This article contains spoilers for "For All Mankind" season 4.
Apple TV+ has quickly become the home of sci-fi on TV. Between "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters" delivering kaiju action on the small screen, "Foundation" giving us an epic adaptation of Asimov's iconic book series, and "For All Mankind," it's an exciting time to look to the stars.
That last one, in particular, is doing something unique, presenting an uplifting and optimistic show of what humans can achieve when working together to explore outer space. "For All Mankind" began as an alt-history drama about a timeline where the Soviet Union got to the moon before NASA, causing a ripple effect with changes to the culture. Since then, it has become more and more of a proper science fiction show (one with as much love for science and technology as "Dr. Stone").
In its fourth season, "For All Mankind" is now set in...
Apple TV+ has quickly become the home of sci-fi on TV. Between "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters" delivering kaiju action on the small screen, "Foundation" giving us an epic adaptation of Asimov's iconic book series, and "For All Mankind," it's an exciting time to look to the stars.
That last one, in particular, is doing something unique, presenting an uplifting and optimistic show of what humans can achieve when working together to explore outer space. "For All Mankind" began as an alt-history drama about a timeline where the Soviet Union got to the moon before NASA, causing a ripple effect with changes to the culture. Since then, it has become more and more of a proper science fiction show (one with as much love for science and technology as "Dr. Stone").
In its fourth season, "For All Mankind" is now set in...
- 1/12/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
[This story contains spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.]
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold is glad he not only met his heroes but collaborated with them, too.
Dial of Destiny is Mangold’s twelfth feature film, but it was his second film, Cop Land (1997), that prepared him most for the job nearly three decades later. Cop Land boasted a cast of Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta among others, and this experience conditioned the New York filmmaker for his current working relationships alongside industry titans such as Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, George Lucas, John Williams, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy. Mangold certainly anticipated moments where one of these heavy hitters would pull rank, but he was pleasantly surprised when just the opposite happened.
“One of the reasons I agreed to make the movie was because these Mount Rushmore figures of motion picture history...
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold is glad he not only met his heroes but collaborated with them, too.
Dial of Destiny is Mangold’s twelfth feature film, but it was his second film, Cop Land (1997), that prepared him most for the job nearly three decades later. Cop Land boasted a cast of Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta among others, and this experience conditioned the New York filmmaker for his current working relationships alongside industry titans such as Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, George Lucas, John Williams, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy. Mangold certainly anticipated moments where one of these heavy hitters would pull rank, but he was pleasantly surprised when just the opposite happened.
“One of the reasons I agreed to make the movie was because these Mount Rushmore figures of motion picture history...
- 7/3/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In Popsugar's series "In Our Queue," we're reviewing the buzziest new projects with a critical eye on what works - and what doesn't. This week, Victoria Edel is breaking down "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny."
The "Indiana Jones" films have always been concerned with the past. That's baked right into the premise; Harrison Ford's titular Indiana is an archaeologist, obsessed with finding treasures of civilizations long gone. But this June's "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" starts by making us think about the future. It's 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts have just returned home from their mission to the moon, and Dr. Jones is feeling a bit like a relic.
The plot is a classic "old guy who has one last adventure" story, and Ford gives the movie his all. In "Dial of Destiny," Ford crosses paths with another Nazi, and, as always, he has to stop the historic villain's dastardly plans.
The "Indiana Jones" films have always been concerned with the past. That's baked right into the premise; Harrison Ford's titular Indiana is an archaeologist, obsessed with finding treasures of civilizations long gone. But this June's "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" starts by making us think about the future. It's 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts have just returned home from their mission to the moon, and Dr. Jones is feeling a bit like a relic.
The plot is a classic "old guy who has one last adventure" story, and Ford gives the movie his all. In "Dial of Destiny," Ford crosses paths with another Nazi, and, as always, he has to stop the historic villain's dastardly plans.
- 6/29/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
The initial reactions to “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” out of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival have made landfall, and critics are calling the movie a fitting end to the beloved franchise – or at least Harrison Ford’s part in it.
“Indy 5’s” official synopsis reads:
Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
On his fifth outing as “one of cinema’s greatest heroes” – and the first not directed by Steven Spielberg – Ford is joined by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), Mads Mikkelsen (“Another Round”), Boyd Holbrook (“Narcos”), Shaunette Renée Wilson (“Billions”), Toby Jones (“In Cold Blood”), Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”) and newcomer Ethann Isidore. Mottram calls Mikkelsen’s Wernher von Braun-inspired Nazi rocket scientist the best...
“Indy 5’s” official synopsis reads:
Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
On his fifth outing as “one of cinema’s greatest heroes” – and the first not directed by Steven Spielberg – Ford is joined by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), Mads Mikkelsen (“Another Round”), Boyd Holbrook (“Narcos”), Shaunette Renée Wilson (“Billions”), Toby Jones (“In Cold Blood”), Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”) and newcomer Ethann Isidore. Mottram calls Mikkelsen’s Wernher von Braun-inspired Nazi rocket scientist the best...
- 5/19/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Disney releases the film in theaters on Friday, June 30.
It goes without saying that James Mangold is no Steven Spielberg, just as it would be wildly unfair to hold any Hollywood director to that standard. On the contrary, there’s something kind of admirable about the fact that Mangold found the chutzpah to close the book on the Bearded One’s signature franchise. What he didn’t find was a compelling reason to re-open that book in the first place.
Not only is “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” an almost complete waste of time, it’s also a belabored reminder that some relics are better left where and when they belong. If only any previous entries in this series had taken great pains to point that out.
Back to Mangold for a moment: It’s...
It goes without saying that James Mangold is no Steven Spielberg, just as it would be wildly unfair to hold any Hollywood director to that standard. On the contrary, there’s something kind of admirable about the fact that Mangold found the chutzpah to close the book on the Bearded One’s signature franchise. What he didn’t find was a compelling reason to re-open that book in the first place.
Not only is “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” an almost complete waste of time, it’s also a belabored reminder that some relics are better left where and when they belong. If only any previous entries in this series had taken great pains to point that out.
Back to Mangold for a moment: It’s...
- 5/18/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" features the triumphant return of Harrison Ford as the world's greatest treasure hunter, this time trading his traditional World War II adventures for the Space Race in 1969. The Nazis haven't disappeared, though, as the film's villainous Jürgen Voller, played by Mads Mikkelson, is working for NASA while secretly threatening the world with a conspiracy related to the moon landing. Despite his employment under the U.S. government, Herr Voller hasn't seemed to have lost his penchant for Nazi fashion, his black leather jacket and conniving-looking rounded glasses remarkably similar to Major Arnold Toht's evil outfit from "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Still, Mikkelson has stated that there's no real connection between his character and Toht besides their Nazi affiliations and fashion preferences. It seems as if Voller is more of a mastermind schemer hiding in the shadows, in contrast to the brazenly evil Toht.
Still, Mikkelson has stated that there's no real connection between his character and Toht besides their Nazi affiliations and fashion preferences. It seems as if Voller is more of a mastermind schemer hiding in the shadows, in contrast to the brazenly evil Toht.
- 4/24/2023
- by Andrew Housman
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "The Mandalorian" episode, "The Convert."
As "The Mandalorian" embarks on its third season, it faces tougher challenges than Pedro Pascal's beskar armor-clad Din Djarin does on a daily basis. For one thing, the return of Grogu neé Baby Yoda in the other Disney+ series, "The Book of Boba Fett," may have confused some of "The Mandalorian" viewers who skipped that show, as well as people who had tuned in for more Boba action and not "Mandalorian 2.5." For another, like most series entering their third season, the show faces many questions about its future: how long is it going to run, is there an endgame in play, and where else can the show (and Din and Grogu) go exploring?
That last question began to be answered with the show's latest episode, "The Convert." Although the beginning and end of the episode followed the further adventures of Din,...
As "The Mandalorian" embarks on its third season, it faces tougher challenges than Pedro Pascal's beskar armor-clad Din Djarin does on a daily basis. For one thing, the return of Grogu neé Baby Yoda in the other Disney+ series, "The Book of Boba Fett," may have confused some of "The Mandalorian" viewers who skipped that show, as well as people who had tuned in for more Boba action and not "Mandalorian 2.5." For another, like most series entering their third season, the show faces many questions about its future: how long is it going to run, is there an endgame in play, and where else can the show (and Din and Grogu) go exploring?
That last question began to be answered with the show's latest episode, "The Convert." Although the beginning and end of the episode followed the further adventures of Din,...
- 3/20/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Kidlat Tahimik counts as one of the most important and influential filmmakers from the Philippines. Similar to his aforementioned colleagues his works deal with the difficult and problematic legacy of colonialism as well as the process of adapting to modernity, in particular, the rise of capitalism and commercialism. His first, and arguably his most famous feature “Perfumed Nightmare” already set the groundwork for these themes, earning him not only critical praise but also international acclaim, such as awards at the Berlin Film Festival. However, in the light of recent developments such as gentrification, “Perfumed Nightmare” has become more relevant than ever, as its satirical approach highlights the pitfalls behind a rapidly growing economy and a form of globalization growing detached from the cultural roots of a nation.
“Jiseok” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Throughout the feature, Tahimik follows a semi-documentary approach telling the story of his life and eventual disillusionment,...
“Jiseok” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Throughout the feature, Tahimik follows a semi-documentary approach telling the story of his life and eventual disillusionment,...
- 3/6/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“Indy, we’re home.” That’s a line not uttered by John Rhys-Davies’ Sallah in the first trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, but it might as well be. The legacy sequel directed by James Mangold seems to want to scratch the same nostalgia itch as Harrison Ford‘s return as Han Solo in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But in the fifth Indy flick, it’s not Ford’s character announcing his triumphant comeback but his trusty companion encouraging him to take up the whip once again. One must imagine that when Dr. Jones does put on his iconic hat and leather jacket, there will be a few folks tearing up in theaters.
The long-awaited trailer confirms that Dial of Destiny won’t be shy about playing the hits. Whip gags, Indy on horseback, a new artifact to find before the bad guys do, and...
The long-awaited trailer confirms that Dial of Destiny won’t be shy about playing the hits. Whip gags, Indy on horseback, a new artifact to find before the bad guys do, and...
- 12/1/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Harrison Ford is back in adventure mode in the first images from “Indiana Jones 5,” which debuted exclusively via Empire magazine. Along with some photos comes confirmation that Ford will be de-aged using visual effects so that Indiana Jones appears in the film as his age from the original trilogy. The de-aging technology is only used in the film’s opening scene, which is set in a castle in 1944 and pits Indiana against a group of Nazis.
“Then we fall out, and you find yourself in 1969,” said director James Mangold, who is taking over filmmaking duties on the franchise from Steven Spielberg. “So that the audience doesn’t experience the change between the ‘40s and ‘60s as an intellectual conceit, but literally experiences the buccaneering spirit of those early days… and then the beginning of now.”
“My hope is that, although it will be talked about in terms of technology,...
“Then we fall out, and you find yourself in 1969,” said director James Mangold, who is taking over filmmaking duties on the franchise from Steven Spielberg. “So that the audience doesn’t experience the change between the ‘40s and ‘60s as an intellectual conceit, but literally experiences the buccaneering spirit of those early days… and then the beginning of now.”
“My hope is that, although it will be talked about in terms of technology,...
- 11/21/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Fresh off Empire’s first look at Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones 5 via this month’s cover comes a batch of new images giving us a clear look at Ford’s older Indy, plus Mads Mikkelsen and Boyd Holbrook’s characters. Looking at Mikkelsen, he seems to be a dead ringer for Ronald Lacey’s Toht from Raiders of the Lost Ark, and indeed the Empire story confirms Jones will once again be fighting Nazis – in 1969. According to the report, the premise revolves around the space race, which, as screenwriter Jez Butterworth notes, “the simple fact is that the moon-landing program was run by a bunch of ex-Nazis.” He notes the conflict revolves around “how ‘ex’ they are is the question. And it gets up Indy’s nose…”
The story reveals that while Mikkelsen may look like Toht, he’s actually playing a character named Voller, who is apparently based on Wernher von Braun.
The story reveals that while Mikkelsen may look like Toht, he’s actually playing a character named Voller, who is apparently based on Wernher von Braun.
- 11/20/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Given that Disney+ is one of its chief competitors, Apple TV+ certainly isn't the first streaming platform where you'd expect to hear music from a Disney theme park ride. But for viewers of "For All Mankind" season 3, that's exactly what they got when they tuned in to the fourth episode, "Happy Valley." In the midst of an alternate-history mission to Mars, NASA gains an unexpected edge in the space race by breaking out the solar sails on its Sojourner 1 vessel. Its rivals then get an earful of the sea shanty "Pirates Overture" from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.
Apparently, this song started out as a bit of temp music, meaning it was intended as a stopgap until another workable song was found. In an interview with The Wrap, "For All Mankind" executive producers Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert explained that the idea of linking a pirate tune with the...
Apparently, this song started out as a bit of temp music, meaning it was intended as a stopgap until another workable song was found. In an interview with The Wrap, "For All Mankind" executive producers Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert explained that the idea of linking a pirate tune with the...
- 11/20/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
On the fourth episode of “For All Mankind” Season 3, while the three-way race to Mars is at its most heated, NASA deploys previously unmentioned solar sails, which billow towards the heavens (and give them a competitive advantage on the race). And just to add a little salt to the proverbial wound, they broadcast some music for the other ships to hear – music from the Pirates of the Caribbean theme park attraction. Specifically, the “Pirate Overture” by George Bruns, an iconic piece of music that served as the theme of sorts to the original 1967 Disneyland attraction, is blasted on the soundtrack.
TheWrap quizzed “For All Mankind” executive producers Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi about how they pulled off this magical musical moment and how much they’ve thought about Disney within the show’s alternate timeline.
“That was something that started in the writers’ room where it was this idea of...
TheWrap quizzed “For All Mankind” executive producers Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi about how they pulled off this magical musical moment and how much they’ve thought about Disney within the show’s alternate timeline.
“That was something that started in the writers’ room where it was this idea of...
- 7/13/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
The marvelous Apple TV+ drama For All Mankind takes place in an alternate timeline where the Soviets put the first man on the moon, triggering a never-ending space race and a cascade of other changes from the history we know. The first two seasons dealt with US vs. Ussr tensions, and then outright fighting on the lunar surface. The new season jumps ahead to the early Nineties and a new frontier, as three separate groups compete to see who will be the first to reach Mars: NASA, their Russian counterparts,...
- 6/8/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
“I think every part of our history is worth being reexamined,” argues Daniel Sivan, co-director of the documentary short “Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis,” which is currently streaming on Netflix. The film, which examines a secret military operation bringing Nazi soldiers to America during World War II, was recently shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards. Watch our exclusive video interview with Sivan and co-director Mor Loushy above.
The movie chronicles a secret military operation in which German prisoners of war were housed and interrogated under the watch of American soldiers, many of whom were Jewish refugees. One of those prisoners was Wernher von Braun, a decorated Nazi scientist who was later assimilated into American culture and ultimately became and integral part of America’s space program. The film includes interviews with some of the surviving American soldiers, who discuss the emotional and psychological toll of having to keep their...
The movie chronicles a secret military operation in which German prisoners of war were housed and interrogated under the watch of American soldiers, many of whom were Jewish refugees. One of those prisoners was Wernher von Braun, a decorated Nazi scientist who was later assimilated into American culture and ultimately became and integral part of America’s space program. The film includes interviews with some of the surviving American soldiers, who discuss the emotional and psychological toll of having to keep their...
- 1/11/2022
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
Semi-animated Netflix documentary short reveals the secret story of the Jewish soldiers who watched over prisoners of war on US soil
Too vast in scope to be contained within war drama, the Holocaust movie constitutes an entire genre unto itself, collecting a potentially infinite number of tragedies great and small. The history of the 20th century’s most massive atrocity comes with thousands of footnotes now gradually expanded upon by media depicting the unsung courage and untold evil. Israeli documentary film-makers Daniel Sivan and Mor Loushy singled out one such extraordinary tale for their latest joint project, Netflix’s short film Camp Confidential, drawing attention to a highly covert military operation only recently released from behind redaction-marker bars. “The first thing is, when producers Benji and Jono Bergmann approached us with this and told us of the story, we didn’t believe it,” Sivan tells the Guardian. “It was just so out-there.
Too vast in scope to be contained within war drama, the Holocaust movie constitutes an entire genre unto itself, collecting a potentially infinite number of tragedies great and small. The history of the 20th century’s most massive atrocity comes with thousands of footnotes now gradually expanded upon by media depicting the unsung courage and untold evil. Israeli documentary film-makers Daniel Sivan and Mor Loushy singled out one such extraordinary tale for their latest joint project, Netflix’s short film Camp Confidential, drawing attention to a highly covert military operation only recently released from behind redaction-marker bars. “The first thing is, when producers Benji and Jono Bergmann approached us with this and told us of the story, we didn’t believe it,” Sivan tells the Guardian. “It was just so out-there.
- 11/3/2021
- by Charles Bramesco
- The Guardian - Film News
Kidlat Tahimik counts as one of the most important and influential filmmakers from the Philippines. Similar to his aforementioned colleagues his works deal with the difficult and problematic legacy of colonialism as well as the process of adapting to modernity, in particular, the rise of capitalism and commercialism. His first, and arguably his most famous feature “Perfumed Nightmare” already set the groundwork for these themes, earning him not only critical praise but also international acclaim, such as awards at the Berlin Film Festival. However, in the light of recent developments such as gentrification, “Perfumed Nightmare” has become more relevant than ever, as its satirical approach highlights the pitfalls behind a rapidly growing economy and a form of globalization growing detached from the cultural roots of a nation.
“Perfumed Nightmare” is streaming on Mubi
Throughout the feature, Tahimik follows a semi-documentary approach telling the story of his life and eventual disillusionment,...
“Perfumed Nightmare” is streaming on Mubi
Throughout the feature, Tahimik follows a semi-documentary approach telling the story of his life and eventual disillusionment,...
- 1/18/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
History isn't always pleasant to relive, whether professional or personal, and The Right Stuff Season 1 Episode 4 nailed that idea.
While China and Russia were running rings around the US space program in the '50s, the US ultimately turned to Nazi Wernher von Braun to get them to the next step.
Them. Us. Them is us. The Americans recruited a Nazi, who built missiles that Germany used against Britain and other countries during World War II.
That's not very pleasant to think about, but it's 2020 now, and people who do terrible things often get a pass, so why not a Nazi in the '50s, right?
As this is a Disney endeavor, I don't know that they'll reveal much more than a few pointed comments about von Braun getting called Nazi. And, since von Braun is dead, we can't really ask him how it went down. Did he feel...
While China and Russia were running rings around the US space program in the '50s, the US ultimately turned to Nazi Wernher von Braun to get them to the next step.
Them. Us. Them is us. The Americans recruited a Nazi, who built missiles that Germany used against Britain and other countries during World War II.
That's not very pleasant to think about, but it's 2020 now, and people who do terrible things often get a pass, so why not a Nazi in the '50s, right?
As this is a Disney endeavor, I don't know that they'll reveal much more than a few pointed comments about von Braun getting called Nazi. And, since von Braun is dead, we can't really ask him how it went down. Did he feel...
- 10/23/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
“Hunters,” the new Amazon Prime series about vigilante Nazi hunters in the 1970s, is an example of historical fiction: meaning it’s not a true story, but it uses real historical events as a backdrop. So, for example, midway through the first season there’s a citywide blackout in New York — this was a real thing that happened in 1997, but in the show it had a different cause.
“Hunters” is full of things like that, taking real bits of history and recontextualizing them for the story being told. That blackout, for one, is part of a Nazi plan in the show, rather than just being an accident like it was in real life. And, of course, another example of such a thing is the United States government sweeping up a bunch of prominent Nazis after World War II and giving them important jobs in America.
Though so far as the...
“Hunters” is full of things like that, taking real bits of history and recontextualizing them for the story being told. That blackout, for one, is part of a Nazi plan in the show, rather than just being an accident like it was in real life. And, of course, another example of such a thing is the United States government sweeping up a bunch of prominent Nazis after World War II and giving them important jobs in America.
Though so far as the...
- 4/3/2020
- by Ross A. Lincoln and Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Don Kaye Feb 24, 2020
While many of the Nazis in Hunters are fictionalized, at least one actual historical figure makes an appearance in the show.
The following contains spoilers for Hunters.
In the new Amazon Prime series Hunters, Al Pacino and Logan Lerman lead an underground team of assassins and investigators on the trail of Nazis living, working, and plotting in the United States circa 1977. While many of the show’s Nazi villains -- played by great actors such as Dylan Baker and Lena Olin -- are fictional creations, in episode 8 (“The Jewish Question”) of the 10-part series we are introduced to a real-life German figure out of history: Wernher von Braun.
Played here by veteran TV actor Victor Slezak, von Braun was a leading -- if not the leading -- aerospace engineer for Nazi Germany’s rocket development program during the heyday of the Third Reich. Following the Allied victory over Germany,...
While many of the Nazis in Hunters are fictionalized, at least one actual historical figure makes an appearance in the show.
The following contains spoilers for Hunters.
In the new Amazon Prime series Hunters, Al Pacino and Logan Lerman lead an underground team of assassins and investigators on the trail of Nazis living, working, and plotting in the United States circa 1977. While many of the show’s Nazi villains -- played by great actors such as Dylan Baker and Lena Olin -- are fictional creations, in episode 8 (“The Jewish Question”) of the 10-part series we are introduced to a real-life German figure out of history: Wernher von Braun.
Played here by veteran TV actor Victor Slezak, von Braun was a leading -- if not the leading -- aerospace engineer for Nazi Germany’s rocket development program during the heyday of the Third Reich. Following the Allied victory over Germany,...
- 2/24/2020
- Den of Geek
How do you document a film with film? How is it possible to use the technology of writing with movement to incorporate everything on a film strip, and everything that surrounds it? Director John Torres’ “People Power Bombshell: The Diary of Vietnam Rose” is a film that attempts to accomplish this mission.
According to the director’s statement, he found the footage of “Diary of Vietnam Rose” under the bed of a former Filipino sex icon. The film was shot by the “self-professed Messiah of Philippine Cinema” Celso Ad Castillo. Castillo was shooting the film when Oliver Stone was finishing “Platoon” on the same island. The consultant in Stone’s film, Richard Boyle, also had a part in “Vietnam Rose”. Meanwhile, on the main island, the People Power movement has already started. Marcos and his gangs were ousted. A democracy was reborn.
“People Power Bombshell: Vietnam Rose Diary” is screening...
According to the director’s statement, he found the footage of “Diary of Vietnam Rose” under the bed of a former Filipino sex icon. The film was shot by the “self-professed Messiah of Philippine Cinema” Celso Ad Castillo. Castillo was shooting the film when Oliver Stone was finishing “Platoon” on the same island. The consultant in Stone’s film, Richard Boyle, also had a part in “Vietnam Rose”. Meanwhile, on the main island, the People Power movement has already started. Marcos and his gangs were ousted. A democracy was reborn.
“People Power Bombshell: Vietnam Rose Diary” is screening...
- 12/16/2019
- by I-Lin Liu
- AsianMoviePulse
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the first three episodes of “For All Mankind,” streaming now on Apple TV Plus.
When Ronald D. Moore was five years old, he looked up at the moon and asked his mom, “Why can’t I see the astronauts up there?”
Moore recalls being whisked into his family living room with his young brother and sitting transfixed in front of the black-and-white TV, as Neil Armstrong took his one small step.
2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, which makes Moore’s latest space-based adventure, Apple TV Plus’ “For All Mankind,” even more timely. The new drama centers on the question of how Nasa would have reacted if the Soviet Union had put a man on the moon first?
Moore says he was approached directly by Apple TV Plus co-chief Zack Van Amburg about making a project...
When Ronald D. Moore was five years old, he looked up at the moon and asked his mom, “Why can’t I see the astronauts up there?”
Moore recalls being whisked into his family living room with his young brother and sitting transfixed in front of the black-and-white TV, as Neil Armstrong took his one small step.
2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, which makes Moore’s latest space-based adventure, Apple TV Plus’ “For All Mankind,” even more timely. The new drama centers on the question of how Nasa would have reacted if the Soviet Union had put a man on the moon first?
Moore says he was approached directly by Apple TV Plus co-chief Zack Van Amburg about making a project...
- 11/1/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Jim Dandy Oct 25, 2019
We talk to the creators behind the next entry in the Batman: White Knight universe, Von Freeze
Klaus Janson is a legend in comics. He’s so big that he’s best known for seven different things - he’s the guy who co-created Micro in The Punisher; or the one who drew “Gothic,” one of Grant Morrison’s first and moodiest Batman stories; or the comics storytelling professor at Sva; or the guy who finished Frank Miller’s pencils on Daredevil and The Dark Knight Returns. But on everything he does, his art is immediately distinct: it’s moody and heavy in a way very few new comic artists can successfully accomplish.
One of the few who can pull it off is Sean Murphy. Murphy, who rose to fame working Morrison on Joe the Barbarian, then took off working with Scott Snyder on American Vampire, and...
We talk to the creators behind the next entry in the Batman: White Knight universe, Von Freeze
Klaus Janson is a legend in comics. He’s so big that he’s best known for seven different things - he’s the guy who co-created Micro in The Punisher; or the one who drew “Gothic,” one of Grant Morrison’s first and moodiest Batman stories; or the comics storytelling professor at Sva; or the guy who finished Frank Miller’s pencils on Daredevil and The Dark Knight Returns. But on everything he does, his art is immediately distinct: it’s moody and heavy in a way very few new comic artists can successfully accomplish.
One of the few who can pull it off is Sean Murphy. Murphy, who rose to fame working Morrison on Joe the Barbarian, then took off working with Scott Snyder on American Vampire, and...
- 10/25/2019
- Den of Geek
This unsettling documentary focuses on an engineer from Nazi Germany who was a key player in America’s lunar programme
This considered documentary blends archive, original interviews and reconstruction to track down an ugly, sticky thread from the great tapestry of self-congratulation that is forming around the 50-year anniversary of the first moon landing. Where a number of recent documentaries and dramatic features celebrate, however justly, the bravery, vision and scientific achievement of the Apollo 11 mission, writer-director Johnny Gogan’s collaboration with co-writer Nick Snow is a reminder that it was thanks to contributions from scientists smuggled out of Nazi Germany after the second world war that the Americans beat the Russians to the moon.
In particular, this zeroes in on the story of Arthur Rudolph, who is played in flashbacks with enticing ambiguity by Jim Norton. Rudolph, an engineer, joined the Nazi party in 1931 and worked directly under the...
This considered documentary blends archive, original interviews and reconstruction to track down an ugly, sticky thread from the great tapestry of self-congratulation that is forming around the 50-year anniversary of the first moon landing. Where a number of recent documentaries and dramatic features celebrate, however justly, the bravery, vision and scientific achievement of the Apollo 11 mission, writer-director Johnny Gogan’s collaboration with co-writer Nick Snow is a reminder that it was thanks to contributions from scientists smuggled out of Nazi Germany after the second world war that the Americans beat the Russians to the moon.
In particular, this zeroes in on the story of Arthur Rudolph, who is played in flashbacks with enticing ambiguity by Jim Norton. Rudolph, an engineer, joined the Nazi party in 1931 and worked directly under the...
- 7/4/2019
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
It's all becoming clear now.
The U.S. Air Force's investigation into UFOs isn't so much about them learning about alien life as it is about winning the space race against the Soviets.
On Project Blue Book Season 1 Episode 4, Hynek and Quinn stepped deeper into that conspiracy with Quinn even breaking the rules to try to find out the truth!
Quinn is a man that doesn't like to be told no. He's also a guy who doesn't like to be lied to.
When he and Hynek were denied entry into the military base, he knew something wasn't right.
Related: Project Blue Book Season 1 Episode 3 Review: The Lubbock Lights
Getting suspended just tipped the scales towards a cover-up, but I don't think he expected to find what he and Hynek did when they went back to the base under cover of night.
Finding odd pre-spacesuits was one thing, but finding an...
The U.S. Air Force's investigation into UFOs isn't so much about them learning about alien life as it is about winning the space race against the Soviets.
On Project Blue Book Season 1 Episode 4, Hynek and Quinn stepped deeper into that conspiracy with Quinn even breaking the rules to try to find out the truth!
Quinn is a man that doesn't like to be told no. He's also a guy who doesn't like to be lied to.
When he and Hynek were denied entry into the military base, he knew something wasn't right.
Related: Project Blue Book Season 1 Episode 3 Review: The Lubbock Lights
Getting suspended just tipped the scales towards a cover-up, but I don't think he expected to find what he and Hynek did when they went back to the base under cover of night.
Finding odd pre-spacesuits was one thing, but finding an...
- 1/30/2019
- by Lisa Babick
- TVfanatic
How do you document a film with film? How is it possible to use the technology of writing with movement to incorporate everything on a film strip, and everything that surrounds it? Director John Torres’ “People Power Bombshell: The Diary of Vietnam Rose” is a film that attempts to accomplish this mission.
According to the director’s statement, he found the footage of “Diary of Vietnam Rose” under the bed of a former Filipino sex icon. The film was shot by the “self-professed Messiah of Philippine Cinema” Celso Ad Castillo. Castillo was shooting the film when Oliver Stone was finishing “Platoon” on the same island. The consultant in Stone’s film, Richard Boyle, also had a part in “Vietnam Rose”. Meanwhile, on the main island, the People Power movement has already started. Marcos and his gangs were ousted. A democracy was reborn.
“People Power Bombshell: Vietnam Rose Diary” is screening...
According to the director’s statement, he found the footage of “Diary of Vietnam Rose” under the bed of a former Filipino sex icon. The film was shot by the “self-professed Messiah of Philippine Cinema” Celso Ad Castillo. Castillo was shooting the film when Oliver Stone was finishing “Platoon” on the same island. The consultant in Stone’s film, Richard Boyle, also had a part in “Vietnam Rose”. Meanwhile, on the main island, the People Power movement has already started. Marcos and his gangs were ousted. A democracy was reborn.
“People Power Bombshell: Vietnam Rose Diary” is screening...
- 9/27/2018
- by I-Lin Liu
- AsianMoviePulse
When Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” opened in April 1968, few in the audience understood it, though most would never admit it. All they knew was they had just seen something like they had never seen before.
The Cannes Film Festival will celebrate the 50th anniversary of “2001: A Space Odyssey” with the world premiere of an unrestored 70mm print, introduced by Christopher Nolan, May 12.
Filmmaker James Cameron was no different. At age 14, he took the film in at the Castle Theatre in Toronto — where, as in many cities, it played continuously for two years. “The word used to describe it was ‘mindblowing,’” he recalls. “It was like no cinematic journey like I’d ever seen before.”
Kubrick’s space epic hurled science fiction films far beyond the edges of the galaxy that they had inhabited up to that time. It brought a massive shift in sci-fi storytelling, as...
The Cannes Film Festival will celebrate the 50th anniversary of “2001: A Space Odyssey” with the world premiere of an unrestored 70mm print, introduced by Christopher Nolan, May 12.
Filmmaker James Cameron was no different. At age 14, he took the film in at the Castle Theatre in Toronto — where, as in many cities, it played continuously for two years. “The word used to describe it was ‘mindblowing,’” he recalls. “It was like no cinematic journey like I’d ever seen before.”
Kubrick’s space epic hurled science fiction films far beyond the edges of the galaxy that they had inhabited up to that time. It brought a massive shift in sci-fi storytelling, as...
- 5/11/2018
- by Matt Hurwitz
- Variety Film + TV
This week Ancient Aliens: Declassified takes a look at whether much of the rapid technological development that took place in the 20th century was down to alien help. Ancient astronaut theorists believe that extraterrestrials had contact with humans in the distant or recent past and provided valuable information on their technologies. They point to the fact that human technology has advanced more since the start of the 20th century than in the thousands of years that preceded it. One famous example they cite is the work done by the Nazis’ star aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. He worked on their advanced weapons...read more...
- 6/23/2017
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Megan Fox decided to move from Los Angeles after being told to do so by her unborn baby.
The 30-year-old star is expecting her third child with husband Brian Austin Green later this year (16). Megan and Brian currently live in La with their two sons Noah, three, and two-year-old Bodhi, but will be relocating in the near future after the actress received a message from her bump.
"You don’t hear an audible voice, but you hear messages, if you’re open to it," Megan explained during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday (31May16). "For instance, this baby wanted me to live somewhere else so we’re moving to a whole different place in Los Angeles because I feel like that’s where this baby wants to be raised."
Megan didn't go into further detail about where she will be moving to, however she said another message she...
The 30-year-old star is expecting her third child with husband Brian Austin Green later this year (16). Megan and Brian currently live in La with their two sons Noah, three, and two-year-old Bodhi, but will be relocating in the near future after the actress received a message from her bump.
"You don’t hear an audible voice, but you hear messages, if you’re open to it," Megan explained during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday (31May16). "For instance, this baby wanted me to live somewhere else so we’re moving to a whole different place in Los Angeles because I feel like that’s where this baby wants to be raised."
Megan didn't go into further detail about where she will be moving to, however she said another message she...
- 6/1/2016
- GossipCenter
The current headquarters of the Fetus Rights Movement is in Megan Fox's belly. She was on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" last night to promote "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows" and they got into the topic of her pregnancy. She has two sons, age 3 and 2, and a third child on the way with husband Brian Austin Green.
The entire family is apparently moving to a new home in the L.A. area, thanks to the powers of Megan's super-genius unborn baby. That's the scoop she shared when explaining to Jimmy how her baby communicates with her from the inside.
Megan Fox: "You don't hear an audible voice, but I feel like you receive messages from the child if you're open to it."
Messages like "Get me a pizza?" Jimmy asked.
Megan: "No, things like, for instance, this baby wanted me to live somewhere else. So we're moving...
The entire family is apparently moving to a new home in the L.A. area, thanks to the powers of Megan's super-genius unborn baby. That's the scoop she shared when explaining to Jimmy how her baby communicates with her from the inside.
Megan Fox: "You don't hear an audible voice, but I feel like you receive messages from the child if you're open to it."
Messages like "Get me a pizza?" Jimmy asked.
Megan: "No, things like, for instance, this baby wanted me to live somewhere else. So we're moving...
- 6/1/2016
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
"So much space, so little time." As always, it's nice to come across a short film that puts you in a good mood by the end. Boldly Gone is a short written & directed by Mark Buchanan that has been playing on the film festival circuit most of last year. It's finally online in full (running time of 12 minutes) for free and it's worth watching if you've ever built your own rocket from scratch (I remember building one in middle school and at Cub Scouts back when). The film is about two estranged brothers who try to figure out how to launch a rocket with their father's ashes into space. It reminds me of October Sky, with Jake Gyllenhaal as Homer Hickam, who builds his own model rockets while Wernher von Braun is working on the Apollo program. Description from Vimeo: Boldly Gone is the tale of two estranged brothers who...
- 2/4/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Jonathan Nolan is one of the most in-demand screenwriters in Hollywood today. His first four screenplays, which he co-wrote with brother Christopher Nolan, are among the top #100 most-loved films according to the Internet Movie Database (The Prestige, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises and, now, Interstellar). You could even count a fifth title in that grouping if you include his story credit for Memento, for which he received an Oscar nomination.
Still, Nolan is not just a potent creative collaborator of one of the world’s biggest directors. He has branched off to become a creative force on the small screen, too. He created the hit CBS drama Person of Interest, which draws in around 10 million viewers a week, and is also hard at work on Westworld, an HBO sci-fi drama set to air later this year based on Michael Crichton’s novel. With an ensemble cast including Anthony Hopkins,...
Still, Nolan is not just a potent creative collaborator of one of the world’s biggest directors. He has branched off to become a creative force on the small screen, too. He created the hit CBS drama Person of Interest, which draws in around 10 million viewers a week, and is also hard at work on Westworld, an HBO sci-fi drama set to air later this year based on Michael Crichton’s novel. With an ensemble cast including Anthony Hopkins,...
- 4/1/2015
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Ocsar Wilde championed the notion that life imitates art. He believed the old saying “results not merely from life’s imitative instinct, but from the fact that the self-conscious aim of Life is to find expression, and that Art offers it certain beautiful forms through which it may realize that energy.” Wilde was a miraculous writer and thinker. But sometimes the classic Aristotelian worldview he opined against proves just as accurate. Sometimes art imitates life. To my disgust, such is the case with Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier film and the history of the United States. Kind of.
[*Spoilers for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Ed Brubaker's Captain America run to follow.]
If you’re reading this, you’ve likely seen it. Cap 2 made over 700 million dollars worldwide. It was a success commercially (still only fifth highest grossing of 2014), but more than that it was respected by critics for its political-thriller/espionage flare that set it squarely in our post-Patriot Act, drones at the ready,...
[*Spoilers for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Ed Brubaker's Captain America run to follow.]
If you’re reading this, you’ve likely seen it. Cap 2 made over 700 million dollars worldwide. It was a success commercially (still only fifth highest grossing of 2014), but more than that it was respected by critics for its political-thriller/espionage flare that set it squarely in our post-Patriot Act, drones at the ready,...
- 10/30/2014
- by Dan Black
- SoundOnSight
(Cbr) Spoiler Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the recently released film "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." Seen "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" yet? Still processing the outcome of the film -- which left S.H.I.E.L.D. in shambles after revealing the intelligence organization had long been infiltrated by Hydra, and Nick Fury off the grid and presumed dead? " Cbr News spoke with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to discuss why "The Winter Soldier" was the right place to introduce such steep change to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, plus get his take on the film's cameos and that "Stephen Strange" guy mentioned by Jasper Sitwell. Cbr News: Kevin, what was the motivator of making this movie the vehicle of such seismic change? Clearly, it'll have a huge impact on the movies going forward. Why was now the right time to shake things up in such a big way?...
- 4/7/2014
- by Albert Ching, Comic Book Resources
- Hitfix
Here at Moviefone, we think America's greatness should be celebrated all year long -- or, at the very least, for an extra week. That's why we're declaring March 31 - April 4 "America F@$& Yeah" week, with five days of patriotic interviews and features that honor America and the movies.
Captain America has been Marvel's flagship character since Joe Simon and Jack Kirby drew up the first issue in March of 1941, their star-spangled superhero punching Hitler in the face like some fever dream of Betsy Ross. Since his Silver Age revival in the 1960s (under Kirby and Stan Lee) Cap has been a man out of time, an unapologetically patriotic hero celebrated in the Vietnam/counterculture era, transcending the red, white, and blue uniform to become a universal icon.
As portrayed with surprising psychological depth by Chris Evans, our favorite frozen Capsicle has been thawed for a new generation of moviegoers, starting...
Captain America has been Marvel's flagship character since Joe Simon and Jack Kirby drew up the first issue in March of 1941, their star-spangled superhero punching Hitler in the face like some fever dream of Betsy Ross. Since his Silver Age revival in the 1960s (under Kirby and Stan Lee) Cap has been a man out of time, an unapologetically patriotic hero celebrated in the Vietnam/counterculture era, transcending the red, white, and blue uniform to become a universal icon.
As portrayed with surprising psychological depth by Chris Evans, our favorite frozen Capsicle has been thawed for a new generation of moviegoers, starting...
- 4/3/2014
- by Max Evry
- Moviefone
The ultimate punchline to the nuclear satire of "Dr. Strangelove"? As absurd as Stanley Kubrick's imaginative black comedy about World War III seemed when it opened 50 years ago this week (on January 29, 1964), it all turned out to be true.
Everything in the movie that the Pentagon said couldn't happen in real life -- from Air Force officers launching nuclear strikes without Presidential approval, to the Ussr being ready to respond with an automated doomsday system of its own -- actually could have happened. The safeguards really were as flimsy as Kubrick and his screenwriters imagined them to be. (Which begs the question: How safe are we now from a nuclear apocalypse?)
That's just one reason -- albeit the most chilling one -- that Kubrick's 50-year-old comedy holds up shockingly well today. But there are many other reasons that the aftershocks of "Dr. Strangelove" continue to have an impact.
The...
Everything in the movie that the Pentagon said couldn't happen in real life -- from Air Force officers launching nuclear strikes without Presidential approval, to the Ussr being ready to respond with an automated doomsday system of its own -- actually could have happened. The safeguards really were as flimsy as Kubrick and his screenwriters imagined them to be. (Which begs the question: How safe are we now from a nuclear apocalypse?)
That's just one reason -- albeit the most chilling one -- that Kubrick's 50-year-old comedy holds up shockingly well today. But there are many other reasons that the aftershocks of "Dr. Strangelove" continue to have an impact.
The...
- 1/29/2014
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
11th and 18th September
Jack here; I’ve bashed two weeks of my contributions to Mark’s stuff for the week of the 11th, because a) I’m behind on my writing and b) I’m not sure how to get caught up otherwise. Bit of a mishmash then, but I’m sure you can handle it, intelligent and tolerant reader.
Mark
It’s tie-in central at Marvel this week as X-Men #5 (w/Brian Wood, a/David Lopez) continues Battle of the Atom with a brevity and economy that Brian Bendis should take note of if he wants to make his lion’s share of the chapters anywhere near as compelling or characterful. Wood and Lopez deliver a solid chapter that allows almost every member of the exponentially growing cast to shine while doing a stellar job of keeping the utterly ludicrous plot seem almost grounded in some kind of reality.
Jack here; I’ve bashed two weeks of my contributions to Mark’s stuff for the week of the 11th, because a) I’m behind on my writing and b) I’m not sure how to get caught up otherwise. Bit of a mishmash then, but I’m sure you can handle it, intelligent and tolerant reader.
Mark
It’s tie-in central at Marvel this week as X-Men #5 (w/Brian Wood, a/David Lopez) continues Battle of the Atom with a brevity and economy that Brian Bendis should take note of if he wants to make his lion’s share of the chapters anywhere near as compelling or characterful. Wood and Lopez deliver a solid chapter that allows almost every member of the exponentially growing cast to shine while doing a stellar job of keeping the utterly ludicrous plot seem almost grounded in some kind of reality.
- 9/21/2013
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
This futuristic Nazi space movie takes off with some well-researched historical references, but soon veers off the rails into student improvisation
Entertainment grade: D
History grade: Fail
The Soviet and American space programmes of the mid-20th century had their roots in German rocket research of the 1930s, which was partly carried out under the Nazi regime.
Technology
Eagle-eyed readers will notice that Iron Sky is not technically history. It's set in 2018, a date currently in the future. Furthermore, this is a future in which the Nazis, after losing the second world war, escaped to the moon, whence they are now returning in flying saucers to conquer Earth. On the face of it, this film wouldn't appear to concern itself too much with historical accuracy. On the other hand, it does have a tenuous factual basis. Late in the second world war, German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun considered that...
Entertainment grade: D
History grade: Fail
The Soviet and American space programmes of the mid-20th century had their roots in German rocket research of the 1930s, which was partly carried out under the Nazi regime.
Technology
Eagle-eyed readers will notice that Iron Sky is not technically history. It's set in 2018, a date currently in the future. Furthermore, this is a future in which the Nazis, after losing the second world war, escaped to the moon, whence they are now returning in flying saucers to conquer Earth. On the face of it, this film wouldn't appear to concern itself too much with historical accuracy. On the other hand, it does have a tenuous factual basis. Late in the second world war, German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun considered that...
- 5/24/2012
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
We at Mubi think that celebrating the films of 2010 should be a celebration of film viewing in 2010. Since all film and video is "old" one way or another, we present Out of a Past, a small (re-) collection of some of our favorite of 2010's retrospective viewings.
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This is a list of older movies I saw for the first time in 2010—not necessarily the best, but the ones that gave me the greatest sense of discovery. It’s a sad commentary on contemporary film culture that only five of the twelve films I mention are available on Netflix.
Routine Pleasures (Jean-Pierre Gorin, USA, 1986)
An essay film from the Godard’s former collaborator during his leftist Dziga Vertov Group days. The movie begins as a documentary about a group of model train enthusiasts in San Diego who have constructed an elaborate imaginary world with enormous and minutely detailed landscapes and a...
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This is a list of older movies I saw for the first time in 2010—not necessarily the best, but the ones that gave me the greatest sense of discovery. It’s a sad commentary on contemporary film culture that only five of the twelve films I mention are available on Netflix.
Routine Pleasures (Jean-Pierre Gorin, USA, 1986)
An essay film from the Godard’s former collaborator during his leftist Dziga Vertov Group days. The movie begins as a documentary about a group of model train enthusiasts in San Diego who have constructed an elaborate imaginary world with enormous and minutely detailed landscapes and a...
- 1/5/2011
- MUBI
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