I actually loved the first Wreck-It Ralph as a homage to old-school arcade games and wanted to this sequel at the cinema due to its cool marketing and great word-of-mouth. I ended up not going because the movie release schedule was a bit packed then as I recall. After just now watching it at home however I kind of regret that as it’s even better than I’d hoped and it would have been nice to give its makers that extra bit of support at the box office.
It’s been a while since we’ve watched a film by Luis Buñuel and here he is directing Catherine Deneuve who I of course adore from Jacques Demy’s musicals. As you might expect from Buñuel, this is a very different kind of film, charged as it is with sexual fantasies, sado-masochism and obvious references to Freudian psychology.
This is the next book in George Alec Effinger’s Budayeen Cycle chronicling the adventures of his flawed protagonist Marîd Audran. Though the first book didn’t really feel like science-fiction, I loved the cyberpunk noir setting enough to want to read its sequels and so here I am.
I added this to my list when BlacKkKlansman put Spike Lee back into the spotlight and many people pointed to this as the director’s best work. I found the newer film to be enjoyable but not all that great. This one however is fantastic and, no doubt as the director intended, is an amazing piece for sparking conversations about as everyone debates who in the film, if anyone, actually did the right thing and what the director really intended to convey.
We’ve watched nearly every film directed by Jiang Wen due to recommendations from our cinephile and probably because he’s one of the most interesting mainstream Chinese directors. After watching this latest one, I’m not sure I’m interested in seeing more of his work however as his recent films all share the same style. While they are visually exciting, they all seem thematically empty to me and make no sense in terms of plot.
We’re now up to date with all three seasons of this modest but very creative television show. It has picked up numerous awards, notably science-fiction ones, which it definitely counts as. I love it as a crazy, quirky shows that seems silly on the surface but is surprisingly serious about having intellectual depth.
Some less ambitious renders this month, as the previous batch were far too time consuming. Unfortunately they turned out to be even more basic than I’d imagined. The above for example would only really work if I did a lot of compositing work on it and I still don’t really understand it yet. It also needs more light sources for the water reflections to look good. Oh well. I’ll try to put in more effort on the next batch.
