Ryan Lambie Apr 26, 2017
To mark Alien Day, we look back at 2012's Prometheus, and wonder what lies ahead for the franchise in Alien: Covenant...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Prometheus and speculation about Alien: Covenant.
See related Why Alien: Isolation proves the Alien deserves another movie
Talk about melodramatic. Having stepped out of a Saturday afternoon IMAX screening of Prometheus in June 2012, your humble writer fell into a steep pit of gloom. A picture of a torn cinema ticket with the caption, “My broken heart” (or something to that effect) was posted on Twitter. A pub was visited; consolatory beers were imbibed.
A film that seemed to have so much promise going in - Ridley Scott’s form in the sci-fi genre, those fan-baiting trailers, complete with the hooting space owls from the old Alien promos - had largely evaporated by the time the end credits rolled. Prometheus...
To mark Alien Day, we look back at 2012's Prometheus, and wonder what lies ahead for the franchise in Alien: Covenant...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Prometheus and speculation about Alien: Covenant.
See related Why Alien: Isolation proves the Alien deserves another movie
Talk about melodramatic. Having stepped out of a Saturday afternoon IMAX screening of Prometheus in June 2012, your humble writer fell into a steep pit of gloom. A picture of a torn cinema ticket with the caption, “My broken heart” (or something to that effect) was posted on Twitter. A pub was visited; consolatory beers were imbibed.
A film that seemed to have so much promise going in - Ridley Scott’s form in the sci-fi genre, those fan-baiting trailers, complete with the hooting space owls from the old Alien promos - had largely evaporated by the time the end credits rolled. Prometheus...
- 4/25/2017
- Den of Geek
Lee Daniels’ forthcoming Fox drama Star is playing fast and furious with its casting.
Tyrese Gibson is joining the music-themed series as a recurring love interest for Queen Latifah’s quasi-matriarch Carlotta, TVLine has learned. Gibson’s character, Pastor Bobby Harris, presides over Carlotta’s warm congregation. A handsome ex-thug who has turned his life over to God, Bobby begins a relationship with Carlotta. Their romance will be challenged on many fronts and which will ultimately create a crisis of faith for them both.
RelatedEmpire‘s Naomi Campbell to Recur on Lee Daniels’ Midseason Fox Drama Star
Gibson confirmed the...
Tyrese Gibson is joining the music-themed series as a recurring love interest for Queen Latifah’s quasi-matriarch Carlotta, TVLine has learned. Gibson’s character, Pastor Bobby Harris, presides over Carlotta’s warm congregation. A handsome ex-thug who has turned his life over to God, Bobby begins a relationship with Carlotta. Their romance will be challenged on many fronts and which will ultimately create a crisis of faith for them both.
RelatedEmpire‘s Naomi Campbell to Recur on Lee Daniels’ Midseason Fox Drama Star
Gibson confirmed the...
- 10/7/2016
- TVLine.com
What we can learn from John Singleton’s feature debut 25 years after its historic release.Columbia Pictures
Twenty-five years ago today the film Boyz n the Hood was released into American theaters to critical and commercial success. Written and directed by John Singleton, then a 23-year-old first-time filmmaker freshly graduated from USC film school, this devastatingly powerful drama chronicles the struggles of black life against a backdrop of urban violence and racial inequality in South Central Los Angeles. The success of Boyz ushered in a new wave of black American cinema, featuring superior performances by Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett, and launching the careers of Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube, Nia Long, and Regina King. A quarter century since its momentous debut, Boyz prevails as a reminder of the importance of supporting new and diverse filmmakers in telling their unique and oftentimes personal stories.
Boyz’ deeply moving tale about three friends — Tre, Ricky...
Twenty-five years ago today the film Boyz n the Hood was released into American theaters to critical and commercial success. Written and directed by John Singleton, then a 23-year-old first-time filmmaker freshly graduated from USC film school, this devastatingly powerful drama chronicles the struggles of black life against a backdrop of urban violence and racial inequality in South Central Los Angeles. The success of Boyz ushered in a new wave of black American cinema, featuring superior performances by Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett, and launching the careers of Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube, Nia Long, and Regina King. A quarter century since its momentous debut, Boyz prevails as a reminder of the importance of supporting new and diverse filmmakers in telling their unique and oftentimes personal stories.
Boyz’ deeply moving tale about three friends — Tre, Ricky...
- 7/12/2016
- by Paola Mardo
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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