Nolan bends the historical record a tad by having Oppenheimer take Teller’s calculations which suggest that possibility to Einstein – he showed them to someone else, but Nolan can’t resist the idea of Oppenheimer, for all his bravura as the next generational chieftain, running back to daddy ...
and cheering broke out.There were grown men, myself included, on their feet making punching gestures as Ripley whomped the acid-veined snarler about like a daddy longlegs. When she banishes her into the unforgiving vacuum of space, there was a HUGE cheer and much scrabbling for matches. Ah...
Add in an incredible shorts program featuring new work from “The Square” director Nash Edgerton (“Bear”), “Catfish” duo Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (“A Brief History of John Baldessari”) and “Daddy Longlegs” directors Benny and Josh Safdie (“The Black Balloon”) and you’ll...
Daddy Longlegs (2009) Speaking of the Safdie brothers, the first film Ronald Bronstein worked on with them is this comedy-drama about a divorced father of two (played by Bronstein) who tries to care for his sons even though he has an irresponsible streak in him. His sons go out and ...
as I sat watching the film from my favorite seat in my local cinema I could feel my heart pound like a jack hammer, my legs tapping with excitment and my mouth in the smile position right the way throughout as the nostalgia and the film’s energy swept over me like a ghost ...
The latest from acclaimed sibling directors Josh and Benny Safdie (‘Daddy Longlegs’) blends fiction, formalism and raw documentary as it follows a young heroin addict who finds mad love in the streets of New York. Cast: Arielle Holmes, Caleb Landry Jones, Buddy Duress, Necro ‘The Last ...
Longlegs Nosferatu The Substance Wicked Best Visual Effects Alien: Romulus Dune: Part Two Megalopolis Poor Things Wicked Best Soundtrack Deadpool & Wolverine Drive-Away Dolls My Spy: The Eternal City Red One Y2K Best Song “Huele a Fraude” OHYUNG & STEFA*Problemista ...
experience that’s important in House of Wax, both in the violent fight in the opening scene (some work by a stunt double notwithstanding) and later when he cunningly offers a visual miscue by portraying the lurking killer who chases Sue as twisted, stalking her with buckled legs and odd ...
2024 ★½ 15 Beneath the Planet of the Apes 1970 ★★ 15 Wonka 2023 ★★★½ 15 Daddy Longlegs 2009 ★★★½ 14 Fallen Angels 1995 ★★★ 14 CODA 2021 ★★★½ 13 Mad Max 2 1981 ★★★ 12 Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024 ★★★ 11 Dungeons...
The following is a list of the films, or movies, that I've scored on this, or on a previous, blog. The score indicates my overall opinion about or assessment of a film, and the scores are therefore not always based on a full written review. I give every