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David Ayer Explains Why He Took His Supernatural Cop Thriller ‘Bright’ to Netflix
http://collider.com/david-ayer-bright-netflix-will-smith/

“I can’t even speak to any theatrical release plans for this, I don’t even know if that’s going to happen and it wasn’t my priority. I was after the creative freedom, the ability to make really hard R rated movies with vision and voice, and see them play in the on-demand world. You do that as a theatrical release, and you’d better hit a bulls eye, some cultural zeitgeist. Otherwise it’s a gamble for studios; it’s easier for them to justify $200M budgets for tent poles than $40M to $90M for the movies I like to make.”
 
Grady Hendrix Says Best Part Of Crouching Tiger Sequel-In-Name Is The Lawsuits

This review is ****ing savage and I love it.

there’s a piece of paper taped to my laptop that says, “Everything is fortune cookies.” Which means I must have watched CT, HD: SOD.
CT, HD: SOD uses a lot of voiceover—so much that a less generous viewer might suggest that a lot of this movie was cobbled together in the editing room.
What no one points out is that the prop they’re using doesn’t actually look like the Green Destiny sword from the original movie, leading me to believe that it was already stolen once and its guardian, Sir Te, ordered a replacement from collectibleswords.com.
cinematic Ambien
Donnie Yen appears to be ready for a nap, and Michelle Yeoh can hardly say “True skill is not a blazing flame” without suppressing a yawn.
In SOD, the first fight happens because you need to start a movie with a fight, the second fight happens because it’s a knock-off of the iconic opening fight from the original, and the third fight happens to introduce Donnie Yen. I couldn’t tell you why the lake fight happens because my notes just read “Lake fight = video game cut scene” and the final fight happens because one of the 22 credited producers pointed out that that’s how you end a martial arts movie. By the climax, the action has been reduced to interminable sequences of people banging their swords together and occasionally being ejaculated into the air like digital snowflakes.
Small children will definitely like it because it’s in English and they probably haven’t seen Lord of the Rings or any of the other dozen movies that this flick cribs from. Also—bonus points—they might fall asleep.
 
I blame the Weinsteins.

It's funny because there's a whole section of the review that goes over a lawsuit between Columbia Pictures and the Weinsteins about making a sequel to CTHD back when, you know, it would have been relevant.

So, yeah, it's partially their fault for sure. :)
 
I know a life of crime has led the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel to this sorry fate, and, yet, I blame society. Society made it what it is.
 
Nobody is watching "Occupied"? It's goooood.


Okkupert (Occupied) is a 10-episode Norwegian political thriller series that premiered on TV 2 in October of 2015. Based on crime-writer Jo Nesb?‘s screenplay, and directed by Erik Skjoldbj?rg, the series is set in a near future where the European Union is in the midst of an energy crisis. Compounding this issue is the fact that Norway (not an EU member)’s Green Party has recently ended the country’s production of gas and oil in the North Sea following a devastating hurricane brought on by climate change. Despite its abundance of resources, the country has shifted towards nuclear energy instead. Seeing very few other options, the EU assigns Russia the task of targeting Norway with a “silk glove” invasion, in an effort to force the latter to restore its production of gas and oil.


The Norwegian prime-minister is kidnapped, Russian colors are being flown above the government buildings, and the Norwegian people are forced to decide whether to comply with the Russians or whether to resist them. All of Norway is essentially laced with anarchy, as kidnappings, assassination efforts, bombings and other mayhem fill the streets. An “insurgent” activist group ultimately decides to take violent and extreme measure to provoke the Russians to withdrawal. This is the chaotic setting in which both Norway and Russian officials do their best to avoid a full-on war.
 
Netflix Picks Up Adam Wingard's Manga Adaptation 'Death Note' After It Gets Dropped By Warner Bros.

Variety reports that the streaming service has snapped up "Death Note." The project is a live-action adaptation of the manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata that follows a student who stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it, and thus decides to use it to launch a vigilante campaign against criminals. It currently has a script by Jeremy Slater ("Fantastic Four"), with Nat Wolff ("The Fault In Our Stars," "Paper Towns") slated to star, in the $40-50 million movie (the exact kind WB seems to not want to make these days) scheduled to shoot this summer.
 
Netflix & BBC Team Up for ‘Watership Down’ Miniseries with John Boyega, Nicholas Hoult
http://collider.com/watership-down-miniseries-netflix/

Seriously. The mere headline has me welling up. I tell you a LOT of stuff. But, before you die, if you enjoy reading and a great story, please read this book. It's beautiful, moving, and just all kinds of incredible. I have read it 5x in my life and it's about time for a revisit.
 
Netflix & BBC Team Up for ‘Watership Down’ Miniseries with John Boyega, Nicholas Hoult
http://collider.com/watership-down-miniseries-netflix/

Seriously. The mere headline has me welling up. I tell you a LOT of stuff. But, before you die, if you enjoy reading and a great story, please read this book. It's beautiful, moving, and just all kinds of incredible. I have read it 5x in my life and it's about time for a revisit.

I have been meaning to read it, but you know...

:cbgb2:
 
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