Movies and TV Shows

The "No CGI" dynamic around films is odd and reveals, IMO, that mainstream anti-tech sentiment in capitalism only flies as a consumer's affectation.

I didn't know about this apart from the usual under-appreciation and under-paying of VFX staff.

But then the "No CGI is just invisible CGI" series (https://www.youtube.com/@TheMovieRabbitHole/videos) and this clip about the Barbie behind the scenes *hiding the bluescreen by filling it in* (https://youtu.be/fPNpFqXraKE?si=yYu569bY8d41DZ2f&t=509) ... reveals a profession is being smothered.

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Debuting June 4 on Disney+.

The series will debut on the streaming service on June 4.

The series stars Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, and Carrie-Anne Moss.

The official logline states, “An investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master (Lee) against a dangerous warrior from his past (Stenberg). As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems.” The show is known to be set during the High Republic era of the “Star Wars” timeline, prior to the events of the “Star Wars” films.

A documentary about the convicted murderer and rapist who did not die in Cell 35 but was instead seen shopping in Sandton City.

Name your favorites.

After President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, his secretary of war and friend, Edwin Stanton begins the manhunt to track down Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth.

I'm a bit of a Presidential history nerd, so I'm super interested to see this one. I'm also a Toby Menzies nerd, so I'm interested to see him too.

I'm only through one episode so far, and I think it had a pretty solid start. I'm hoping (and I would think this to be the case given who Menzies is portraying) that it focuses on the politics of the day, rather than merely being a show about bringing the perpetrators to justice.

(Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War) is an exhaustive, immensely ambitious nine-part, ten-hour series that covers the Cold War from before the beginning (the Russian Revolution) to after the end (the Russian invasion of Ukraine). Or did it ever end? As national-security journalist Garrett Graff puts it in the series, “If you open the newspaper on any given day, we’re still living with the aftermath of the Cold War.” The original Cold War may have wrapped up with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the rise of Perestroika, but it has revived as Russian President Vladimir Putin resuscitated the country’s aggressive nationalist spirit when he was elected Russian president on the last day of 1999.

However you define the Cold War’s parameters, Turning Point is a mighty feat of historical documentary storytelling. (T)he series combines the veracity and thoroughness of a Frontline installment with the style (and, by all appearances, the budget) of a major documentary release.