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SILO – Review by Susan Granger

July 31, 2023August 3, 2023 Susan Granger Apple TV+, Common, David Oyelowo, Geraldine James, Hugh Howey, rebecca ferguson, sci-fi series, Silo, Tim Robbins, Will Patton

If you enjoy sci-fi thrillers, stream 10 episodes of the first season of Silo on Apple TV+. Based on a series of dystopian novels by Hugh Howey, it revolves around the inhabitants of a 144-story subterranean bunker built to shelter 10,000 people after an apocalyptic event left Earth uninhabitable. Designed with a huge spiral staircase in its center and no elevator, living space in the Silo is strictly stratified. Those in authority and the elite occupy the top floors; the white-collar labor force is in the middle; and the blue-collar mechanical workers are down below.

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DUNE – Review by Lonita Cook

October 24, 2021December 21, 2021 Lonita Cook Denis Villenueve, dune, hbo max, javier bardem, Oscar Isaac, rebecca ferguson, timothee chalamet, zendaya

Ooh Lord, what they got going on over on that desert planet this time? Denis Villeneuve makes his version of Dune. Now, is it a remake of the classic David Lynch film or is it a new interpretation and adaptation of the Frank Herbert book?

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DUNE – Review by Diane Carson

October 24, 2021October 26, 2021 Diane Carson Denis Villenueve, dune, Hans Zimmer, hbo max, javier bardem, Oscar Isaac, rebecca ferguson, timothee chalamet, zendaya

We’ve waited a long time for director Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, and, yes, it has been worth the wait in terms of its overpowering visuals and sound design. The technical elements do all but smother the ecological, sociopolitical critique, but it’s there in battles for the rare commodity spice, imperialist incursions affecting the native Fremin culture, and the imperial family skirmishes.

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DUNE – Review by Susan Granger

October 24, 2021October 26, 2021 Susan Granger Denis Villenueve, dune, hbo max, javier bardem, Oscar Isaac, rebecca ferguson, timothee chalamet, zendaya

Since its publication in 1965, Frank Herbert’s epic tale has become one of the most popular sci-fi novels of all time. No wonder that filmmakers have grappled with interpreting its vast, complex story. French Canadian writer/director Denis Villenueve begins his $165 million extravaganza with “Part I.”

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK August 20, 2021: REMINISCENCE

August 15, 2021September 5, 2021 Jennifer Merin betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, Hugh Jackman, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, lisa joy, liz whittemore, Marilyn Ferdinand., motw, Movie of the Week, nell minow, Pam Grady, rebecca ferguson, Reminiscence, sandie angulo chen, sherin nicole, Thandiwe Newton

Writer/director Lisa Joy’s twisty Reminiscence has all the hallmarks of a classic film noir. A flawed hero. A femme fatale with a dark past. A manipulative crime boss. Double-crosses and misdirection. Climate change. Wait, climate change? Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mitchum might never have had to deal with soaring temperatures and rising sea levels, but that all-too-realistic threat underlines everything in Joy’s sci-fi-tinged mystery, offering a new angle on a familiar trope.

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REMINISCENCE – Review by Susan Wloszczyna

August 10, 2021August 16, 2021 Susan Wloszczyna Hugh Jackman, lisa joy, motw, Movie of the Week, rebecca ferguson, Reminiscence, Thandiwe Newton

Don’t be surprised if you get a Christopher Nolan vibe from this intriguing sci-fi thriller with a film-noir undercurrent amid a climate-change disaster scenario is set in a near-future flooded Miami coast. While rich land barons keep safe and dry behind a giant dam, the common folk must deal with the nasty damp byways of the city’s overflowing streets. Keeping track of the film’s narrative can be a bit tricky. Many of characters on screen aren’t fully fleshed out as well as they could or should be. That said, High Jackson’s emotional performance anchors the movie even if the narrative sometimes drifts away.

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REMINISCENCE – Review by Susan Granger

August 10, 2021August 22, 2021 Susan Granger Hugh Jackman, lisa joy, motw, Movie of the Week, rebecca ferguson, Reminiscence, Thandiwe Newton

What went wrong on this South Beach jog down memory lane? Perhaps it’s because first time feature writer/director Lisa Joy, who co-created HBO’s Westworld with her husband, Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan’s brother, wrote a clunky, cliché-filled, confusing script – plus, her predictably melodramatic pacing plods. Although Rebecca Ferguson and Hugh Jackman previously teamed in The Greatest Showman, there’s little on-screen chemistry with more talk than action.

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Lisa Joy on REMINISCENCE, Dreams and Hugh Jackman – Rachel West interviews

June 3, 2021June 4, 2021 Rachel West Hugh Jackman, lisa joy, rebecca ferguson, Reminiscence, Thandiwe Newton

Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy is making the jump to the big screen with her feature film directorial debut Reminiscence. Starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson and Thandie Newton, the sci-fi thriller explores memory, perception, and dreams according to Joy, who also penned the script.

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