Tag: Sunshine

  • Every Alex Garland Movie and TV Show, Ranked

    Every Alex Garland Movie and TV Show, Ranked

    Alex Garland is one of the most successful science fiction writers working today, and has significantly changed the way that modern films look and feel. Garland’s work writing for director Danny Boyle resulted in 28 Days Later and Sunshine, both of which became highly influential. The development of fast-moving zombies and the interest in existentialist…

  • Two Sentences From Christopher Nolan Unlocked Oppenheimer For Cillian Murphy

    Two Sentences From Christopher Nolan Unlocked Oppenheimer For Cillian Murphy

    Prior to July 21, 2023, you could’ve made a pretty solid case that Cillian Murphy is one of the most underrated actors working today. But now that Christoepher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has mushroomed across the cinematic landscape, there can be no doubt: Murphy is a staggeringly talented performer who, at the age of 47, has barely…

  • Before ‘Oppenheimer,’ Watch This Underrated Cillian Murphy Performance

    Before ‘Oppenheimer,’ Watch This Underrated Cillian Murphy Performance

    Believe it or not, Oppenheimer won’t be the first time Cillian Murphy has played a physicist named Robert who is responsible for a bomb that will change the course of human history. In 2007, he starred as physicist Robert Capa in Danny Boyle’s Sunshine, a sci-fi thriller set aboard a spaceship in 2057. The sun…

  • Nabiyah Be & Tom Wright on ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ and Their Expanded Roles

    Nabiyah Be & Tom Wright on ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ and Their Expanded Roles

    [Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for Daisy Jones & The Six.]Based on the best-selling novel of the same name from Taylor Jenkins Reid, the Amazon Studios/Hello Sunshine series Daisy Jones & The Six tells the story of the meteoric rise and crash-and-burn implosion of the iconic 1970s band, fronted by Daisy Jones (Riley…

  • 14 Best Paul Dano Movies Ranked

    14 Best Paul Dano Movies Ranked

    Since 2008, movie stars get minted by superhero movies. Chris Evans had appeared in “Not Another Teen Movie,” Danny Boyle’s “Sunshine,” and “Fantastic Four” before he donned a suit and shield in “Captain America: The First Avenger.” That made him Chris Evans. The casting of Robert Pattinson as Batman drew fan ire on Twitter, but…

  • Devs’ Complexity Comes From One Seemingly Simple Question

    Devs’ Complexity Comes From One Seemingly Simple Question

    This article contains spoilers for a major plot point in “Devs.”As a filmmaker, Alex Garland has shown himself adept at tackling profound questions while maneuvering between science fiction and horror, sometimes within the same movie. You can see it carried forward from his early screenwriting projects like “28 Days Later” and “Sunshine,” to later directorial…

  • Special Effects Supervisor Richard Conway Dies at 79

    Special Effects Supervisor Richard Conway Dies at 79

    Richard Conway, a special effects supervisor who collaborated closely with director Terry Gilliam, has died, his family announced. He was 79.Conway began working in television in the 1960s, where he began his career working alongside Gerry Anderson. He worked on shows such as “Thunderbirds,” “Captain Scarlet” and “Joe 90”. While there, Conway met fellow visual…

  • Full-Length ‘Nightflyers’ Trailer Teases Syfy’s George R.R. Martin Adaptation

    Full-Length ‘Nightflyers’ Trailer Teases Syfy’s George R.R. Martin Adaptation

    Syfy has officially released the trailer for the network’s upcoming series Nightflyers. Based on A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin’s 1980 novella of the same name, the series follows eight scientists and a telepath who embark on a mission to the edge of the solar system in the hope of making…

  • ‘Annihilation’ Director Alex Garland Speaks Out on Screwing With Genre and Studio Panic Attacks

    ‘Annihilation’ Director Alex Garland Speaks Out on Screwing With Genre and Studio Panic Attacks

    The brainy 47-year-old son of a British political cartoonist, Alex Garland made his name with novels “The Beach” and “The Tesseract” before moving on to a tortuous relationship with Hollywood. After Leonardo DiCaprio starred in Danny Boyle’s movie version of “The Beach” (Fox), Garland turned to screenwriting on two original grim visions of the future…