Directed by Damien Chazelle (La La Land (2016), First Man is the story of the life of American astronaut Neil Armstrong
Starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy and Jason Clarke, we get to learn about Armstrong and the space mission that made him the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20th, 1969.
Hidden Figures (2016) is still quite fresh in my mind; not to say that this is exactly the same story, but I’m not quite excited about this movie just yet.
I only really became enthused at the point when Foy’s character lost it. Still, I’m sure Gosling and Chazelle will do a good job.
Pablo Schreiber, Kyle Chandler, Ciarán Hinds, Ethan Embry, Jason Clarke and Corey Stoll alos star.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve, one of my favourite directors recently, starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford and Sylvia Hoeks, Blade Runner 2049is likely my favourite movie of 2017.Just like the 1982 film, the pace of the story and action started a tad on the slow side, but it really just got better and better as time passed.
Set thirty years from 2019, this sequel focuses on a young Blade Runner’s discovery of a long-buried secret that leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard (Ford). This may sound like a simplistic synopsis, but rest assured, the way the story unfolds is highly engaging.
The various things I like about Villeneuve’s movie include the way Gosling’s character and all the replicants move and fight; their general physicality is so fun to watch. I also loved the costumes. Now, this part is going to sound odd but I definitely also really enjoyed how easily the tears fell out of the eyes of the characters that cried. Why on earth, you may wonder? Well, one of the reasons is that I dislike quite intensely when tearless ‘crying’ happens on film and in life. If your tear ducts are in good working order and you produce no tears as you ‘cry’, then you’re quite simply lying. Lying through your filthy un-moistened eyeballs! And no, dehydration is barely an adequate excuse!
My serious issues with ‘bad crying’ aside, the acting is really quite brilliant. For example, Jared Leto’s part is a small one. But my, oh my, is it memorable and impactful. The main female replicant played by Hoeks is just fantastic! I really love her! She had such brilliant physicality, and I couldn’t help but see her as a representation of a strong ‘woman’ in charge. So much so that I pretty much felt empowered throughout, just by looking at her.
Gosling’s acting range has been questioned by some people who argue that he generally plays the same moody roles over and over again. The thought hadn’t really crossed my mind until I heard this. All I can say now is, Gosling is great in Blade Runner 2049. I bought every single second of his character’s emotional journey – to the point where by the end, I felt pretty badly for him.
Villeneuve managed to capture the same moodiness and well-imagined dystopian aesthetic present in the first film, but of course, using present-day technology.
I’m so happy that I didn’t see all the story twists and turns coming. There really isn’t much about this movie that I don’t like. Of course, I must mention the stunning cinematography that’s synonymous with Villeneuve’s films.
The slowish start aside, watch it because it’s really rather good. Something tells me that I enjoyed the story even more simply because I’d only just watched the original for the first time the previous night.
The new highly anticipated Blade Runner 2049 movie is coming in October 2017. Directed by Denis Villeneuve; starring Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto and Harrison Ford, I’m quite sure that you’ve already seen the visual feast that is the film’s trailer.
Still, it’s worth it to scroll on through the following memorable images that showcase some of the gorgeous cinematography.
And by the end? The trailer you shall find, of course.
Starring Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, John Legend and J.K. Simmons, La La Landis the love story of a jazz pianist and an aspiring Hollywood actress. It is a well-told story that features great dramatic performances, good dialogue, beautiful cinematography, music and costume; I particularly love ‘that yellow dress’.
Written/directed by Damien Chazelle of Whiplash (2014),La La Land is a good movie that’s understandably most loved by fans of musicals. I must confess that, generally speaking, I’m not into musicals. Call it a consequence of my impatient nature, but most of the time, I’d much rather words were spoken rather than sung. The pleasing rhythm of well-written dialogue will always be preferred by me over the sounds of what is often mediocre singing, where musicals are concerned. And, if the singing isn’t mediocre, I find the voices to be regularly quite tedious.
In La La Land, there’s just no faulting the dramatic performances. The cast are a trust worthy bunch acting-wise. As for when it came to Gosling and Stone flexing their vocal chords in the name of song, there are definitely some moments of questionable vocal ability.
La La Land (2016), Emma Stone
I enjoyed the opening song at the start of La La Land, the big ‘audition number’ that Stone sings towards the end, plus the instrumental as the closing credits began. The rest of the music I honestly could have done without.
Watch La La Land for all the reasons it won all those Oscars, and because it genuinely isn’t a bad film. If Chazelle’s Whiplash managed to convince you that jazz isn’t all bad, La La Land is additional material to strengthen the argument.
Celebrated filmmaker Terrence Malick has a new movie starring Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Natalie Portman.
Song To Song is about two intersecting love triangles set against the music scene in Austin, Texas.
I want this to be great because I’m a fan of everyone involved. I especially want this to be better than Malick’s previous movie Knight Of Cups (2015), which I’m yet to see but I know the reception wasn’t great.
On another note, I’m going to guess that the trailers for both, this movie and Knight of Cups were edited by the very same person.
Song To Song Release Dates: March 17th, (2017); 2017 (UK)…
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