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Z for Zachariah vs The Survivalist
Z for Zachariah is based on a sci-fi novel by Rober C. O’Brian. Altough it is far from being a gripping thriller, I always meant to see this “last woman, last man” drama because it looked made out of a different material than the Survivalist: it has sunshine, backyard fish ponds, entirely wholesome existence (if…
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The Survivalist (2015 Stephen Singleton ) vs Z for Zachariah (2015 Craig Zobel)
I would like to shuttle back and forth between two recent post-apocalyptic movies: The Survivalist directed by S Singleton and Z for Zachariah by Craig Zobel. Both are very different in mood, setting, acting. Differing gender -relational triangles pull each of the end-of-the-world worlds apart: one woman and one man(The Survivalist) and two men and one…
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ISRA 88 or Mission 88 (Thomas Zellen 2016)
There is no lack of hyperspace travel movies nowadays. From kitschy over-designed PASSENGERS to such small and probably mostly ignored lean budgeted space-travel fictions as ISRA 88. Featuring a cast of two – a marvelous Lt. Col. Casper van Dien (Starship Troopers, Thrill Seekers) blunt & uniquely dedicated science officer and a couch potato…
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400 DAYS (Matt Osterman, 2015)
400 Days is a true classic of the eerie, it makes it easily into my top 10 of the last years. I consider that it carries and brings to fruition the unspoken space program preparation doom of such Cold War era classics as Outer Limits or Twilight Zone. The weird is palpable – oozing, leaking…
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10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg 2016)
Ever wonder what other new Stephen King books or stories are being brought to the big screen nowadays? Except of Cell (2016) I really dunno of anything. Another explanation may be the fact that this whole SK spirit has been spread out – absorbed by others nowadays. 10 Cloverfield Lane is a new mystery horror…
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Train to Busan (directed by Yeon Sang-ho 2016)
I had a friend who sold his cherished Zombie board game. He used to play and collect a lot of zombie paraphernalia and meet up with his friends and play zombie games for days& nights. The death knell of Zombie industry seems upon us. The genre has been milked and over-exploited so even HC fans…
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016 directed by André Øvredal)
There is definitely something happening after the Scream 90s highlights or the extreme French cinema wave of the 2000s, and The Autopsy of Jane Doe might have a place near Raw, The Babadook, It Follows, Antibirth, The Witch, Get Out at least on my list. Sporting possibly the corniest settings ever: a father(Brian Cox)-son (Emile…
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The Man in the High Castle (TV series season 1&2 after 1962 book by Philip K Dick)
Arguably The Man in the High Castle is the TV series of a particular alternate moment in our history. It is as if the popularity this series enjoys is just one facet of a constant up-swell, not only a dilation of the Overton Window that now celebrates identity politics, but also a genuine ‘hyernormalization’ of nationalism, islamophobia,…