King Creonte has Antigone imprisoned in a crypt. Buried alive, she looks out at the world from her underground dungeon. According to Elena Gutkina, graduate of the laboratory of Artur Aristakisyan, “The protagonists of the film are the dead, buried in the ground. What do they tell us? The protagonists are the living, mourning their dead. The protagonists are the undead, those who were not buried. We cannot see them, but we can mourn them. How can Antigone be saved? Who is she? Could it be the camera itself?”
Even now, the well-established Snyder has yet to learn this as he continues to allow misguided decisions to convince him that his projects hold the same kind of intelligent and emotional weight. Army of the Dead is a tonal mess, one that never decides what it’s trying to be, and, for all we know, doesn’t want to decide.
Airplane! (1980) is a fun spoof comedy with lots of laughs, right? I watched this film for the first time the other night. I loved it. Then came the racist jokes.
The film illustrates the life of a single who struggles to provide an ideal childhood for her two daughters.
Critical Incident is worthy of a weekend binge, keeping you guessing right up until the end.
Remember Caroline from Vampire Diaries? Well, now she’s The Suitcase Killer, allegedly.
Bigg County Restorations is a zany new pilot from comedians Joe Bell and Mikaela Watkins. In a spot-on parody of History Channel shows like American Restoration and Pawn Stars, Paul Bigg (John Jezior) works to restore kitschy decor for celebrities while his good-for-nothing adult children, Britney (Mikaela Watkins) and Junior (Joe Bell) go on wacky adventures while slacking off on the menial tasks they’ve been assigned. In the pilot, Britney and Mikaela’s day goes off the rails pretty fast.
