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Film ini dirilis pada 15 Mei 2015 di Amerika Serikat yang mengususng genre fiction-adventure.
Uniknya, film ini merupakan kolaborasi antara sineas Amerika dengan Australia.
Tak hanya ini, sejumlah aktor dan aktris papan atas ikut terlibat dalam film ini.
Mereka antara lain, Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoe Kravitz, Abbey Lee, dan Courtney Eaton.
Digarap oleh George Miller sebagai sutradara, dan ditulis oleh Nico Lathouris, Brendan McCarthy, George Miller berhasil menghidupkan film.
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1. Best Achievement in Film Editing : Margaret Sixel
2. Best Achievement in Costume Design: Jenny Beavan
tirto.id - Mad Max: Fury Road , film tentang pengejaran buronan dan penguasa di padang pasir akan tayang di Bioskop Trans TV pada Selasa (19/3/19) pukul 21.30 WIB. Film ini mengisahkan kondisi dunia telah hancur oleh serangan nuklir dan menyisakan padang pasir. Kemanusiaan menjadi hal yang sangat langka. Setiap orang harus bertahan hidup dengan kekuatannya sendiri. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), salah satu orang yang selamat dari bencana, ditangkap sekelompok tentara War Boy yang terkenal kejam yang dipimpin Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne). Max dibawa ke penjara. Di dalam penjara, Max dipaksa mendonorkan darahnya kepada salah satu War Boy yang sakit bernama Nux (Nicholas Hoult). Nux harus selalu mendapat asupan darah agar bisa bertahan hidup. Joe hidup bersama lima istrinya yang direncanakan untuk mengandung anaknya. Pada suatu hari, Joe menugaskan Imperator Feriosa (Charlize Theron) untuk mengumpulkan bahan bakar menggunakan truk lapis baja dan alat bor. Feriosa merupakan salah satu letnan perempuan di pasukan Joe. Saat Feriosa sedang menjalankan tugas, Joe baru sadar kelima istrinya hilang. Diketahui kemudian istri-istrinya sedang berusaha kabur bersama Fariosa yang meyakini ada kehidupan yang lebih baik dari sekadar padang pasir tandus. Joe mengejar Fariosa bersama pasukannya. Nux bergabung dalam pengejaran bersama Max di sampingnya sebab Max tetap harus mendonorkan darahnya. Film karya sutradara George Miller serta penulis Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris dan George Miller ini tayang perdana pada 15 Mei 2015. Mad Max: Fury Road diproduksi Warner Bros dengan durasi 120 menit. Selama penayangannya, Box Office Mojo mencatat pendapatan film ini lebih dari 378 juta dolar Amerika Serikat (AS), dengan 224 juta dolar AS di antaranya berasal dari penayangan secara internasional. Rotten Tomatoes memberi skor 97 persen untuk film ini. Sementara penonton memberi skor 85 persen. IMDb menilari rating Mad Max: Fury Road 8,1 dari 10. Trailer Mad Max: Fury Road bisa ditonton lewat video di bawah ini.
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Battle Los Angeles adalah film bergenre Action dan Sci-Fi yang dirilis pada 11 Maret 2011.
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Battle Los Angeles juga dibintangi oleh banyak aktor dan aktris papan atas seperti Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Raymond Rodriguez, hingga penyanyi Ne-Yo.
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Film Battle Los Angeles menceritakan tentang serangan alien di bumi.
Berawal dari Los Angeles, Amerika Serikat, pada tanggal 12 Agustus 2011.
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Salah satu sersan yang bertugas, Sersan Nantz (Aaron Eckhart), harus memimpin kelompok tentaranya untuk menghentikan serangan tersebut dan mengalahkan para alien.
Captain Marvel has earned over $270 million domestic in ten days of release. This despite a deluge of folks who attempted to turn Brie Larson’s comments about wanting to see a more diverse group of movie journalists covering the movie into accusations that the movie wasn’t for white men and/or that white men wouldn’t be invited to early screenings. The $150m-budgeted flick has earned over $500m overseas in just under two weeks of global play. This, despite fabricated rumormongering concerning Disney and Marvel’s misgivings with the movie and with Brie Larson’s star performance. The Anna Boden/Ryan Fleck-directed sci-fi actioner may top $800 million worldwide as early as today. This despite coordinated attempts to review-bomb the film on various opt-in user polls at Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and IMDB.
It’s almost as if general moviegoers here and abroad merely saw Captain Marvel as another relatively well-reviewed MCU action fantasy, give or take increased interest due to it being the first solo female-led superhero movie in the franchise, and showed up with bells on. The pre-release attempts to stir up discontent were as effective with Captain Marvel as they were with Wonder Woman. That DC Films flick got it from all sides, with some folks complaining about women-only screenings at the Alamo Drafthouse theaters while others feigned horror over Wonder Woman being promoted via ThinkThin protein bars or over Gal Gadot’s armpits being digitally shaved in certain sequences. Cue a $103.5 million debut, a $412.5m domestic total and $821m worldwide on a $149m budget.
The blow-out success of the Brie Larson/Samuel L. Jackson/Reggie the Cat movie means yet again that the trolls had no effect on the film’s public reception. That means that, while they won’t stop shouting, we don’t necessarily have to give them a bullhorn or include them as serious elements of the critical narrative. What the Internet thinks about something, especially when it’s merely a handful of tweets or Facebook posts, isn’t indicative of the general moviegoing populace. If it were, Mad Max: Fury Road would have cleared $400 million global and Bohemian Rhapsody wouldn’t have been an Oscar-winning $878m-grossing smash. What this also means is that the folks over at Lucasfilm, especially Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams, can breathe a sigh of relief.
Today is March 19, meaning that we are exactly nine months (counting Thursday previews) from the domestic theatrical release of the still-untitled Star Wars: Episode IX. The J.J. Abrams-directed sequel has been a subject of much speculation, as is the case with every Star Wars movie since The Empire Strikes Back. Yes, it is allegedly the final movie in the Skywalker/Solo saga. With Harrison Ford’s Han Solo and Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker killed off and Carrie Fisher’s General Leia set to be written out one way or another due to the actress’ passing 2.25-years ago, the ninth “episode” in the franchise is also being seen as something of an answer as to whether the online discontent over Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi represented the general populace.
There are plenty of critics, pundits and consumers who didn’t like The Last Jedi for subjectively valid reasons, just as I didn’t care for The Force Awakens. But the sheer outpouring of online troll-driven criticism, much of it clouded in sexism and racism (along with an odd inability to accept the notion of Luke Skywalker as anything other than an idealized Jedi superhero) made it hard to discuss the film both for those who loved it and for those who, with no malice or ill-intent, did not. Star Wars XIII earned $620 million in North America from a $220m debut weekend and eventually earned $1.335 billion globally. It made almost as much domestically as Aquaman ($334m), Bumblebee ($125m) and Mary Poppins Returns ($171m) combined.
Yes, there was a 1/3 drop from The Force Awakens (about on par with the drop from Star Wars to Empire Strikes Back and from Phantom Menace to Attack of the Clones) here ($937 million) and worldwide ($2.058 billion). It was a tad frontloaded (2.8x) for a big Christmas release. But the notion that the film, which earned mostly rave pre-release reviews and an A from Cinemascore polling, was loathed by the general populace never made sense, even if you ignored the theory that some of the online discontent was spurred on by Russian trolls or bots. As George Lucas once said when defending The Phantom Menace, when people don’t want to see a sequel they don’t show up. Come what may, they showed up.
The 51% Rotten Tomatoes user score was used as evidence that audiences hated the deconstructionist picture, while the failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story (ironically a movie that, while being a solid three-star entertainment on its own, was closer to what the worst Last Jedi haters claimed to want from a Disney Star Wars flick) was seen as evidence of a post-The Last Jedi backlash. Maybe there was some issue with two Star Wars movies being released in six months, but I still maintain that Solo ($394 million worldwide) disappointed because audiences had no interest in seeing a “Young Han Solo” stand-alone movie. Either way, the reception of Captain Marvel despite online trolling and manufactured pre-release controversies is encouraging for Star Wars.
The success of Captain Marvel, which, come what may, still won’t make as much here or abroad as The Last Jedi (and probably Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at least in North America), shows that the online boycotts or attempts to stir up outrage and controversy have about as much effect as you’d expect. They didn’t stop Wonder Woman from being a hit, nor did (slight digression) the behind the scenes melodrama concerning Paramount/Viacom's World War Z six years ago didn’t stop that Brad Pitt zombie flick from earning $551 million worldwide. The online scuffles over Peter Rabbit’s scene where the anti-hero throws berries at a character with a food allergy didn’t stop that Sony movie from legging it past $100m from a $25m debut.
To the extent that anyone thought the online controversies over The Last Jedi would be reflected in the eventual box office reception of Episode IX, well, Captain Marvel is on its way to an over/under $1.1 billion global cume. This despite online umbrage arguing that Brie Larson was arguing for white genocide, that Disney was so displeased with the movie that they were heavily re-editing the next Avengers movie to cut around Carol Danvers and that they were considering recasting the role after Endgame. That doesn’t mean it’s the greatest movie ever made. I actually preferred Wonder Woman, Alita: Battle Angel and Atomic Blonde among recent female-led superhero or comic book actioners. But those who wanted to see it showed up and seemed to like it.
That’s presumably what will happen in December, assuming the last Star Wars movie works as IMAX-friendly crowd-pleasing event movie fare. Those who liked The Last Jedi and most of those who didn’t will show up to see how Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams wrap up the new trilogy. They’ll show up because it’s the last chapter in the Skywalker/Solo story, and because it’s still a Star Wars movie even in a world where big-scale action fantasy blockbusters are almost run-of-the-mill. They’ll show up because Frozen II is opening before Thanksgiving weekend while Wonder Woman 1984, Death on the Nile and James Bond 25 all moved to 2020, leaving only Star Wars: What Kind of Day Has It Been, Jumanji 3 and Cats. They’ll show up because it’s the big movie of the Christmas season.
Yes, the final Rey/Finn/Kylo adventure could take a dive even from The Last Jedi, showing mostly that The Force Awakens was buoyed by a one-time curiosity factor that wasn’t replicated (relatively speaking) with the next installments. Even a drop from Star Trek into Darkness (another allegedly loathed sequel that paying consumers mostly thought was some variation of “fine”) to Star Trek Beyond (from $228m domestic and $467m worldwide to $158m domestic and $338m worldwide) would see the film gross $430 million in North America (still bigger than any non-Star Wars earner ever in the August-to-December months) and $551m overseas for a $981m global cume. That’s arguably the worst-case-scenario. Anything better than that in terms of holds, and it still gets to $1 billion global.
Regular readers have seen some of these numbers before, as well as the oft-repeated fact that both prior “part II” Star Wars movies (The Empire Strikes Back and Attack of the Clones) dropped around 1/3 from “part I” only for the respective “part III” installments (Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith) to jump around 20% from that first sequel. A similar run would give Star Wars: Endgame around $745m domestic and $1.6 billion global. To be fair, moviegoing is very different than it was in 2005 let alone 1983. However, the strong showing of Captain Marvel is yet more evidence that the online discourse over the last Star Wars movie won’t mean much when it comes to the next Star Wars movie.
Star Wars: The Big Balloon Adventure may not top Jurassic World ($1.671 billion) worldwide and it may end 2019 behind Avengers: Endgame (along with, however unlikely, something like The Lion King or Frozen II), but there is little reason not to presume that the Daisy Ridley/John Boyega/Adam Driver/Carrie Fisher/Mark Hamill/Billy Dee Williams sci-fi finale won’t be an otherwise huge hit when it closes out the year and the franchise nine months from today. Captain Marvel proved that the online trolls don’t matter or at least don’t reflect a general consumer opinion of a given “big movie.” Folks wanted to see Captain Marvel so they did. They liked the movie just fine, so they told their friends. That’s how this stuff still works, and everything else is just an in-the-bubble distraction.
Ever since 2011’s Mortal Kombat, aka MK9, brought Freddy Krueger into the fight, NetherRealm Studios has been bringing surprising guests into their games. The first of their DC Comics fighting games, Injustice, had Scorpion from Mortal Kombat make the jump. Follow-up MKX had a bevy of guests, with Jason Voorhees, Alien, Predator, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Leatherface all throwing down. Most recently, Injustice 2 saw Sub-Zero and Raiden from MK, Hellboy, and all four of the Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles make an appearance. Clearly, having surprising but welcome crossovers is a priority for NetherRealm Studios and their parent company, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WB Games).
With the impending April release of Mortal Kombat 11, now is the perfect time to do some fun speculating about who could show up in the game. These are just my personal guesses, so do not take them as any sort of hint or rumor, but they are based mainly on license availability and brand compatibility.
Pennywise the Dancing Clown
Out of possible guest characters for MK11, everyone’s favorite murdering clown has my vote for Most Likely to Appear. Pennywise, from Stephen King’s novel It, is most known for his adaptation into the miniseries from 1990 starring Tim Curry, and later from the 2017 feature film. That version of the movie was a massive success, earning over $700 million on a $35 million budget. The sequel, following the stories of the survivors from the 2017 film as adults, will be released this year.
There are so many factors that make me think Pennywise has a great shot at being in the game. One, he’s a recognizable horror movie character, which previous games had in spades. Two, his last movie raked it in at the box office. Three, the sequel comes out this year. Four, and perhaps most importantly, the new It movies are made by Warner Bros. themselves. Of course they would want to promote their own brands within their own brands. On top of all of this, I think Pennywise would make a great character gameplay wise. They could do so much with the concept of a “demonic clown” in a game like Mortal Kombat. Again, this is mere speculation, but if I was a betting man, I would guess that Pennywise will show up at some point.
Spawn
Nothing screams “loveable edgy 90’s schlock” like Spawn. Created by Todd McFarlane, Spawn is a superhero who came back from the dead who likes to sulk a lot. There was a Spawn movie in 1997, and there is a new movie set to shoot in June, but after two decades of teasing a new movie, I’ll believe it when I see it.
The main reason why Spawn is on the list is because, in a Reddit AMA, McFarlane was asked if Spawn would be in MK11, to which he replied “I believe he’s on his way…” Spawn would be a great fit for the game, being a violent comic book character from the same era as Mortal Kombat, but I wouldn’t take McFarlane’s word as confirmation. Two decades of him saying the new Spawn movie is coming is proof of that. However, Spawn in Mortal Kombat feels similar to Hellboy in Injustice, and if McFarlane is willing, I don’t see why he couldn’t show up. It wouldn’t even be Spawn’s first time being a guest in a fighting game! Spawn would be a good fit in MK, so I do hope we see him show up.
Talion (or another Tolkien universe representative)
We are starting to get into “possible but unlikely” territory here. 2014’s Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and 2017’s Middle-earth: Shadow is War are action-adventure games set in the Tolkien Lord of the Rings universe. The games were hugely successful and published by, you guessed it, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
The games star Talion, a Ranger who lost his family, died, and was brought back to life because of fantasy shenanigans. The main factor here is that these games are Violent with a capital V. Talion beheads and maims orcs like they were paper. Seeing him perform a fatality would not be too shocking. However, Talion himself never gets murdered too gruesomely. Plus, Tolkien’s estate has been known to be a bit picky about what they sign the licensing rights to, although since Talion was created for the games, it could be that WB wouldn’t even need their permission. I wouldn’t bank on a Lord of the Rings universe character appearing, but it’s definitely within the (nether)realm of possibility.
Max Rockatansky (Mad Max)
In 2015, the greatest movie ever made, Mad Max: Fury Road, was released. Several months later, WB Games published Mad Max, an original open-world game starring the titular Max and his big, strong car. The game was met with overall positive reception and decent sales, although it didn’t light the world on fire.
I’m not too sure how likely it would be for Max or any other Mad Max character to show up. While the Mad Max movies are violent, they are not quite as splattery as Mortal Kombat. Still, WB Games owns the rights, and could throw Max into the fight if they thought it would be a good fit. If that were the case, I want one of his fatalities to occur off-screen like the scene in Fury Road when he murders the Bullet Farmer and all of his men and we see none of it. What an amazing movie.
Joker/Batman Who Laughs/Another DC character
We have had MK characters appear in Injustice, but we have yet to see DC characters appear in Mortal Kombat, and for good reason. When Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe released in 2008, this not-very-good fighting game had some very bad Fatalities and “Heroic Brutalities”. The violence in Mortal Kombat 11 would be out of place for most DC characters.
However, if they really wanted to, I think they could make a character like Joker work. While he doesn’t usually mulch his opponents like a Mortal Kombat character, Joker isn’t too far off. The relatively new character The Batman Who Laughs, meanwhile, is an alternate universe Batman who loves crime and murder. I could more easily see DC allowing this weird new character kill and get killed than their established roster, but it would still be a bit of a stretch.
Doom Marine (DOOM)
I wanted to add one video game guest character to this list, even though all of the past guests have been from comics and movies. The Doom Marine, aka Doomguy, is unique, in that he had both no personality and yet is a completely loveable character, as all he cares about is Ripping and/or Tearing.
Ed Boon, Mortal Kombat series director and known troll, was asked about Doom Marine appearing in MK11, to which he replied “Too violent 😉”. Boon is known to constantly tease fans with fake rumors, confirming and deconfirming characters regardless of accuracy, and just generally be an agent of chaos. So while DOOM is not in WB Games’ warehouse, if the companies came to an agreement, I think the Doom Marine could easily fit into Mortal Kombat, and would probably bring some gnarly fatalities with him.
There are numerous other possibilities for MK11 guest characters, though they tend to be much more unlikely. WB owns many franchises, including The Matrix and Harry Potter, though I doubt we would see them show up. John Wick is also a WB property, although he might not be too interesting in practice. There are also other iconic horror icons that could fit in the game, like Michael Myers and Chucky, but WB doesn’t own their rights, so their inclusion would be tricky. These are just some of my guesses, although I would have never predicted the Ninja Turtles would show up in Injustice 2, so here’s hoping Ed Boon and his team pull some amazing surprises.
Who do you think should be a guest in Mortal Kombat 11? Let us know in the comments and on Twitter!
When we talk about all-time geek franchises, Lord of the Rings has to rank pretty high on the list. J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic tale of Middle-earth inspired an entire genre and hundreds if not thousands of knock-offs, but the original will always be the best. After the wild success of Peter Jackson’s filmic adaptations, LOTR swung back into the wider public consciousness. And with that success obviously comes toys. Here are our picks for 11 Lord of the Rings toys any geek should pick up.
Super Poseable Frodo Figure
Why don’t we open up with the protagonist of the trilogy, young Frodo Baggins, who comes to his uncle’s birthday party not expecting to be shanghaied into a journey of world-shattering importance. This Toy Biz figure was laser-scanned from the actor in the films and then carefully sculpted with a huge amount of articulation, making him way more moveable than a standard figure. The little dude is armed and dangerous, ready to skulk his way up Mount Doom to trash that cursed ring.
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Gandalf The White Action Figure
When Gandalf apparently dies at the hands of the Balrog at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, it’s one of the most shocking moments in fantasy fiction. His heroic sacrifice allows the Fellowship to continue on their quest, but it also robs them of their most powerful ally. When he returns later on clad all in white as the first ever Super Saiyan (we’re only sort of kidding here), it’s a big deal. This 2003 figure depicts the mighty wizard in full glory, and has a lever-operated sword-swinging mechanism so you can fend off the hordes with ease.
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Gollum Action Figure
Twisted by the power of the One Ring into a covetous cave-dwelling creature, Gollum is one of the most iconic characters in the LOTR universe. This action figure from NECA is ridiculously detailed, duplicating the appearance of the little dude from the movies with strings of greasy hair and tattered loincloth. 25 points of articulation allow you to make him sneak and skulk around your toy shelf with ease. Sculpted at 1/4 scale, he stands ten inches when fully upright, but how often is that going to happen? My dude isn’t known for good posture.
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LEGO Tower Of Orthanc
One of the most impressive movie tie-in LEGO sets ever made, the Tower of Orthanc — the massive obsidian structure that loomed over Isengard under the rule of Saruman — translates remarkably well to construction toy form. When it’s completed, this puppy stands over two feet tall with six distinct floors and a ton of interactive features — folding staircases, trap doors and a light-up palantir at the top. It even comes with an assemblable Ent to lay siege to the place. It’s been discontinued, but you can still get it from aftermarket sellers.
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WETA Workshop Aragorn Figure
New Zealand’s WETA Workshop was founded in 1987 to create effects and props for Peter Jackson’s indie movies and has become one of the industry’s biggest powerhouses, contributing to flicks like Mad Max: Fury Road and Alita: Battle Angel. The company also handled all of the Lord of the Rings films, of course, and they also moved into the consumer market with a series of really neat figures from those movies. These aren’t action figures per se — no articulation — but they’re cool, stylized sculpts of some of the franchise’s biggest names. This Aragorn is a great example, ready to draw his sword and throw down on the dark hordes.
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Shelob Figure
There are lots of really dope villains in the Lord of the Rings franchise, as the Fellowship runs up against obstacles of all types as they rush to dump the Ring. One of the most notable is Shelob, the massive spider who lurks in the Mountains of Shadow near Cirith Ungol, spinning her webs to ensnare unwary travelers. When Gollum lures Frodo and Sam to her, he expects she’ll chow down on the hobbits and spit out the Ring so he can get it back, but naturally his plan goes awry. This is a badass figure of the she-spider that has more joints than you can count on both hands for serious pose control.
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Mattel Ken Legolas
One of the absolute weirdest cross-platform tie-ins we’ve ever seen, Barbie’s California hunk boyfriend Ken apparently decided to get in on the cosplay boom with this seriously dope Legolas outfit. Equipped with a realistic bow and quiver of arrows, Ken is on his way to Comic-Con to hook up with a Galadriel while Barbie is at the mall or whatever. Jokes aside, this is a pretty dope rendition of the Prince of Mirkwood that will occupy a place of honor on your toy shelf.
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Orc Archer Figure
As anybody who’s played through the Shadow of Mordor games knows, orcs are all over Middle-Earth in hundreds of permutations. And no LOTR toy collection is going to be complete without a few of them for your heroes to give the swordly smackdown to. Our pick for padding out your orc armies is this finely detailed orc archer, who stands six inches tall when fully erect but is more comfortable squatting. Cool accessories and a little goblin helper round out the package.
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Plush Sauron
If you want to cuddle up with the big bad of the Lord of the Rings series, we won’t judge you. Some people just dig the naughty boys. There are a remarkably large number of stuffed buddies modeled after the heroes and villains of Tolkien’s epic, but we decided to take the road less traveled and spotlight the Dark Lord of Mordor who attempted to dominate the world in the Third Age by corrupting elves, dwarves and men with the Rings of Power. He stands ten inches tall and is filled with sturdy stuffing so he can stand on his own two feet.
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Bilbo Baggins Action Figure
If you pick up the Gollum above, you might as well get a Bilbo to go with him. The protagonist of The Hobbit gets all of his adventuring in before the War of the Ring starts, but he’s the pivot that puts the greater story in motion when he swipes the Ring on a lark. Little did he know that the invisibility-bestowing golden bauble was a lot more trouble than it was worth. This figure from NECA presents Bilbo in all of his adventuring regalia, with the sword Sting ready to slash away at goblins. No shoes, though, because hobbits don’t play that.
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Funko Pop Rides Witch King With Fellbeast
The Funko Pop Rides line always strikes us as deeply hilarious. Combining the massive bobblehead domes of the traditional Pops with super-deformed vehicles and steeds creates a sculptural shape that is rife with absurdity yet still sometimes manages to look badass. Case in point: the Witch King astride his malevolent Fellbeast from Lord of the Rings. Painted in near-obsidian black with olive and maroon accents, this evil ruler will cast a pall of misery across your Funko collection.
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“One Foot Planted,” a new installation by artists Ayelet Carmi and Meirav Heiman, explores the relationship between women, the land of Israel and the gender politics that bind the two. The work, which consists of a series of videos, envisions a post-apocalyptic version of the Holy Land, in which its female inhabitants are forced to traverse the terrain on various obstacles that keep their bodies from making contact with the earth. Some of these women walk on stilts, while others walk with orbs beneath their feet. One woman even walks on her hands — which are on stilts. The journey is painstaking. For a rough visual reference, think of it as a slowed down version of “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
Carmi and Heiman’s vision is beautifully realized. The piece, which required fifty on-screen performers — of all ages and abilities — also features extensive costuming and prop work; each actor is either carrying or pushing some kind of burden. They do this in three environments: a beach, a forest and a desert, all of which are beautifully captured on camera. The presentation of the footage with three parallel projections that create an ultra-wide, panoramic view conveys the vastness of the journey on screen. The quest of the women in Carmi and Heiman’s world is endless. As the characters of “One Foot Planted” try to make contact with Israel, they are always halted by some obstacle, which distances them from ever making contact with the ground. It is a striking visual metaphor. In a country like Israel, where so much of the national identity is about literally working the land, its women in this piece of art are able to only approach the fulfillment of that national self-determination. The message this piece sends is all the more effective when one considers its apocalyptic setting; the videos are saying that an Israel that does not let its women fully interact with the politics of the land is essentially a world at its end.
Aside from the main feature of the installation, there is a secondary screen that displays videos of women spinning on a wheel. With the camera in a stationary position looking at the wheel, the video creates the illusion of the world spinning around the trapped women, who are counting endlessly. It is another creative representation of a woman trapped, as the world spins around her. And she does not count down, as if to an end that is in sight, but up. This highlights the endless, spinning cycle that Israeli women face as they try to be fully recognized in their homeland.
Overall, “One Foot Planted” is a nuanced exploration of Israeli women and their relationship to Israel. Carmi and Heiman succeed in conveying the bleakness they see in the situation, while simultaneously imbuing it with enough beauty to imply that there is indeed hope on the horizon behind the rough terrain that women face. While on the surface it seems hopeless, “One Foot Planted” is ultimately hopeful.
“One Foot Planted” is currently in exhibition at the Kniznick Gallery at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute. It will remain on display until June 28.
Every March, there is a basketball tournament that I never watch. To celebrate said tournament, I—the Thunderous Wizard (@WriterTLK)—and a special guest co-host filled out i09’s Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy film of the last decade bracket. Going matchup by matchup, we broke down who we chose and why, eventually crowning an overall winner per region.
In the first episode we discussed the left side of the bracket (the number one seeds were Mad Max: Fury Road and Edge of Tomorrow).
It's #MarchMadness. To celebrate, I—Thunderous Wizard—and a special guest co-host filled out i09's Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy film of the last decade bracket. Part 1: https://t.co/dIiTZJJWof — Hops and Box Office Flops (@HopsandBOFlops) March 17, 2019
Episode two covered the right side (the number one seeds were Arrival and Attack the Block). We also dove into the Final Four and crowned an overall champion. Unlike the other half of the bracket, the right side saw some real deviation in our picks.
It's part two of our special #MarchMadness Science Fiction/Fantasy film showdown! Who made our #FinalFour and who was crowned the overall best film of the decade? You'll have to listen to find out: https://t.co/PIOr3kbvwE — Hops and Box Office Flops (@HopsandBOFlops) March 18, 2019
Upsets—dark horses emerging from nowhere—were abound and no seed—high or not—was truly safe. We encourage you to fill out a bracket of your own to see how your selections compare to ours. And, as always, hit us up on Twitter (@HopsandBOFlops) to tell us why you agreed/disagreed with our choices or to even just continue the debate!
This special, and impromptu, two-parter was one wild ride!
You can find these episodes of Hops and Box Office Flops, as always, on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify!
Cars chasing cars, dinosaurs chasing cars, aliens chasing cars, superheroes chasing cars; there’s no denying that some of the most spine-tinglingly thrilling moments ever committed to film take place in a race for survival behind the wheel of a vehicle.
But as our relationship to cars evolves, is cinema due for a reckoning with the motoring industry? It’s not totally without precedent. As recently as 2015, Disney banned depictions of smoking in its films over fears of glamourising tobacco, and as society starts to wake-up to the damage that the motoring industry has done to the climate, could the same thing happen with cars?
Arguably the evolution has already begun, with the rumours that James...
List: Top 3 Character Nicknames
This week on Episode 317 of the InSession Film Podcast, inspired by Triple Frontier, we decided to talk about our favorite nicknames for characters in film. It seems to be a trend of late, but this was one of the more challenging Top 3 lists we’ve ever done. There are so many to choose from that it’s impossible to narrow down, but it’s also difficult to recall all of them since most of these characters have real names that could be as memorable. At any rate, there are a ton of great nicknames out there for characters in film, and we did our best to conjure the great one’s that stand out to us. That said, here are our lists:
(Note: Please keep in mind that we each had different criteria for our selections)
JD
1) The Little Tramp – Modern Times / City Lights / The Gold Rush
2) Jeff Lebowski, The Dude – The Big Lebowski
3) Katniss Everdeen, The Mockingjay – The Hunger Games
Brendan
1) Beatrix Kiddo, The Bride, Black Mamba – Kill Bill
2) Jeff Lebowski, The Dude – The Big Lebowski
3) Short Round – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Nick
1) Leonard Lawrence, Gomer Pyle – Full Metal Jacket
2) Jeff Lebowski, The Dude – The Big Lebowski
3) Beatrix Kiddo, The Bride, Black Mamba – Kill Bill
Honorable Mentions (Combined)
Maverick / Goose – Top Gun
Radio Raheem – Do the Right Thing
Snake Plissken – Escape from New York
Darth Vader – Star Wars
Chewie / Fuzzball – Star Wars
Mad Max – Mad Max
Rocky Balboa – Rocky
Dirty Harry – Dirty Harry
Baby Driver – Baby Driver
Imperator Furiousa – Mad Max: Fury Road
Jimmy Popeye Doyle – French Connection
Amazing Amy – Gone Girl
Ratso Rizzo – Midnight Cowboy
McLovin – Superbad
Buffalo Bill – Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal The Cannibal – Silence of the Lambs
Indiana Jones / Junior – Indiana Jones
Red – The Shawshank Redemption
Wild Thing – Major League
Mr. Pink / Mr. Blonde / Mr. Blue / Mr. Brown / Mr. Orange / Mr. White – Reservoir Dogs
The Boogeyman – John Wick
Blondie – The Man with No Name
Fat Amy – Pitch Perfect
Private Joker / Private Cowboy – Full Metal Jacket
The Bear Jew – Inglourious Basterds
Scrap – Million Dollar Baby
Johnny 5 – Short Circuit
The Jet – The Sandlot
Ducky – Pretty in Pink
Mouth / Chunk / Sloth / Data – The Goonies
Hopefully you guys enjoyed our lists and if you agree or disagree with us, let us know in the comment section below. As noted above, there are a slew of other nicknames that we failed to mention for one reason or another. That being said, what would be your Top 3? Leave a comment in the comment section or email us at insessionfilm@gmail.com.
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For more lists done by the InSession Film crew and other guests, be sure see our Top 3 Movie Lists page.
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