Revenant: 2.A person or thing reborn (Wiktionary). Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant is adapted from a novel that was based on real events, so it comes by its PR as ‘inspired by true events’ the long way round – but that does not lessen its impact. The Revenant is a riveting tale of brutal survival […]
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Why I Ain’t Afraid To Die Trailer: The Revenant!
How do you follow up an Oscar®-winning masterpiece? Alejandro G. Iñárritu has chosen to go from the cold of space, to the cold of the far north and from the realm of science fiction, to a few centuries into the past. The Revenant is a tale of the one dish that’s best served cold: revenge. Iñárritu’s The […]
Thoughts On The 87th Academy Awards – NPH Holds Long Unpredictable Evening Together!
Neil Patrick Harris wasn’t brilliant for most of his first evening hosting the Oscars®, but when he picked his spots he definitely sparkled – his few comments on the lack of diversity in the Academy’s selections (‘…celebrating Hollywood’s best and whitest, sorry, brightest;’ Oh, sure ! You like them now!’) may not have been many, […]
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): A Fabulous Fiction Rooted In Truth!
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a brilliant bombastic, bizarre skewering of: superhero movies, egocentric actors, actors’ insecurities, Broadway, Broadway critics, and pretty much all things entertainment. The story of Riggan Thomson’s (Michael Keaton) effort to be taken seriously as an actor/director/playwright after having starred in three superhero movies twenty […]