TOP OF THEIR GAME Cinema and video games both influence and borrow from each other. Gaming has incorporated many filmic styles and looks, while films have used tropes that started out in game domains. They have also attempted to bring popular characters from those worlds to the big screen (Mario, Sonic, Lara Croft et al). … Read more
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, the new action comedy feature starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek was online edited, conformed and graded remotely under lockdown conditions at Nu Boyana Studios, London on DaVinci Resolve Studio. Directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Tom O’Connor and Brandon and Phillip Murphy, the Lionsgate film is a sequel to the … Read more
Killer instinct Seamus McGarvey BSC ASC / Life Killer instinct Seamus McGarvey BSC ASC / Life The crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) successfully capture a space probe returning from Mars. It has a particularly interesting sample inside: the first proof of extra-terrestrial life. However, instead of discovering a simple, microbial life-form – endearingly … Read more
Dynamic Fun Alwin Kulcher BSC / R.I.P.D Dynamic Fun Alwin Kulcher BSC / R.I.P.D For a filmography as impressive and varied as Alwin Küchler’s, one must wonder if he’s been choosing the films or the films have been choosing him. Let’s not kid ourselves of course, we all realise the luck that comes with the … Read more
Brightest day Dion Beebe ACS ASC / The Green Lantern Brightest day Dion Beebe ACS ASC / The Green Lantern The Green Lantern was first brought to life in the pages of 1940s comic books, published by DC Comics, best known as the home of Superman and Batman. The character was a human test pilot, … Read more
Extreme precision Edu Grau / Buried Extreme precision Edu Grau / Buried BY: Ron Prince It’s hard to imagine that a 110-minute film based completely around a man buried alive in a coffin would keep the attention of audiences for the entirety of its duration. But Buried not only succeeds in doing this, it’s also … Read more
