Zack Snyder had his own unique approach to making his DC movies that created the very essence of the Snyderverse. Of course, the director has often found himself amid several criticisms throughout his tenure at DC, but he is also known for the defense of his vision.
Zack Snyder. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Snyder’s DC tenure ended after James Gunn and Peter Safran took over the studio. Still, the director has been very protective of his philosophy— often casting the inherent darkness on the characters. Particularly, putting them into a pit of moral dilemma.
Superman— The Troubled Hero In Zack Snyder’s Strings
Henry Cavill as Superman in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel
Man of Steel has been and will always be one of the most important movies of Henry Cavill. The Superman movie explores the origin story of the character and introduces one of the powerful DC villains,...
Zack Snyder. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Snyder’s DC tenure ended after James Gunn and Peter Safran took over the studio. Still, the director has been very protective of his philosophy— often casting the inherent darkness on the characters. Particularly, putting them into a pit of moral dilemma.
Superman— The Troubled Hero In Zack Snyder’s Strings
Henry Cavill as Superman in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel
Man of Steel has been and will always be one of the most important movies of Henry Cavill. The Superman movie explores the origin story of the character and introduces one of the powerful DC villains,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Lachit Roy
- FandomWire
Do you remember the very first moment when you realized a movie could be far more than just a brief, amiable diversion from the temporal slog of life as an extant human? That first moment you realized film could be art capable of providing a fully nourishing spiritual experience? That perhaps even made you want to become a filmmaker in order to provide that experience to someone else? Just as important: Do you recall the most recent movie that gave you that same feeling or fit of inspiration? Well, in this week’s Survey Says that’s just what we asked: What’s the first movie you saw that you considered a masterpiece… and the most recent?
Thirty-plus years of Film Independent Artist Development, of course, means access to the accumulated wisdom Film Independent Fellows. So with our latest query in hand, we took a trip down memory road to...
Thirty-plus years of Film Independent Artist Development, of course, means access to the accumulated wisdom Film Independent Fellows. So with our latest query in hand, we took a trip down memory road to...
- 4/22/2024
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
Bat for Lashes, a.k.a. Natasha Khan, will release her sixth album, The Dream Of Delphi, on May 31 via Mercury Kx. She teased the LP with the evocative and personal title track, named after her daughter Delphi, who was born in California during lockdown in 2020.
“This is the manifesto of the album,” Khan explained of the album in a statement. “It’s like a spell being cast. It’s the conjuring, the manifestation, the drawing-down of Delphi from the ether. This is me calling on her soul. It’s...
“This is the manifesto of the album,” Khan explained of the album in a statement. “It’s like a spell being cast. It’s the conjuring, the manifestation, the drawing-down of Delphi from the ether. This is me calling on her soul. It’s...
- 2/22/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
If you can’t shake your love of Debbie Gibson, you’re in luck. The pop icon, who first rocked the charts 36 years ago, is the subject of a new Beyond the Music special on QVC+/Hsn+. The program sees the star open about the songwriting process as a tie-in to the recent release of her two limited-edition bundles of her latest studio albums “Winterlicious” and “The Body Remembers” She also takes the stage to perform songs including “Me Not Loving You,” “Strings,” and “Only in My Dreams”. Here Gibson takes time from touring to sit down with TV Insider to talk about her longevity and staying inspired to write songs. What was it like being featured in this unique way through a special produced for QVC+/Hsn+? Debbie Gibson: I love it. I thought the digital department did a fabulous job, even capturing my fan community. There were lots of in-depth questions answered.
- 7/19/2023
- TV Insider
Damon Albarn has characterized Blur’s The Ballad of Darren as “an aftershock record, a reflection and comment on where we find ourselves now.” Indeed, the group’s ninth album embodies just that. At its core, it mourns the heartaches, perils of fame, and drug use that the band has grappled with throughout their illustrious 32-year career.
It would be easy, then, for Albarn and company to succumb to creating another typical Blur album that dwells in the past without pushing their music forward in any meaningful way. If not for Alex James’s enchanting basslines, Albarn’s incessant lyrical vulnerability, or the dreamlike orchestration embedded within these songs, it very well could have been just that. Regardless, the album affirms that Blur isn’t ready to get comfortable quite yet.
The Ballad of Darren is Blur’s first album since 2015’s The Magic Whip, and it proves that absence...
It would be easy, then, for Albarn and company to succumb to creating another typical Blur album that dwells in the past without pushing their music forward in any meaningful way. If not for Alex James’s enchanting basslines, Albarn’s incessant lyrical vulnerability, or the dreamlike orchestration embedded within these songs, it very well could have been just that. Regardless, the album affirms that Blur isn’t ready to get comfortable quite yet.
The Ballad of Darren is Blur’s first album since 2015’s The Magic Whip, and it proves that absence...
- 7/18/2023
- by Dana Poland
- Slant Magazine
This post contains spoilers for "The Boogeyman."
After directing several short films and a 2012 feature called "Strings," Rob Savage directed television in the UK for years before breaking out in a big way with 2020's "Host," a quarantine movie about a Zoom call séance that went horribly wrong. He followed that up with the disappointing "Dashcam" a year later, but now he's back on track with "The Boogeyman," an effective horror flick that proves he can work in the big leagues.
I spoke with Savage about that transition from low-budget features into his first studio movie, as well as the film's biggest scare, staying one step ahead of audiences, a last-minute change that resulted in what he calls the movie's "best scenes," and much more.
Note: This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.
'I Think It's The Only Shot In The Movie That We Did In One...
After directing several short films and a 2012 feature called "Strings," Rob Savage directed television in the UK for years before breaking out in a big way with 2020's "Host," a quarantine movie about a Zoom call séance that went horribly wrong. He followed that up with the disappointing "Dashcam" a year later, but now he's back on track with "The Boogeyman," an effective horror flick that proves he can work in the big leagues.
I spoke with Savage about that transition from low-budget features into his first studio movie, as well as the film's biggest scare, staying one step ahead of audiences, a last-minute change that resulted in what he calls the movie's "best scenes," and much more.
Note: This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.
'I Think It's The Only Shot In The Movie That We Did In One...
- 6/2/2023
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday celebration gathered an eclectic group of well-wishers including Neil Young, Snoop Dogg, and The Chicks for the first of two performances at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on Saturday. Watch fan-captured footage from the event below.
“Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90, A Star-Studded Concert Celebrating Willie’s 90th Birthday” kicked off with perhaps the roster’s youngest performer, Billy Strings, who played two Shotgun Willie staples, “Whiskey River” and “Stay a Little Longer.” He later returned to back Bob Weir on a rendition of “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” from Nelson’s classic 1975 LP, Red Headed Stranger, which received further looks from the likes of Norah Jones, Beck, and Tyler Childers.
Country as a genre was well represented between The Chicks, Margo Price, Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, and more, but the set also spanned Nelson’s many musical phases and stages with covers from Tom Jones,...
“Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90, A Star-Studded Concert Celebrating Willie’s 90th Birthday” kicked off with perhaps the roster’s youngest performer, Billy Strings, who played two Shotgun Willie staples, “Whiskey River” and “Stay a Little Longer.” He later returned to back Bob Weir on a rendition of “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” from Nelson’s classic 1975 LP, Red Headed Stranger, which received further looks from the likes of Norah Jones, Beck, and Tyler Childers.
Country as a genre was well represented between The Chicks, Margo Price, Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, and more, but the set also spanned Nelson’s many musical phases and stages with covers from Tom Jones,...
- 4/30/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
Los Angeles, CA – March 23, 2023 – “LA Medical” tells the story of Dr. Porter, who loves her patients and finds such meaning in her work. As she loses a long, arduous battle in her own life, it’s the patients and their battles that help her navigate her own. Nicole Peplinski wrote, produced, and starred in the film alongside actor Michael Sun Lee. “LA Medical” has finished production and is now headed to film festivals.
Nicole Peplinski says, “I created this film to use art as the medium for analysis of the human experience. As our heroine navigates helping her patients, she juggles endometriosis and infertility, theories on what makes you feel unlovable, career success, and the painful reality of success having enemies and still trying to embrace all the opportunities in front of her.
Both socially and personally, it felt like the right time to artistically create work that would propel conversations regarding these social issues.
Nicole Peplinski says, “I created this film to use art as the medium for analysis of the human experience. As our heroine navigates helping her patients, she juggles endometriosis and infertility, theories on what makes you feel unlovable, career success, and the painful reality of success having enemies and still trying to embrace all the opportunities in front of her.
Both socially and personally, it felt like the right time to artistically create work that would propel conversations regarding these social issues.
- 3/27/2023
- by Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Sony’s Uncharted movie continues to be just as cursed as the treasure that protagonist Nathan Drake has sought in the games. The long-brewing film adaptation of the popular video game series has just lost director Travis Knight to a scheduling conflict, making him the seventh filmmaker – seventh! – […]
The post Sony’s ‘Uncharted’ Movie Remains Cursed, Loses Its Seventh Director But Still Has Tom Holland On Board appeared first on /Film.
The post Sony’s ‘Uncharted’ Movie Remains Cursed, Loses Its Seventh Director But Still Has Tom Holland On Board appeared first on /Film.
- 12/30/2019
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Mark Wahlberg is in final talks to star opposite Tom Holland in Sony Pictures’ Uncharted, the long-in-the-works film adaptation of the bestselling PlayStation action-adventure video game.
Deadline confirmed Wednesday that Holland officially is aboard to topline the movie, which moved forward in September when Travis Knight came on to direct. A production start is being eyed for next year.
The script from Rafe Judkins, Art Marcum & Matt Holloway centers on Nathan Drake (Holland) as a young man, as he grows into the treasure hunter. If his deal makes, Wahlberg would play Drake’s mentor Sully.
The film is the first feature production of Sony’s PlayStation Productions, which was set up on the lot last year by Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan. They will be executive producers. Charles Roven and Alex Gartner are producing for Atlas Entertainment and Avi Arad and Ari Arad for Arad Productions.
Knight, who directed the Transformers...
Deadline confirmed Wednesday that Holland officially is aboard to topline the movie, which moved forward in September when Travis Knight came on to direct. A production start is being eyed for next year.
The script from Rafe Judkins, Art Marcum & Matt Holloway centers on Nathan Drake (Holland) as a young man, as he grows into the treasure hunter. If his deal makes, Wahlberg would play Drake’s mentor Sully.
The film is the first feature production of Sony’s PlayStation Productions, which was set up on the lot last year by Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan. They will be executive producers. Charles Roven and Alex Gartner are producing for Atlas Entertainment and Avi Arad and Ari Arad for Arad Productions.
Knight, who directed the Transformers...
- 11/13/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Barcelona — Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s debut feature “The Platform” was awarded best film, and best F/X at the 52nd Sitges’ Intl. Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Gaztelu-Urrutia also snagged the Citizen Kane Award for an up-and-coming director and the Audience Award for best picture. The prizes come off the back of the Grolsch People’s Choice Award at Toronto’s Midnight Madness.
Produced by Carlos Juárez at Bilbao-based outfit Basque Films in co-production with Barcelona’s Mr. Miyagi, Gaztelu-Urrutia’s debut offers a harsh survival parable of power human relationships in a dystopic multi-floor dungeon prison. Its oft-starving dwellers handle the situation with existential and cannibalistic inclinations. The nightmarish script was co-written by successful Catalan playwright David Desola (“Warehoused”) and Pedro Rivero, co-director of Gkids U.S. pick-up “Bird Boy.”
Bilbao-born Gaztelu-Urrutia is an experienced producer at Basque Films and has directed commercials as well as two shorts. One,...
Produced by Carlos Juárez at Bilbao-based outfit Basque Films in co-production with Barcelona’s Mr. Miyagi, Gaztelu-Urrutia’s debut offers a harsh survival parable of power human relationships in a dystopic multi-floor dungeon prison. Its oft-starving dwellers handle the situation with existential and cannibalistic inclinations. The nightmarish script was co-written by successful Catalan playwright David Desola (“Warehoused”) and Pedro Rivero, co-director of Gkids U.S. pick-up “Bird Boy.”
Bilbao-born Gaztelu-Urrutia is an experienced producer at Basque Films and has directed commercials as well as two shorts. One,...
- 10/12/2019
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
It feels like forever since Billy Strings released his adventurous debut album Turmoil & Tinfoil in 2017, blending traditional bluegrass with a punk-rock mindset. On September 27th, he’ll release the follow-up to that LP, Home, his first release with Rounder Records. Ahead of the album, Strings is premiering the song “Taking Water,” a desperate declaration that something — a relationship, a community, even the nation — isn’t long for this world.
“This ol’ boat is taking water/it won’t be long till it goes down/had enough to push us over...
“This ol’ boat is taking water/it won’t be long till it goes down/had enough to push us over...
- 7/11/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Simon Brew May 9, 2017
Mission: Impossible, Avengers, Dwayne Johnson, Jurassic World, Ant-Man and more are lining up to meet you next summer. Oh, and The Statham.
With summer blockbuster season 2017 in full swing, and with Fast & Furious 8 speeding over the $1bn mark already, a bunch of filmmakers are furiously putting together their films for release this time next year (or thereabouts). Here, as things stand, is the state of summer blockbuster season 2018. We’ve veered towards UK release dates on the whole, but as always, things can quickly change.
Also, we’ve not included unnamed films: Universal, for instance, has reserved a slot for one of its classic monster universe movies, but not told anybody what it is yet. As more information pops up, we’ll keep this list up to date…
March Tomb Raider (March 16th)
Summer blockbuster season effectively kicks off in March in 2018, with the Warner Bros-backed big...
Mission: Impossible, Avengers, Dwayne Johnson, Jurassic World, Ant-Man and more are lining up to meet you next summer. Oh, and The Statham.
With summer blockbuster season 2017 in full swing, and with Fast & Furious 8 speeding over the $1bn mark already, a bunch of filmmakers are furiously putting together their films for release this time next year (or thereabouts). Here, as things stand, is the state of summer blockbuster season 2018. We’ve veered towards UK release dates on the whole, but as always, things can quickly change.
Also, we’ve not included unnamed films: Universal, for instance, has reserved a slot for one of its classic monster universe movies, but not told anybody what it is yet. As more information pops up, we’ll keep this list up to date…
March Tomb Raider (March 16th)
Summer blockbuster season effectively kicks off in March in 2018, with the Warner Bros-backed big...
- 5/8/2017
- Den of Geek
Meet this year’s class of rising talents in acting and filmmaking.
Screen International is today unveiling its 2013 UK Stars of Tomorrow. This annual feature spotlights up-and-coming actors and filmmakers that will be making waves in the years to come.
The 2013 Class of Screen International UK Stars of Tomorrow are listed below in alphabetical order.
The Actors
Raffey Cassidy
This 11-year-old from Greater Manchester, will next star opposite George Clooney.
Antonia Clarke
The 18-year-old from Hammersmith will play twins in BBC2’s The Thirteenth Tale.
Rosie Day
The Winchester-born 18-year-old stars in this month’s release The Seasoning House.
Franz Drameh
Hackney-born Attack the Block star will next appear opposite Tom Cruise in All You Need Is Kill.
Cush Jumbo
Olivier-nominated East Londoner is set to play Josephine Baker on stage.
Matt Kane
The Bristol-born actor is busy in the Us with an ABC Family TV series and starring opposite...
Screen International is today unveiling its 2013 UK Stars of Tomorrow. This annual feature spotlights up-and-coming actors and filmmakers that will be making waves in the years to come.
The 2013 Class of Screen International UK Stars of Tomorrow are listed below in alphabetical order.
The Actors
Raffey Cassidy
This 11-year-old from Greater Manchester, will next star opposite George Clooney.
Antonia Clarke
The 18-year-old from Hammersmith will play twins in BBC2’s The Thirteenth Tale.
Rosie Day
The Winchester-born 18-year-old stars in this month’s release The Seasoning House.
Franz Drameh
Hackney-born Attack the Block star will next appear opposite Tom Cruise in All You Need Is Kill.
Cush Jumbo
Olivier-nominated East Londoner is set to play Josephine Baker on stage.
Matt Kane
The Bristol-born actor is busy in the Us with an ABC Family TV series and starring opposite...
- 6/25/2013
- ScreenDaily
Raindance have just announced their line-up for their 20th annual film festival. The 2012 festival will, like every year showcase some of the best independent movies that we can expect in the coming year and beyond. Raindance 2012 will take place 26th September to 7th October at the Apollo Cinema, Piccadilly Circus in London. This year we can expect to see 105 features, more than 138 shorts, 64 UK Premieres, 13 International Premieres, 5 European Premieres, 19 World Premieres and 24 Directorial Debuts from 38 countries.
Scroll down to see the full press release as well as all the feature films that will be showing at the festival. To find out more, click here to visit their official site.
Opening the festival on Wednesday 26th September is the International Premiere of Here Comes The Devil a powerful fantasy horror from Mexico. Shot in Tijuana, a married couple lose their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana.
Scroll down to see the full press release as well as all the feature films that will be showing at the festival. To find out more, click here to visit their official site.
Opening the festival on Wednesday 26th September is the International Premiere of Here Comes The Devil a powerful fantasy horror from Mexico. Shot in Tijuana, a married couple lose their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana.
- 9/4/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
2010 has gone by in a blur and another year at the movies has come and gone. So may films that seemed promising have turned out to be disappointments and the surprises audiences received were few and far between.But the past is the past, it's time to look onward as a fresh new year begins and hopes are raised for it to be an exciting time in the world of cinema. Kicking off the Winter season are a number of films described in detail and listed below:january 7Season Of The WITCHNicolas Cage stars alongside Ron Perlman as knights who return from the Crusades to find their homeland ruined by the Black Plague. Two church elders accuse a girl (Claire Foy) of being a witch and being responsible for the destruction. They command Behmen and Felson to transport her to a monastery so the monks there can lift her curse from the land.
- 1/14/2011
- LRMonline.com
The Factory
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King...
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King...
- 12/31/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Factory
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King...
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King...
- 12/31/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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