"Bohemian Rhapsody": the birth and fall of a legend
I can't assess the impact of Queen on the world — I was born after Freddie mercury died, and I didn't see Live Aid or the Barcelona Olympics or anything…

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(Not)heroes: the story of a deconstructed superhero image in comic book adaptations
Marvel now many took out. More precisely, not even Marvel itself as such, but the dominance of their film comics. Film adaptations are full of stamps and even self-copying (I…

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"Favorite" Yorgos Lanthimos: rabbits, chocolate cakes and other" weaknesses " of Queen Anne
This week in the Russian hire came "Favorite" (The favorite) Yorgos Lanthimos. The film for Lantimosa highly ambiguous and not so pretentious as "Murder of sacred deer" or "Lobster" -…

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“MiG”: 25 meters.

At the box office, a fantastic Thriller with a concise title ” Meg ” joint American-Chinese production. Declared in the list of the hottest new films of the summer season, the film of John Tertelbaum, for the first day of hire collected about 70 million rubles, undoubtedly attracts the viewer. Spectacular poster, popular since the distant 75th theme of deep-sea bounty hunters and, of course, the name of Jason Statham in the credits. Did the creators of “Mega” breathe new life into the prehistoric monster, or are we waiting for another disappointment like “Shark tornado”?

So, the plot is hideously simple, and maybe primitive: during one of the dives into the Mariana trench bathyscaphe research station is attacked by an incomprehensible entity of enormous size. The crew is on the verge of death, and the only hope of the team is the elite deep-sea pilot Jonas Taylor (Statham). Continue reading

"Predator" 2018: it would all be funny if it wasn't tasteless
September 13, "Predator" (the Predator) returned to the big screens. The film was directed by Shane black (Shane Black), who played one of the roles in the cult action film…

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History of self-censorship in Hollywood (part 2)
Self-censorship didn't work. Therefore, in 1968, the MPAA rating system appeared. And the debate about it has not subsided until the threat of government censorship , together with the court…

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"The first player to get ready": from geeks, about geeks, for geeks
Steven Spielberg rarely makes movies lately. But it seems as if the project" the First player to prepare " (Ready Player One) was created for him. It is an action-adventure,…

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