News This Blue Is Mine This Blue Is Mine Sounds Like the “Mental Breakdown or Alien?” Movie We Didn’t Know We Wanted Can we buy tickets yet? By Molly Templeton | Published on May 3, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share There are movie summaries, and then there are movie summaries. Variety reports that Brazilian director Iuli Gerbase will make her English-language film debut with This Blue Is Mine, which is described as an “original, psychosexual sci-fi drama.” These are already some very intriguing words—words made more intriguing when you learn that the film is set to star Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2) and Elizabeth Debicki (Widows). But then you get to the summary, and this is where you might want to hold onto your butts. This Blue Is Mine … is set amidst a family holiday at a tropical resort, where Arthur, a guilt-free bon viveur, surprises everyone by bringing his new beautiful and enigmatic girlfriend, Ivy (Debicki). Ivy’s arrival and her odd behavior throws the already delicate dynamics off balance with Arthur and his daughters. Connie (Beetz) is still recovering from the trauma of a recent miscarriage and her older half-sister Laura can be a bit suffocating in her efforts to support her. One evening, after Connie gets very drunk, Ivy quietly reveals to her that she’s actually an alien visiting Earth. While Laura is quick to write Ivy off as an aspiring trophy wife, Ivy’s strangeness makes Connie, and with her the audience, question if she could actually be an alien. Before she knows it, Connie is being seduced by Ivy and invited to follow her back to her planet, an invitation that sound more seductive as the family drama heightens. But is Ivy really an alien? Or is Connie having a mental breakdown? Connie may have to take a leap of faith. That text is directly quoted from Variety; bless them for this thoroughly intriguing string of words. My initial instinct was skepticism—surely Ivy isn’t really an alien, this is a drama, right?—but the movie is, quite notably, described as sci-fi. And Gerbase’s previous film, The Pink Cloud, definitely looked science fictional, unless some city has experienced a descending pink cloud and I just missed it in the flurry of other news. Harper’s Bazaar called that film “the existential, claustrophobic, cozy, and horny quarantine movie you didn’t know you needed.” This Blue Is Mine is expected to begin filming this fall.[end-mark] The post <i>This Blue Is Mine</i> Sounds Like the “Mental Breakdown or Alien?” Movie We Didn’t Know We Wanted appeared first on Reactor.

News sacrifice Romain Gavras’s Sacrifice Has an Excellent Cast and a Wild-Ass Premise More of this, please. By Molly Templeton | Published on May 3, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share In a teeming sea of sequels and series and reboots and remakes, here is something entirely different. The upcoming film from director Romain Gavras is, according to Deadline, about the following: “a high end charity gala is raided by a violent group of radicals on a mystical quest to fulfill a prophecy.” The first half of that sentence was interesting enough, but you throw in “a mystical quest to fulfill a prophecy” and suddenly it’s a whole new ballgame. Deadline notes, “The son of the great filmmaker Costa Gavras (Z and Missing), Gavras has woven into the plot the Greek mythology tales he grew up exposed to by his dad and mom, the French film producer and journalist Michele Ray-Gavras.” The cast for this film already includes Chris Evans (Knives Out), Brendan Fraser (Doom Patrol), Anya Taylor-Joy (Furiosa, pictured above), and Salma Hayek Pinault (Black Mirror), and with more actors yet to be announced. This will be Gavras’s first English language film, and he co-wrote it with Will Arbery, a writer and producer on Succession. I don’t think we have to worry about it pulling its punches. Anya Taylor-Joy will star as one of the violent radicals; Chris Evans apparently plays “the movie star she has tapped to die.” This gets even more meta if you want it to, by which I mean it is not the first time Evans, a movie star, has played a movie star facing death and/or deadly combat. (I’m talking about Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, obviously.) Filming on Sacrifice is set to begin this fall. The premiere, whenever it happens, cannot come soon enough.[end-mark] The post Romain Gavras’s <i>Sacrifice</i> Has an Excellent Cast and a Wild-Ass Premise appeared first on Reactor.

News The Death of Robin Hood Robin Hood Will Never Die, But Hugh Jackman Will Star in The Death of Robin Hood Does he love facing mortality or what? By Molly Templeton | Published on May 3, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share Hugh Jackman, who is about to reprise his role (sort of) as Wolverine, a character who died in 2017’s Logan, is once again set to portray a legendary character as he meets his death. But this time, he’s playing Robin Hood. Michael Sarnoski, who also directed the upcoming prequel A Quiet Place: Day One, is directing The Death of Robin Hood, which also stars Jodie Comer. According to Deadline, “The film is a darker reimagining of the classic Robin Hood tale. Set of its time, the film will see the title character grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, a battleworn loner who finds himself gravely injured and in the hands of a mysterious woman who offers him a chance at salvation.” “Set of its time” is a touch on the vague side, but then so are the origins of Robin Hood; tales about him have been around for a very, very, very, very long time. Sarnoski is also the writer on this film, which has among its producers folks who worked on Arrival and The Prestige. It’s been a minute since we had a Robin Hood film, and when I say “a minute” what I really mean is that I had entirely forgotten that a mere six years ago, Taron Egerton starred in a movie called Robin Hood. Have you ever found yourself entirely unable to remember if you saw a movie or just the trailers for said movie? This is one of those. As Emmet Asher-Perrin details in their review, this particular Robin Hood was neither good nor memorable. It will be a while before The Death of Robin Hood comes around; production isn’t expected to begin until early 2025.[end-mark] The post Robin Hood Will Never Die, But Hugh Jackman Will Star in <i>The Death of Robin Hood</i> appeared first on Reactor.

News This Blue Is Mine This Blue Is Mine Sounds Like the “Mental Breakdown or Alien?” Movie We Didn’t Know We Wanted Can we buy tickets yet? By Molly Templeton | Published on May 3, 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share There are movie summaries, and then there are movie summaries. Variety reports that Brazilian director Iuli Gerbase will make her English-language film debut with This Blue Is Mine, which is described as an “original, psychosexual sci-fi drama.” These are already some very intriguing words—words made more intriguing when you learn that the film is set to star Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2) and Elizabeth Debicki (Widows). But then you get to the summary, and this is where you might want to hold onto your butts. This Blue Is Mine … is set amidst a family holiday at a tropical resort, where Arthur, a guilt-free bon viveur, surprises everyone by bringing his new beautiful and enigmatic girlfriend, Ivy (Debicki). Ivy’s arrival and her odd behavior throws the already delicate dynamics off balance with Arthur and his daughters. Connie (Beetz) is still recovering from the trauma of a recent miscarriage and her older half-sister Laura can be a bit suffocating in her efforts to support her. One evening, after Connie gets very drunk, Ivy quietly reveals to her that she’s actually an alien visiting Earth. While Laura is quick to write Ivy off as an aspiring trophy wife, Ivy’s strangeness makes Connie, and with her the audience, question if she could actually be an alien. Before she knows it, Connie is being seduced by Ivy and invited to follow her back to her planet, an invitation that sound more seductive as the family drama heightens. But is Ivy really an alien? Or is Connie having a mental breakdown? Connie may have to take a leap of faith. That text is directly quoted from Variety; bless them for this thoroughly intriguing string of words. My initial instinct was skepticism—surely Ivy isn’t really an alien, this is a drama, right?—but the movie is, quite notably, described as sci-fi. And Gerbase’s previous film, The Pink Cloud, definitely looked science fictional, unless some city has experienced a descending pink cloud and I just missed it in the flurry of other news. Harper’s Bazaar called that film “the existential, claustrophobic, cozy, and horny quarantine movie you didn’t know you needed.” This Blue Is Mine is expected to begin filming this fall.[end-mark] The post <i>This Blue Is Mine</i> Sounds Like the “Mental Breakdown or Alien?” Movie We Didn’t Know We Wanted appeared first on Reactor.

In man’s centuries-long quest to understand issues with the human brain, some scientists have chosen the more abrupt route—go at it with a scalpel. Thankfully, lobotomies are significantly more rare today. But for a time, they occurred at epidemic-level rates. While some studies showed temporary relief or help from different psychological conditions, the long-term effects […] The post 10 Strange Facts about Lobotomies appeared first on Listverse.

In man’s centuries-long quest to understand issues with the human brain, some scientists have chosen the more abrupt route—go at it with a scalpel. Thankfully, lobotomies are significantly more rare today. But for a time, they occurred at epidemic-level rates. While some studies showed temporary relief or help from different psychological conditions, the long-term effects […] The post 10 Strange Facts about Lobotomies appeared first on Listverse.

In man’s centuries-long quest to understand issues with the human brain, some scientists have chosen the more abrupt route—go at it with a scalpel. Thankfully, lobotomies are significantly more rare today. But for a time, they occurred at epidemic-level rates. While some studies showed temporary relief or help from different psychological conditions, the long-term effects […] The post 10 Strange Facts about Lobotomies appeared first on Listverse.

The Christian traditions of today have been forged by millennia of devotion, adaptation, worship, and strife. The roots of early Christianity are still visible, hidden in ancient or remote places. Some may be hidden in plain sight, such as beneath the streets of Rome. Other aspects have changed in surprising ways and are no longer […] The post 10 Fascinating Glimpses into Early Christianity appeared first on Listverse.

The Christian traditions of today have been forged by millennia of devotion, adaptation, worship, and strife. The roots of early Christianity are still visible, hidden in ancient or remote places. Some may be hidden in plain sight, such as beneath the streets of Rome. Other aspects have changed in surprising ways and are no longer […] The post 10 Fascinating Glimpses into Early Christianity appeared first on Listverse.

The Christian traditions of today have been forged by millennia of devotion, adaptation, worship, and strife. The roots of early Christianity are still visible, hidden in ancient or remote places. Some may be hidden in plain sight, such as beneath the streets of Rome. Other aspects have changed in surprising ways and are no longer […] The post 10 Fascinating Glimpses into Early Christianity appeared first on Listverse.