The Leftovers, Season 2, Episode 4, “Orange Sticker”
Written by Damon Lindelof and Tom Spezialy
Directed by Tom Shankland
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on HBO
Ever try to make sense of God, as presented throughout the Bible, as a single character? He is capable of great acts of wonder and mercy, but is just as frequently cruel, spiteful, capricious, or, of course, absent from the proceedings entirely. As The Leftovers has widened its scope over this second season, it feels increasingly as though Damon Lindelof and Tom Perotta are trying to construct a narrative just as self-contradictory, labyrinthine, and occasionally inscrutable as the founding religious texts that drive so much of the world’s conflict—and contentment. (It’s surely no coincidence that noted religious scholar and author Reza Aslan is onboard as a supervising producer this season.) “Orange Sticker” constantly returns to the feeling that its characters are being tested,...
Written by Damon Lindelof and Tom Spezialy
Directed by Tom Shankland
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on HBO
Ever try to make sense of God, as presented throughout the Bible, as a single character? He is capable of great acts of wonder and mercy, but is just as frequently cruel, spiteful, capricious, or, of course, absent from the proceedings entirely. As The Leftovers has widened its scope over this second season, it feels increasingly as though Damon Lindelof and Tom Perotta are trying to construct a narrative just as self-contradictory, labyrinthine, and occasionally inscrutable as the founding religious texts that drive so much of the world’s conflict—and contentment. (It’s surely no coincidence that noted religious scholar and author Reza Aslan is onboard as a supervising producer this season.) “Orange Sticker” constantly returns to the feeling that its characters are being tested,...
- 10/26/2015
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
Instead, Matthew Vaughn's rather good new superhero movie is lumbered with soundtrack snippets from 28 Days Later and Sunshine
Don't get me wrong, I loved Kick-Ass. From beginning to end the film is a joy, a pleasant surprise to someone like me who had been massively unimpressed with Matthew Vaughn's previous movies, Layer Cake and Stardust. Both those films seemed to be the work of a director who had surrounded himself with a highly talented cast and crew while displaying no directorial presence himself: as a director he made a great producer. While they seemed smug and complacent in their competence, Kick-Ass is far more assured, with much more verve and character. It's up there with Iron Man and The Dark Knight as one of those superhero movies that does so much right that it'd be churlish to even mention any shortcomings. So, this is me being churlish.
In...
Don't get me wrong, I loved Kick-Ass. From beginning to end the film is a joy, a pleasant surprise to someone like me who had been massively unimpressed with Matthew Vaughn's previous movies, Layer Cake and Stardust. Both those films seemed to be the work of a director who had surrounded himself with a highly talented cast and crew while displaying no directorial presence himself: as a director he made a great producer. While they seemed smug and complacent in their competence, Kick-Ass is far more assured, with much more verve and character. It's up there with Iron Man and The Dark Knight as one of those superhero movies that does so much right that it'd be churlish to even mention any shortcomings. So, this is me being churlish.
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- 3/19/2010
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
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