon Chung makes any movie he shoots better, and while Wright’s script sometimes falters, his direction never […]
Continue readingDenis Villeneuve’s sweeping sci-fi “Dune” (Warner Bros.) and Disney’s animated musical, “Encanto,” each led the 20th Ves Awards Tuesday night at the Beverly Hilton with four prizes, including photoreal feature VFX and animated feature VFX, respectively. “Last Night in Soho” took supporting visual effects and “Foundation” (“The Emperor’s Peace”) was named best photoreal episode.“Dune” additionally […]
Continue readingNo one in the film world had a Year in Music quite like Edgar Wright. Almost right on the heels of “The Sparks Brothers,” his documentary tribute to a duo celebrating its 50th anniversary of eccentric rock heroism, came “Last Night in Soho,” a bloody supernatural thriller that nearly doubled as a movie musical, thanks […]
Continue readingWith a reputation for nuanced color tones and tweaks that may evoke a suffocating Buckingham Palace in “The Crown” or a ghostly time shift in “Last Night in Soho,” Asa Shoul, senior colorist at Warner Bros. De Lane Lea in London, is increasingly tough to book.A veteran of post production on some 50 feature films, […]
Continue reading“Baby Driver” was among the most adored films of 2017, and it went on to gross more than $226 million worldwide upon release. The film, starring Ansel Elgort as a music-loving getaway driver doing One Last Job, was successful enough to stir up sequel hopes from studio Sony — and that might not be too […]
Continue reading[Editor’s note: The following article contains some spoilers for “Last Night in Soho.”]It was the twist that got Krysty Wilson-Cairns. For her second feature film, the Oscar-nominated “1917” screenwriter again embraced a creatively challenging collaboration to bring a vivid story to the big screen, but it all started with one clever (if divisive) idea from […]
Continue readingEdgar Wright’s “Last Night in Soho,” a shot-across-the-bow warning of the dangers of nostalgia, centers on young hopeful fashion student Eloise “Ellie” Turner (Thomasin McKenzie). Eloise is both literally and figuratively haunted by the past. In one sense, she’s a girl out of time — ill at ease in her own contemporary era and idealizing 1960s London […]
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