Tuesday, February 28: Voivod, “Into My Hypercube”
R.I.P. Denis “Piggy” D’Amour (1959-2005)
Voivod truly came into their own on Nothingface, crafting an idiosyncratic prog/thrash hybrid that didn’t really have any antecedent or influence. “Into My Hypercube” just seemed to exist, and couldn’t be anything other than Voivod: from Snake’s accented snarl to Piggy’s simultaneously blocky and sinewy guitar to Blacky’s “blower” bass and Away’s Neil Peart-meets-Charlie Benante drumming, this was so its own thing that it was almost laughable. Really, the most shocking thing about the track and Nothingface was that it actually expanded Voivod’s audience- one would imagine the thrash of Killing Technology or the more accessible overtures of Angel Rat or even The Outer Limits would land better. But it just went to show that by following their own muse on “into My Hypercube”, the group built their own sandbox and were better off hanging out while the world came to them.
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Shut in rating
With moderate production values, the film is technically polished with Paul Denham Austerbeery's vivid production designs that are realistically captured by Yves Belanger's efficient cinematography. Unfortunately, with a poorly etched character, he does not have much to offer, in terms of performance. With his innocently bewildered looks, he has a magnetic screen presence. Jacob Tremblay, after featuring in the Oscar-nominated role in the psychological drama "Room", plays yet another emotionally troubled child. She is ably supported by the rest of the team.Ĭharlie Heaton as Mary's stepson Stephen and Oliver Platt are both perfunctory.Īlex Braunstein as Mary's patient Aaron and David Cubitt as his father who makes romantic overtures to Mary are wasted with limited screen time. She does the best she can, but with a weak script, there is little, she or any other actor, can do. Naomi Watts, stuck in a pool of sad B-grade films, as Mary, is engaging and appealing as always. With all ingredients of the horror genre like a large house in a rural area set in a snow-clad winter and with characters endlessly searching for things in the dark along with nightmare sequences and a few cheap, lazy jump-scares, the script by Christina Hodson is lurid and unconvincing. And, director Farren Blackburn offers more to this, making the story far-fetched. He assures her that she is suffering from Parasomnia. What follows is Mary's nightmares and troubled vision.īelieving her house to be haunted, she contacts her mentor, Dr Bennett Wilson (Oliver Platt) with whom she communicates via skype. But, before she can return him to his caretaker, Tom disappears. She lives in a large, rural house with her teenage stepson Stephen (Charlie Heaton) who has been paralyzed neck down, after an accident and with no chance of an improvement.įeeding and bathing the motionless young man, Mary lives a solitary life till one of her young patients, the nine-year-old Tom (Jacob Tremblay) unexpectedly turns up at her door, in fact, in her car, one cold winter night. The narrative revolves around Mary Portman (Naomi Watts), a clinical psychologist specialising in troubled children. While it delivers its moderately effective jump-scares, it completely ignores the story's looming, daunting psychological and emotional ramifications. For, despite a fairly reasonable cast, this film is an astonishingly hollow thriller. To digest "Shut In", you may have to shut out your powers of reasoning. Unfortunately, director Farren Blackburn's latest film "Shut In" offers nothing to ruminate. Horror films leave an indelible mark on its audience when, they are ground-breaking, edgy, deep and engaging - either by performance, story, direction or photography - and they resonate long after the first viewing. Film: "Shut In" Director: Farren Blackburn Cast: Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt, Charlie Heaton, Jacob Tremblay, David Cubitt, Clementine Poidatz and Alex Braunstein Rating: *1/2
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Sharp Objects
dir. Jean Marc Vallee
dp. Yves Belanger
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Big Little Lies (2017), created by David E. Kelley; dir. Jean-Marc Vallée.
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One of the most useful and interesting additions to the players arsenal in Watch_Dogs 2 is the use of a quadcopter and mini-car to perform remote hacking. By allowing the player to keep themselves in a hidden location, away from the actual danger, they can be more daring and conduct stealth actions that may have required a more violent approach without these tools.
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Clint Eastwood directing Paul Walter Hauser on the set of Richard Jewell (2019). The film was photographed by Yves Belanger. Yves was born in Montreal and has 51 cinematography credits, from a 1983 French Canadian short, to eight episodes of a mini-series now in production. His other notable credits include 10 episodes of The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Dallas Buyers Club, seven episodes each of Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects, The Mule, and Long Shot.
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Sharp Objects
dir. Jean Marc Vallee
dp. Yves Belanger
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