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29 May

John Krasinski Calls Jaws a Major Influence on A Quiet Place Part II

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Once upon a time, John Krasinski was not a huge fan of horror. He made that clear when the first A Quiet Place came out, saying that only while writing and directing the soon-to-be horror touchstone that he developed a passion for the genre. Now he obsesses over watching everything in it, with certain classics drawing him back time and again. And for A Quiet Place Part II, he had a killer shark of an inspiration. “This movie I really want to feel like a throwback,” Krasinski says about A Quiet Place Part II. “So it was definitely all the…
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03 May

Marvel’s Eternals: Chloé Zhao’s Influence Already Evident in First Look

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Marvel Studios released a compelling hype video on Monday containing brief glimpses of their upcoming films to get consumers excited about going to the movies again. Tucked near the tail end of that clip, after Black Window and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, was the first bit of footage from one of Marvel’s biggest swings yet: Eternals. Over the span of a truly jam-packed eight seconds, the footage finally presents audiences’ first glimpses of Gemma Chan as Sersi, Richard Madden as Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Angelina Jolie as Thena, Don Lee (Ma Dong-seok) as Gilgamesh, and…
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23 Mar

Did The Dark Knight Really Influence the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

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In 2008, there were two seismic events in the superhero movie genre so close together that you’d be forgiven for thinking they signaled the same thing. Over the span of a few months, Marvel Studios launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) via Iron Man, and director Christopher Nolan changed the perception of how seriously to take these movies with The Dark Knight. Both are credited as watershed moments for how audiences and (more importantly) the industry approached such stories; and The Dark Knight is specifically singled out as the gold standard by which all other masked crimefighter films are measured.…
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24 Feb

Link Tank: Woman In Motion Highlights Star Trek’s Influence on NASA

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Woman In Motion, now available on Apple+, is a tribute to Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek‘s enormous influence on NASA. “During a roughly four-month period in early 1977, Nichelle Nichols worked to recruit astronauts for NASA’s then-new Space Shuttle program. Her goal was simple and self-fashioned: Get as many women and non-whites to apply as possible.” Read more at Inverse. Attack the Block, starring John Boyega and Jodie Whittaker, will turn ten later this year. Check out some fun facts about this critically acclaimed sci-fi comedy. “When Attack the Block arrived in theaters in 2011, it recouped just half of…
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10 Jul

Did History’s Unidentified Influence Congress and UFO Disclosure?

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History’s Unidentified is like no other show on television, and perhaps like no other show that has ever been on TV. It follows UFO researchers in an organization called To the Stars Academy of Art and Science (TTSA), as they investigate credible cases. Reality shows following UFO researchers are common enough, but what is unique about this show is the makeup of the team, which includes a rock star, a former executive of a company that develops top-secret aircraft and built Area 51, a former intelligence officer who investigated UFO for the Pentagon, and the former United States Deputy Assistant…
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08 Jul

Ghost of Tsushima Directors Explain Akira Kurosawa’s Influence

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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Ghost of Tsushima creative directors Jason Connell and Nate Fox discussed how the works of legendary film director Akira Kurosawa influenced the upcoming PlayStation 4 game. “We have this great game that transports people back to feudal Japan and Akira Kurosawa was one of our reference guides, especially early on about how we wanted it to feel,” Connell explains. Fox expands upon that idea by describing how the team used specific Kurosawa films as direct influences. “I think one that is just crystal clear is the movie Sanjuro,” Fox says. “It’s a film that…
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