Perhaps what’s most impressive—or, at least, most surprising—about House of Gucci is how it’s able to be at its best when it’s not trying to sympathize with its real-life personalities. Loosely based on the true story of the egocentric family…
Movie Review: All The Money In The World
The best parts of Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World are the ones that dive into the vast and empty void that comes with extreme wealth. The moments that explore a man who could hear coins falling out…
Kevin Spacey Recast In ‘All The Money In The World’
A mere two months before its release, All The Money in the World is having a major cast shakeup. According to Deadline, director Ridley Scott and producers Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas of Imperative Entertainment have decided to remove Kevin Spacey from…
Movie Review – Blade Runner 2049
Warning: Spoilers for Blade Runner: 2049 below. Blade Runner 2049 is, above all, a film of images. Bold. Brash. Breathtaking. Harrowing. The original 1982 Ridley Scott film set itself in a dystopian, retrofitted Los Angeles that was equal parts cyberpunk and lurid…
Fresh Eyes: Aliens
I’ve had a rather strange relationship with the Alien franchise. It’s taken me forever and a day to finally catch up on them (I watched the original only two years ago) and have essentially spent the last 21 years hearing…
Directors of Cinema- Episode 19: Ridley Scott
Welcome back and thank you for sticking around as this marks the long awaited return of Directors of Cinema, the podcast that highlights the careers of cinema’s most prominent directors. Each week, host Matthew Goudreau and a guest discuss selected works of…
Movie Review: Alien Covenant
There are effectively three films inside of Alien: Covenant, and each appeal to someone in it’s audience: A spiritual successor to Alien, a sequel to Prometheus, and a basic contemporary sci-fi horror movie. Each piece is successful on it’s own,…