The Critic Zone

18/02/2021

I heard that this show is good, and that it sets the stages of a different type of storytelling that shows like The Sopranos, Lost, and Battlestar Galactica used. Can't wait to check it out!

https://www.ranker.com/list/reasons-to-watch-babylon-5/dave-schilling

In our current era of "Peak TV," when the options for what to watch are plentiful, and the quality has never been higher, it's easy to forget how we got to this golden age. It can and should be argued that Babylon 5, the epic science-fiction series about a space station at the center of a massive...

10/02/2021

Instead of having Godzilla fighting Daniel Day-Lewis's Lincoln, it should be his character from There Will Be Blood. Where Daniel Plainview (Lewis) is bent on killing Godzilla. The plot would be similar to Moby-Dick.

07/01/2021

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/12-monkeys-oral-history

It's hard to believe that this movie is 25 years old but I guess you could say that about Back to The Future which that turned 35. Here's the oral history to which I considered to be one of the best time travel movies of all time.

Inverse speaks with the director and nine other people involved in the Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt-led 1996 sci-fi cult classic.

06/01/2021

https://variety.com/lists/best-studio-ghibli-movies/

Hayao Miyazaki, who turns 80 years old today, has announced his retirement on more than one occasion, but like so many great artists — from Steven Soderbergh to Cher — he can’t help himself from practicing his gift. At the time of this writing, Miyazaki is deep at work on the movie “How Do You Live?” at Studio Ghibli, When HBO Max launched last year, one of the platform’s most exciting offerings was the (near) complete catalog of Studio Ghibli films — which include several of Japan’s top-grossing movies, among them “Princess Mononoke,” “Howl’s Moving Castle” and Oscar winner “Spirited Away” — available for the first time via streaming in the U.S.

Hayao Miyazaki, who turns 80 years old today, has announced his retirement on more than one occasion, but like so many great artists — from Steven Soderbergh to Cher — he can’t help himself from pr…

31/12/2020

So True

25/12/2020

My Top 5 Christmas movies picks. They may seem a little bit unconventional but since it's centered around Christmas I figured what the heck.

22/12/2020

https://www.gamesradar.com/george-lucas-defends-the-star-wars-prequel-trilogys-dialogue/

I have to admit the dialogue in the prequel trilogy is very memorable and quotable.

The director calls the dialogue "corny" but "consistent"

22/12/2020

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3645800/david-gordon-green-reportedly-talks-direct-exorcist-reboot-blumhouse-morgan-creek/

The Exorcist is one of those movies that should be left alone and shouldn't make a sequel since the story reached it's conclusion

We had recently learned that Morgan Creek was developing a reboot of The Exorcist and it looks like Blumhouse is on board the project as well, The Observer

08/12/2020

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/legendary-fights-warner-bros-dune-hbo-max-1234602812/

According to reports, Legendary found out about the HBO Max plan only a half hour before Warner Bros.' announcement.

08/12/2020

This is right up my alley, probably going to check out some of these other tv shows on this list.
https://screenrant.com/mysterious-shows-like-lost/

Lost is amongst the elite in the realm of really good, really memorable television hits. For more mysteries, fans should watch these shows.

05/12/2020

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ent-hollywood-warner-bros-hbo-max-reactions-20201204-lxqo2vmwibegjkunt6n3gxgsnm-story.html

The news was particularly upsetting to theater owners, whose business has been decimated by the pandemic.

03/12/2020

Really looking forward to seeing this movie when it comes out on Friday!

25/11/2020

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/moviegoing-on-the-brink-after-nealy-700-theaters-reclose-overnight-in-north-america

Moviegoing Teeters After 700 Theaters Reclose Overnight in North America 4:33 PM PST 11/22/2020 by Pamela McClintock FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME YOUTUBE Amid an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases, 646 theaters closed late last week in the U.S., along with 60 locations in Canada. It's no surprise why box...

25/11/2020

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/the-expanse-to-end-with-season-6-on-amazon

The journey of The Expanse is coming to an end. Amazon has renewed the sci-fi series for a sixth and final season. The pickup comes about three weeks before the show's fifth season debut Dec. 16. Season six will be The Expanse's third as an Amazon original. The first three seasons aired on Syfy, and...

22/11/2020

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/hollywood-has-resumed-production-can-it-last-through-second-wave-n1248196

"We had a musical with a large cast, a lot of singing and dancing, a lot of close contact," said one production executive. "It's going to be difficult to film until there's a vaccine."

21/11/2020

https://anchor.fm/thecriticzone/episodes/Alien-eib7f1
Join Jack Chase as he talks about one of the most iconic science fiction movies of all time Alien!

Join Jack Chase as he talks about 1979’s Alien, the movie that brought Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver to international fame. It spawned an entire franchise and still to this day resonating with audiences while remaining one of the most influential movies to aspiring filmmakers.

19/11/2020

https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/entertainment/2020/11/18/citizen-mank-fincher-drama-dives-into-hollywood-inside-story/6339687002/

It's quite interesting the drama behind the scenes. It's very smiliar to how famous movie director Stanley Kubrick and pulp noir writer Jim Thompson fought over the writing credits for The Killing.

David Fincher’s “Mank” explores the controversy around screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz’s contribution to “Citizen Kane.”

12/11/2020

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warnermedia-chief-informs-staff-of-significant-layoffs-amid-streaming-restructure

WarnerMedia Chief Informs Staff of Significant Layoffs Amid Streaming Restructure 7:05 AM PST 11/10/2020 by Natalie Jarvey FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Julie Cahill Photography The cuts are expected to hit between 5 percent and 7 percent of WarnerMedia's 25,000 employees. WarnerMedia is laying off empl...

12/11/2020

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sean-connery-gun-dr-no-juliens-auctions

The deactivated Walther PP pistol is part of “Icons & Idols Trilogy: Hollywood” by Julien’s Auctions, which will launch on Dec. 3.

29/10/2020

MICHAEL CRICHTON’S ANDROMEDA STRAIN FORETOLD A PANDEMIC. WITH A SLEW OF NEW PROJECTS, HIS LEGACY LIVES ON.

"Looking at the current pandemic, The Andromeda Strain immediately springs to mind. Crichton's 1969 novel about a devastating alien virus (it literally comes from outer space) that drives a group of researchers to the brink of destruction in the New Mexican desert is a chilling tale that no longer feels as removed from our reality as it once did. So, what would the late writer make of COVID-19?"

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/michael-crichton-andromeda-evolution-sherri-crichton-interview

In the world of literary science fiction, Michael Crichton is hailed as one of the top authorities who've made the unbelievable ... believable. Crichton, who sadly passed away in 2008 at the age of 66 from cancer, had a magical way of making you feel like cloning dinosaurs was just beyond the horizo...

28/10/2020

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27/10/2020

Good casting! This is probably Oscar Issac's third time in a superhero related genre. Looking forward to any development.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/oscar-isaac-in-talks-to-star-in-marvels-moon-knight-for-disney?fbclid=IwAR1SzOI9s4cMajNZ0sRmzOoUZ_nPgkuQLPSb9Ts4n78TfKEsDgCuGvipbfI

17/10/2020

https://nypost.com/2020/10/15/hollywoods-tv-film-production-cut-in-half-this-summer-due-to-covid/?utm_source=url_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons

Movie and TV shoots in Los Angeles plunged 55 percent versus a year ago to just 4,199 days in the July through September period, according to the non-profit group FilmLA.

15/10/2020

14/10/2020

Alien (1979) - Chestburster Scene (2/5) | Movieclips
The famous scene that propelled this movie to the 1980 Academy Award for Visual Effects. Also nominated for Art Direction.

See how surprised all the cast is when they just find out on the first and only take that there’s fake blood spraying everywhere in this scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPQ7om598OM

The original 'Alien' from 1979 is an exercise in quiet tension and measured intensity, and Ridley Scott’s film has the distinct advantage of being the first....