It felt like Shattered Space might finally bring space RPG Starfield closer to the original promise of its sprawling NASA-punk space adventure. Instead, the new expansion is getting slammed even harder than the base game by early players, and seems set to potentially end up being one of the worst-reviewed Bethesda…
It felt like Shattered Space might finally bring space RPG Starfield closer to the original promise of its sprawling NASA-punk space adventure. Instead, the new expansion is getting slammed even harder than the base game by early players, and seems set to potentially end up being one of the worst-reviewed Bethesda…
Long-time fans of the Kingdom Hearts franchise eat up any glimpse of information or drip of merch about the game, salivating at the opportunity to spend just a little more money on the series. But who can blame them when you have exclusive skateboard decks from Amiami that are as gorgeous as these two?
Long-time fans of the Kingdom Hearts franchise eat up any glimpse of information or drip of merch about the game, salivating at the opportunity to spend just a little more money on the series. But who can blame them when you have exclusive skateboard decks from Amiami that are as gorgeous as these two?
Production has wrapped on writer/director Taylor Cohen’s Strobe, a thriller that The Hollywood Reporter describes as being “EDM-focused.” (EDM being electronic dance music, or club music.) Suzanna Son (Red Rocket), Chace Crawford (The Boys), Laura Harrier (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things), Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends), Suraj Sharma (Life of Pi), Steve Howey (True Lies), Bella Murphy (Coming 2 America), Anthony C Garcia (A Holiday Chance), and musician Matt Champion star in the film, which is coming our way from Happy Place and Super Frog.
Strobe sees Son taking on the role of a high school senior who embarks on an obsessive quest to track down a mysterious EDM artist.
Tara Razavi, Nate Matteson, and Hiro Murai are producing the film. Happy Place provided the financing, alongside executive producer Clayton Moore. Happy Place founder Razavi provided the following statement: “We’re incredibly excited to bring Strobe to life as Taylor Cohen’s first feature film. Suzanna Son was a perfect creative fit, and we are so lucky to have her in the leading role. Taylor has been a key collaborator in our short-form projects for years, and his ability to craft visually stunning and emotionally resonant stories has always stood out. Now he’s bringing that same innovative energy and style to Strobe which, paired with Suzanna’s and the cast’s remarkable performances, will deliver a truly captivating cinematic experience.“
While this is being called Cohen’s first feature, his IMDb page indicates that he previously directed a 90 minute horror film called Acid Girls back in 2014. That doesn’t seem to have received much of a release, if any. He has also directed music videos for the likes of Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, and Conan Gray. Strobe also happens to be the first film for the Happy Place production company.
I’m not familiar with EDM or with Cohen’s music video work, but this movie has a solid cast, so I’m interested in seeing how Strobe is going to turn out. What sort of thrilling situations are going to come out of this high school senior’s quest to track down the EDM artist? We’ll have to wait and see.
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McDonald’s Chicken Big Mac has been a well-liked menu item around the globe for a few years now. And, later this month, the large chicken sandwich will finally be available in the United States.
McDonald’s Chicken Big Mac has been a well-liked menu item around the globe for a few years now. And, later this month, the large chicken sandwich will finally be available in the United States.
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis collected divisive reactions as soon as it premiered on the festival circuit. Many were already giving their impressions about how his ambition and passion couldn’t quite land in the execution of his vision. It even became a marketing point early on as the studio tried to get ahead of the bad word-of-mouth by giving the perspective that the film is already ahead of its time. However, that marketing ploy would then suffer its own controversy when it was revealed that the critic quotes that were used in the trailer (in order to show how his past regarded works were subject of their own scrutiny) were actually manifested. The film is now out and has had a disastrous showing at the box office and while one review gave it a perfect rating of five-stars, it comes from Coppola himself. ScreenRant now reports on the reactions of the film from other notable directors.
Spike Lee stated, “My brother continues to amaze me and his fearlessness, like he’s going to do what he has to do to get it done. Bottom line.” Spike Jonze would react by saying, “I’m still smiling from it. Radical. I’ve never seen anything like it. I remember hearing about it but never could have imagined what it came to be. There was so much I loved about it, but the tone was the thing that got most under my skin. It was funny and alive and electric and made the world and ideas so vivid. The performances Francis created with the actors and the details of the world… I laughed out loud the whole time. The play and surrealism and joy of creating. It’s incredible that he’s been thinking and working on it as long as he has but it still felt of today, about now and the world we are both in and careening towards.”
Guillermo Del Toro glowed about the film and said, “Francis is still the same bold, fearless, inventive filmmaker that he was in his 20’s. I was Swept by Megalopolis!” And finally, Steven Soderbergh reacted, “WOW! This might be the craziest thing ever shot on American soil. Certainly, one of the most sustained acts of pure imagination I’ve ever seen. I dreamt about it all night—it was inspiring!”
Our EIC, Chris Bumbray, kept an open mind and the film still couldn’t resonate with him as he hoped, saying in his review, “In the last forty minutes, Megalopolis becomes a real disaster, with so much jam-packed into the movie’s third act that it becomes almost impossible to keep up with it. It becomes nonsensical as it races towards its ending. Again, one can’t fault Coppola for his ambition. He financed the movie with money he earned, so he had every right to make exactly the film he wanted to make. But it’s hard to imagine this ever connecting with anyone other than hardcore Coppola devotees or maybe connoisseurs of bad cinema.”
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I’ve never played Dead Cells, but I’ve heard about it from damn near every corner of the internet over the years. The revered roguelike and Metroidvania platformer is one of the runaway success stories of the late 2010s indie space, and it’s only continued to grow in status over the years thanks to the support that Mot…
I’ve never played Dead Cells, but I’ve heard about it from damn near every corner of the internet over the years. The revered roguelike and Metroidvania platformer is one of the runaway success stories of the late 2010s indie space, and it’s only continued to grow in status over the years thanks to the support that Mot…