Awesome Movies

(Gore) Kaptainkristian highlights what David Fincher so deftly hides: the director’s extensive use of CGI and other digital effects in his films. From the Winklevoss twins to digitally perfected hair, Fincher stealthily bends reality in service of the story.

(PG-13: Language) The year is 1982. Pro cycling has become “a hornet’s nest of moral depravity.” Andy Samberg leads a who’s who of celebrities in HBO’s mockumentary about the sport’s doping controversy. Also starring Maya Rudolph, John Cena, Will Forte, and uhm…

(PG-13: Language) Wisecrack’s Garyx Wormuloid sums up the events in the Alien prequel Prometheus, points out its religious references – it’s a prequel to the New Testament! – and proves that even advanced alien species love The Wire.

CineFix’s two–part episode about the perspective and staging in film is one of its most educational and well-curated lists. Watch them break down the different kinds of single and group shots, what they can convey, and their prime examples.

(PG-13: Language) In most cases, actors that chew the scenery just make a bad movie worse. But as this video shows, that’s not always the case. Chodmunch compiled this collection of performances so epically bad, they’re actually good. Oh man! Oh God!

(PG-13, Gore) IGN sums up the Alien movies in chronological order. Put this way, the movies sound cliché and underwhelming, but it’s a good way to catch up before watching Alien: Covenant. TL;DW: sex is bad, and your kids will kill you.

“Time is the story and we are the characters.” The Royal Ocean Film of Society looks back at Michael Apted’s Up Series. Arguably the best reality show ever, its 48-year (and counting) span, grounded perspective and willing cast make for a fragmented mirror of our lives.

(SPOILERS) “Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you.” Wisecrack argues that the original Ghost in the Shell animated film is a pragmatic view of man’s ultimate relationship with technology, based on the philosophies of G.W.F. Hegel.

Tested’s Adam Savage has been granted behind-the-scenes access to the set of Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien: Covenant. In the first episode, he checks out the tunnel and cavern that serve as the Dreadnought’s interior, along with the imposing Space Jockey’s platform.

(SPOILERS) “Arrival depicts humanity’s response to a profound paradigm shift. Which is also what I call my bowel movements.” An extra sarcastic Garyx Wormuloid expounds on the sci-fi drama Arrival and its themes of time and perspective.

(PG-13) Writer-director Jeff Baena (Life After Beth) let Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Kate Micucci and the rest of the cast flex their improv skills in this anachronistic comedy about repressed nuns in 15th century Italy. Also starring John C. Reilly, Nick Offerman and Fred Armisen.

Texas-based clothing company Boriz Jerseys specializes in bootleg retro sports apparel. But they also have a ton of replica jerseys worn by characters from classic TV shows and movies, including Steamin’ Willie Beamen, Steve Urkel and Charlie Conway.

Based on Vince Flynn’s secret agent novels about Mitch Rapp, who becomes a deadly secret agent to compensate for the fact that his name befits a stand-up comedian. Just kidding. Loved one dies, wants revenge, trains with Batman, walks away from explosions.

CineFix gives their top examples for each of a movie’s five chapters: the call to adventure, the start of the adventure, the adventure itself, the climax, and the resolution. We’re sad that Your Name, The Usual Suspects or Se7en aren’t even mentioned here.

(PG-13: Language) Ryan Reynolds plays a high-profile bodyguard who is forced to protect one of his mortal enemies – an assassin played by Samuel L. Jackson. But they’re basically themselves in this horribly green-screened action comedy. “And aaaah I…”

(SPOILERS) “Do you hear the Wolverine? Finally finished with the fight. All of his stabbing of the people who do not know wrong from right.” How It Should Have Ended suggests that Hugh Jackman’s last portrayal of Wolverine should have ended as Les Miserables.