The original Street Fighter movie was a lot of fun. It didn’t take itself seriously, had entertaining fight scenes, and a lot of memorable lines. And by a lot, I mean a lot. So going into the remake, I was already hoping for some ridiculous fun and good fight scenes — and that is exactly what we got. And what added to it, was that it took inspiration from the video games, the original film, and the Street Fighter II anime. All of the callbacks and references work.
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Sure, director Curry Baker garnered great success with his feature film debut with Obsession, but he has not forgot his roots with short films on YouTube. Not even currently working on another feature film has stopped him.
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One of the first — by which I mean the first show — that I watched on Apple TV once I got it and paid attention after all the F1 on the F1 app, was Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. As someone who grew up on Godzilla and Kurt Russell, it was obvious that I had to watch. And we didn’t just get one Russell, we also got Kurt’s son, Wyatt Russell. It wasn’t their first time playing the same character at different points in the character’s life — that accolade belongs to Soldier, but it is their first time playing the same character in a TV show.
Side note: how did they swing getting both Russells for a TV series?
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The final trailer for Dune: Part Three is out and it’s clearly showing Paul’s descent from war. There is a huge time jump to nearly two decades after the conclusion of Dune: Part Two — and, well — war still happens and rebellion is forever.
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In a way, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant are its own thing in the Alien movies, since it mainly centers around an android named David, rather then having the focal point being the aliens themselves. It’s almost a character study with a horrific backdrop of monstrous aliens — well, David himself is pretty monstrous too, with his amoral curiosity.
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Over 500 filmmakers entered a Halloween film festival contest headed by Ripcord. The contestants were wittled down to 12 finalists, whose short films will screen on October 29, at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The winners will be announced the next day, with the first prize being $100,000, the largest sum in a short film competition.
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Silo was never on my radar because I didn’t have Apple TV up until this current season of Formula 1. And this season of F1 for the U.S. meant needing an Apple TV subscription to watch, so obviously I had to do just that, and promptly linked it to the F1 app. A few months later I finally went on the Apple TV with my partner to add random TV shows and movies to our watch-list. She mentioned that she read Silo and heard that the show was pretty good.
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The Batman mythos is ripe with many characters and stories that can translate into TV, and the next character in the works is the Batman villain, Poison Ivy. Do I need to explain who she is? I mean… you are here. A very nerdy and geeky blog. You’re the right audience. Right?
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