David Crow Nov 7, 2016
Thandie Newton continues to shine in Westworld, which delivers a revelatory but uneven episode in The Adversary. Spoilers...
This review contains spoilers.
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1.6 The Adversary
More than any hour of Westworld to date, The Adversary was a showcase for Thandie Newton’s bravura performance as Maeve.
There’s the obvious fearlessness in the physical requirements of Maeve’s scenes, which frequently mean frank close-ups of nudity, suggesting an almost clinical objectification of her body. Yet, this episode is also, paradoxically, the strongest repudiation of the reading that Westworld is an excuse for exploitation and subjugation of its female performers. To be sure, Newton was required to be nude for most of her scenes, and in her first sequence where she was clothed, she provoked a hulking, stinky guest to first try to rape her and then strangle her to death.
Thandie Newton continues to shine in Westworld, which delivers a revelatory but uneven episode in The Adversary. Spoilers...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Marvel Studios: how long is left on everyone’s contracts?
1.6 The Adversary
More than any hour of Westworld to date, The Adversary was a showcase for Thandie Newton’s bravura performance as Maeve.
There’s the obvious fearlessness in the physical requirements of Maeve’s scenes, which frequently mean frank close-ups of nudity, suggesting an almost clinical objectification of her body. Yet, this episode is also, paradoxically, the strongest repudiation of the reading that Westworld is an excuse for exploitation and subjugation of its female performers. To be sure, Newton was required to be nude for most of her scenes, and in her first sequence where she was clothed, she provoked a hulking, stinky guest to first try to rape her and then strangle her to death.
- 11/7/2016
- Den of Geek
Warner Bros.
For a lot of people, the best and most exciting part of any comic book movie are the villains. And why not? Unlike the heroes, villains aren’t bound by rules, morals or obligation – they do whatever they want, when then they want to do it. And aside from usually being gifted with awesome abilities like super intelligence or super strength, comic book villains are almost aways of the eccentric kind. Whereas heroes have to play into the light, presenting themselves in a serious or stoic manner, a villain gets to play into the shadows: weird, quirky or just batsh*t crazy.
Since the early 2000s, cinema has gifted us with an elite smörgåsbord of brilliantly-realised villains, all of whom have been played memorably by a variety of talented actors: from Heath Ledger to Ben Kingsley, Kevin Spacey to Michael Shannon, these performers have relished the chance to...
For a lot of people, the best and most exciting part of any comic book movie are the villains. And why not? Unlike the heroes, villains aren’t bound by rules, morals or obligation – they do whatever they want, when then they want to do it. And aside from usually being gifted with awesome abilities like super intelligence or super strength, comic book villains are almost aways of the eccentric kind. Whereas heroes have to play into the light, presenting themselves in a serious or stoic manner, a villain gets to play into the shadows: weird, quirky or just batsh*t crazy.
Since the early 2000s, cinema has gifted us with an elite smörgåsbord of brilliantly-realised villains, all of whom have been played memorably by a variety of talented actors: from Heath Ledger to Ben Kingsley, Kevin Spacey to Michael Shannon, these performers have relished the chance to...
- 4/15/2014
- by WhatCulture
- Obsessed with Film
Everyone knows full well that the most dangerous warrior of all is an overmaxed Bastet Warder, but despite our repeated, well-reasoned letters to Spike TV, the network appears intent on moving forward with another season of their show, Deadliest Warrior.
The new season sounds as exciting as ever, with match-ups that are the stuff dreams are made of...if you're anything like us and happen to dream about vampires fighting zombies. Here's what we learned out about the conflicts you've always wanted to see play out:
Vampires vs. Zombies, the new season's tenth episode, is a departure for the normally history and science-based series. In the past, they've run thousands of simulations to determine each conflict. New host, former Navy Seal Richard "Mack" Machowicz, spoke about pitting fictional characters and creatures against one another and how it's still in the same spirit of discussion and argument. Dr. Armand Dorian, the show's medical consultant,...
The new season sounds as exciting as ever, with match-ups that are the stuff dreams are made of...if you're anything like us and happen to dream about vampires fighting zombies. Here's what we learned out about the conflicts you've always wanted to see play out:
Vampires vs. Zombies, the new season's tenth episode, is a departure for the normally history and science-based series. In the past, they've run thousands of simulations to determine each conflict. New host, former Navy Seal Richard "Mack" Machowicz, spoke about pitting fictional characters and creatures against one another and how it's still in the same spirit of discussion and argument. Dr. Armand Dorian, the show's medical consultant,...
- 7/21/2011
- UGO TV
In the first "Jonah Hex" trailer, there's one particular item that should give fans a pretty clear sense of whether or not this comic book adaptation is something they'll find interest in. I'm speaking, of course, about the horse-mounted gatling gun, one of the most absurd pieces of weaponry seen on film in the past several years. It's not a concept that everybody can get behind — but it's certainly one that lead actor Josh Brolin was very amused by!
"The gatling gun, man," the actor laughed when MTV News asked him to recount his favorite and most absurd weapons featured in "Jonah Hex." "It's not funny to anybody else, but it's always funny to me."
Brolin revealed that the initial idea for the gatling gun had more than a few design flaws to reconcile.
"The gatling gun was designed under the horse," he explained. "I was like, 'Does anybody realize...
"The gatling gun, man," the actor laughed when MTV News asked him to recount his favorite and most absurd weapons featured in "Jonah Hex." "It's not funny to anybody else, but it's always funny to me."
Brolin revealed that the initial idea for the gatling gun had more than a few design flaws to reconcile.
"The gatling gun was designed under the horse," he explained. "I was like, 'Does anybody realize...
- 6/19/2010
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Splash Page
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