Writer-director Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals is a movie that clearly fancies itself hip and ingenious, but ends up as flabby as the middle-aged obese women that dance naked in slow motion during the opening credits.
With Nocturnal Animals, Ford presents a dual storyline that alternates between a Texas-set Bronson-esque revenge tale and an arty Lynch/Refn-inspired look at the ugliness of modern life. Amy Adams stars as Susan, a wealthy but sad Los Angeles art gallery owner (those naked chubbettes are an exhibit) married to Hutton (Armie Hammer), an unfaithful stockbroker with money problems. One day a manuscript is delivered to Susan, a novel titled Nocturnal Animals, dedicated to her and written by her former husband Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal) who she has not spoken to in 19 years. She lays down to read it and suddenly we are in the book, where math professor Tony (Gyllenhaal again), is driving through...
With Nocturnal Animals, Ford presents a dual storyline that alternates between a Texas-set Bronson-esque revenge tale and an arty Lynch/Refn-inspired look at the ugliness of modern life. Amy Adams stars as Susan, a wealthy but sad Los Angeles art gallery owner (those naked chubbettes are an exhibit) married to Hutton (Armie Hammer), an unfaithful stockbroker with money problems. One day a manuscript is delivered to Susan, a novel titled Nocturnal Animals, dedicated to her and written by her former husband Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal) who she has not spoken to in 19 years. She lays down to read it and suddenly we are in the book, where math professor Tony (Gyllenhaal again), is driving through...
- 11/23/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In Iron Man 3, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) meets with the mother of Chad Davis at a bar in the rural Tenessee town Tony has been laying low in. During this meeting, Ellen Brandt (Stephanie Szostak) shows up, posing as an agent of Homeland Security. When she tries to "arrest" Tony a local Sheriff steps in, but she quickly kills him and his deputies. Tony then quickly leaves the bar and heads to a diner across the street. Brandt soon enters the diner and the two exchange words as they Tony tries to outsmart her. He puts Davis' dog tags into a microwave, turns it on, and then opens a gas valve. This creates a blast that is so powerful it sends Brandt's body flying into power lines. She is dead. Her Extremis healing powers can not overcome the power of power lines. But in the storyboards below, Brandt...
- 12/31/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
It's been a few years since I've talked with Jeff Probst either before a "Survivor" season or before a finale and I'd forgotten that I probably needed to request three or four hours as an interview time. Jeff Probst is in his 28th season of hosting "Survivor" and he still loves talking about the game, talking about his favorite players and the constant surprise that each season brings. You may not agree with his take on things -- I tend to root more for the underdogs, while Probst's love and admiration for certain Alpha Dog contestants is famous/notorious -- but you can't doubt his passion, even if it's for something like this season's all-power Tyler Perry Idol, which has been the source of ample grumbling on my weekly recaps. Tony, the finder of the Tyler Perry Idol, is a Jeff Probst kinda "Survivor" player, while death-cheating Spencer is the...
- 5/21/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Another week, another immunity idol. And a new twist at an old Survivor standby — the food auction. When it was all over, another contestant was sent to the jury, while the remaining players were left to wonder where exactly they stood after the game was turned on its head once again. My full recap will be up at midnight, but if you’d like to sound off on what happened and who went home, then read on for more. [Spoiler Alert: Read on only if you already watched tonight’s episode of Survivor: Cagayan.]
It was Survivor auction time as the players were each given $500 to bid ungodly sums on semi-edible food items. Only this time,...
It was Survivor auction time as the players were each given $500 to bid ungodly sums on semi-edible food items. Only this time,...
- 5/1/2014
- by Dalton Ross
- EW.com - PopWatch
Pre-credit sequence. After voting Morgan out, Solarrion is down to nine. As they return to camp, Tony knocks over all of the torches. He doesn't pick them up. In fact, he wants to cause a little more bedlam. He explains to Spencer that his alliance has been targeting people who don't deserve to be in the game anymore and he wants to know why he's been targeted twice (kinda, since no votes went against him the previous week). Tony says Woo's more athletic and Lj's more athletic and he wants to know why he's been targeted. Tony enjoys being a force of chaos for absolutely No reason, so he starts demanding explanations for why the minority alliance didn't just come kneel before him and agree to vote Morgan out. Yeah, Tony. That's just how "Survivor" works. "But anyway, I appreciate the compliment," he tells them. He has a 6-3 advantage,...
- 4/17/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
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