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The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

13 Nov Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

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Reflective Engagement I normally write about folding; the most obvious is when a film contains a film or play, but there are a bewildering number of types. The most interesting of these to me is when the film ‘folds’ the watcher in, in some way. The...

Published November 13, 2022

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The Great Wall (2016)

1700 years to build. 5500 miles long. What were they trying to keep out?

Filmmaker(s): Zhang Yimou

Fantasy

European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

06 Nov The Great Wall (2016)

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Jump! I am an admirer of this filmmaker, and he does better when he gets closer to a single soul or small collection of them. But for large projects he seems to be able to understand how to group extras and their CG equivalent for...

Published November 6, 2022

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Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

The saga will end. The story lives forever.

Filmmaker(s): J.J. Abrams

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

26 Oct Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

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Folded Vision, Urges and Space Reflective Engagement I normally write about folding; the most obvious is when a film contains a film or play, but there are a bewildering number of types. The most interesting of these to me is when the film 'folds' the watcher in,...

Published October 26, 2022

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Okja (2017)

Filmmaker(s): Bong Joon-ho

Drama

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

09 Oct Okja (2017)

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All Rind I differentiate between storyteller/filmmakers and the story itself. It isn't such a clean break as this of course; the narrative contract inveigles. But the distinction is useful here. He has a scope that he is interested in which could be described as: navigating the pull...

Published October 9, 2022

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Free Solo (2018)

Live beyond fear.

Filmmaker(s): Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

Documentary

Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

09 Oct Free Solo (2018)

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Needy Films are stories. When the story is in the real world, a different set of narrative engineering principles come in to play. A default is that somehow the filmmaker and crew present their own story of the quest for what we separately see. But there is...

Published October 9, 2022

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The Equalizer (2014)

What do you see when you look at me?

Filmmaker(s): Antoine Fuqua

Thriller

Crime

McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

30 Sep The Equalizer (2014)

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Tattoo Signals Standard fare: good guy is endowed with superhuman killing capability, presumably used in the past for what the Agency thought was good. In simple retirement, he is drawn by his sheer goodness into massive, efficient elimination of the bad guys. There isn’t much...

Published September 30, 2022

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Mifune The Last Samurai (2015)

A documentary about Toshirō Mifune

Filmmaker(s): Steven Okazaki

Documentary

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

22 Sep Mifune The Last Samurai (2015)

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Cut Vision is the strangest thing. If we see too much of something we believe it less. Stories are like this; the things that are left out can carry the agency more powerfully, and often the missing is referenced by the obvious. I like filmmakers that understand...

Published September 22, 2022

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Goldstone (2016)

Where worlds collide.

Filmmaker(s): Ivan Sen

Crime

Thriller

Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple investigation unearths an intricate web of crime, corruption, human trafficking, and coordinated exploitation of indigenous people’s land. Jay must bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.

21 Sep Goldstone (2016)

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Less Lessons The shape of this is ordinary. The forces at work are familiar: big company, coopted locals, indigenous victims. It happens to be well crafted, so is better in quality than most. But it has two features that endear it, at least to me. It has...

Published September 21, 2022

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Iron Man 3 (2013)

Unleash the power behind the armor.

Filmmaker(s): Shane Black