PROMETHEUS (2012)
Numerous artists, from Ludwig van Beethoven to modernist composer Luigi Nono and Trappist monk Thomas Merton have found useful symbology in the legend of the great existential seeker Prometheus. Ridley...
View ArticleALFRED EAKER VS. THE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS: X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (2014)
For years, Trekkies have perpetrated the “odd-numbered curse” rumor that befell the original crew’s movies. According to this theory somehow, someway the odd numbered movies are mysteriously inferior...
View ArticleLIST CANDIDATE: FRANK (2014)
DIRECTED BY: Lenny Abrahamson FEATURING: Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy PLOT: A struggling young musician lands a gig as keyboardist in an experimental band led...
View ArticleALFRED EAKER VS. THE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS: ALIEN: COVENANT (2017)
Forty years after his superb 1977 début with The Duelists, Ridley Scott has proven, more often than not, to be an engaging filmmaker. At nearly 80 years of age, he remains a provocative dinosaur from...
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