Star Wars 9: 5 Things We Hope To See (& 5 We Don’t)

Posted on May 12, 2019 by heisenberg29

As hard as it may be to believe, we’re now almost only half a year away from the release of the final main Star Wars film. The stakes are high for Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker – in terms of the story it tells, the resolution it provides, the financial success it provides Disney and Lucasfilm with, and so very much more. The film will most likely be the last time we see the original trilogy characters, including Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, and Lando Calrissian. It also may be the last time we see characters like Rey, Finn, and Kylo Ren, too – though that one is definitely less certain. We’ve trimmed the list down to a top five things we hope to see, and a top five things we definitely don’t. Here they are.

10 HOPE: A MORE UNIFIED RESISTANCE

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Oscars: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Wins Best Animated Feature

Posted on May 10, 2019 by heisenberg29

In a major validation for Sony and Marvel, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” has won the Academy Award for animated feature for Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.While accepting the award, Lord celebrated what the representation in the movie meant for many. “When we hear that somebody’s kid was watching the movie and turned to them and said, ‘He looks like me,’ or ‘They speak Spanish like us,’ we feel like we already won.”Sunday’s win capped a strong awards season run for the film, which won the top animated film honor at the Annies, Golden Globes, BAFTA and Producers Guild Awards. It’s one of the biggest awards to date for a title based on Marvel characters, along with “Big Hero 6,” which also won the animated feature trophy in 2015.“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” centers on 13-year-old Brooklynite Miles Morales, who becomes one of many Spider-Men, is rated PG and marketed toward families. Shameik Moore voiced Morales as an admirer of Spider-Man. The movie was specifically created to have a unique look that combined computer animation with traditional hand-drawn techniques.

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Green Book was simply wonderful in its portrayal of humanity

Posted on May 7, 2019 by heisenberg29

Green Book is a wonderful story of overcoming self-condemnation, and the resulting freedom it provides. As the film begins, Tony is locked in a prison of judgment and rejection, not from any conscious effort on his own but rather his circumstances and environment. As the self-assured and self-aware character of Dr. Shirley is introduced into Tony’s life, Tony embarks on a journey of self-discovery in which he is forced to confront his own preconceived notions which ultimately stem from his skewed view of himself. As Dr. Shirley helps Tony to see himself as a man beyond his own limiting thoughts, Tony is finally able to step into his true nature as friend to Dr. Shirley. Everywhere in this film we are reminded that people are complicated, but beyond these complications we are also reminded that everyone is the same, just looking for love and acceptance.

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Black Hole Photo Shows Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ Wasn’t So Far Off From the Real Thing

Posted on May 2, 2019 by heisenberg29

Back when Warner Bros released Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar,” the film’s scientific accuracy was championed by the cast and crew. Nolan wanted to ensure that “Interstellar” adhered as closely as possible to Real Science when it came to depicting wormholes and black holes, so he hired Caltech theoretical physicist Kip Thorne as an executive producer and scientific consultant on the movie. Thorne worked closely with the VFX team to nail the look of the film’s black hole, named Gargantua.

With the recent groundbreaking release of the first real black hole photo, it appears Thorne and the “Interstellar” team favorably predicted the the world’s first look at the space phenomena. Astronomers captured the first image of a real black hole and made the image public on April 10. Continue reading →

2019 Oscar Winners

Posted on February 26, 2019 by heisenberg29

At long last—and after a very rocky road—the 2019 Oscars have come to a close, and those of us who did not faint outright during that performance of “Shallow” made it to see Peter Farrelly’s Grenn Book take home the top prize of the night to go along with Mahershala Ali‘s Supporting Actor win and the film’s Original Screenplay victory. This wasn’t exactly a surprising result—this Best Picture race was insane and it was pretty much anyone’s game—but it does guarantee the Oscars 2019 discussion is, somehow, still not over. Green Book won its fair share of critical acclaim but also had plenty of detractors. While it’s not the worst reviewed option in the category—that would’ve been Bohemian Rhapsody, which actually led the night with four wins so, yeah—it definitely is gonna fuel many a hot take in the coming days and weeks.