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As Hollywood studios swiftly kowtow to the Republican regime, there’s a worry that Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho’s stark yet oddly life-affirming anti-capitalist sci-fi, will be one of the last honest pieces of art to slip under the gates. If that turns out to be true, we should treasure it all the more. The Korean auteur, off the back of his 2020 Best Picture win for Parasite, has taken $80m (£63m) of Warner Bros’s money and, four release date changes aside, secured final cut on a giddy genre epic that answers the existential query at the very heart of our current existence: what’s the point of living in a world built to make us feel worthless?

Here, the idea of an “expendable”, in a story adapted by Bong from Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel Mickey7, is the literalised idea of the capitalist worker: in order to escape his debtors, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) signs up to be an “expendable” on a colony mission to the planet Niflheim. When he dies, his body is simply reprinted – in the grotesque, shuddering manner of an inkjet – and uploaded with his memories so that he can work and die again. By the time we meet him, we’ve reached Mickey 17, 10 Mickeys deeper than in Ashton’s book.

For those whose only familiarity with Bong’s work comes from Parasite, Mickey 17 is different but tonally in check – tender, cynical, violent, humanist, absurdist, rooted in class politics. Yet it’s more of a direct continuation of some of his earlier films, fusing the futuristic utilitarian environments of Snowpiercer (2013) with the cuddly animal rights mascot of Okja (2017).

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Mickey 17 is a sci-fi of the working class, of service corridors by production designer Fiona Crombie and matching jumpsuits by costume designer Catherine George. It’s essentially Bong’s take on Alien (1979) – a comedy about how Weyland-Yutani treats people as fodder, only the xenomorph is far friendlier and interested in community solidarity. All those at the top of the food chain are howlingly awful yet, unfortunately for us, plausible. Mark Ruffalo features as former congressman Kenneth Marshall, with his tan, veneers and vulnerability to exploitation by the religious right – yes, he’s obviously Trump, but Ruffalo lends him enough peculiarities that he works both as a satire and a diabolical creation in his own right. The same can be said of Toni Collette’s sauce-obsessed Ylfa, Marshall’s wife.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25547852

Robert Pattinson revealed at the world premiere of 'Mickey 17' in London that 'The Batman: Part II' will begin production at the end of this year.

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Dune: Part Two cinematographer Greig Fraser talks going back to Arrakis and his new photo show with Josh Brolin.

https://fandango.com/mickey17

I have been looking everywhere for this movie I watched some time ago and I can't find it. I have no idea how it was called. It was on Netflix (don't know if still is), I don't think it was an original. It was some sort of indie or film festival movie, I believe it also won some sort of prize. I pretty sure it was east Asian, but I can't say for sure, maybe Korean.

That is all I can remember, would really appreciate help finding it

Edit: It was Beyond the infinite two minutes

Photos have appeared online of the first day of shooting the new Masters of the Universe film in London, with Nicholas Galitzine filming scenes as Prince Adam.

Apparently, this version of the story will have Adam on Earth not having any idea of whom he really is and will be taken back to Eternia sometime later in the story.

A leaked synopsis (if real) reads:

“10-year-old Prince Adam who crashed to Earth in a spaceship and was separated from his magical Power Sword—the only link to his home on Eternia. After tracking it down almost two decades later, Prince Adam is whisked back across space to defend his home planet against the evil forces of Skeletor. But to defeat such a powerful villain, Prince Adam will first need to uncover the mysteries of his past and become He-Man: the most powerful man in the Universe!”

Potsy Ponciroli, writer/director of the 2021 Western Old Henry is writing The Goonies sequel, with Chris Columbus on board to produce the film alongside Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, and Holly Bario of Amblin Entertainment. Lauren Shuler Donner, who was married to The Goonies‘ late director Richard Donner, will serve as an executive producer.

Summary:

Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan.

Director:

Julius Onah

Writers:

Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson

Cast:

• Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson
• Harrison Ford as President Thaddeus Ross
• Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres
• Shira Haas as Ruth Bat-Seraph
• Carl Lumbly as Isaiah Bradley
• Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns

Rotten Tomatoes: 51%

Metacritic: 42

VOD: Theaters

I recently became friends with this 56-year-old man and we’re having a movie night tomorrow together. He wants to show me the “trio” of the greatest movies ever made: The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption & Casablanca. Haven’t seen any of those (probably cause of my age: almost 22). For me the 3 greatest movies ever are Titanic, Lord of the Rings 2003 & Spirited Away. Wondering what those are for you.

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Do you like puzzles? Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal star in #TheAccountant2 trailer, in cinemas April 25.

Nice retrospective reviewing the evolution of the swinging

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25517527

'Obex,' a low-fi fantasy that premiered at Sundance, has sold to Oscilloscope Laboratories.

In an interview with Collider, Lawrence has provided a status update on Constantine 2, which had previously been delayed by the Hollywood Strikes and negotiations over usage rights.

“I will say we are closer than ever to being able to do a sequel, which is a great thing,” Lawrence said. “And Akiva, Keanu and I are super, super excited about it.”

“We have a great idea,” he said. “We have gone through a bunch of the comics over the years and looked at things. I will say that there’s probably grains from things that we’re pulling, but in truth, most of it is just coming from the three of us, you know, loving the character, loving the world, having it sort of in the back of our minds for 20 years and just kind of percolating on ideas, and stories and characters we love, and ideas we love.”