Tom Jolliffe on Marvel Studios bringing indie directors into a huge studio set up to direct its pictures… Indie cinema has been on something of an upsurge in recent years. Whilst there is still the general feeling that mainstream entertainment, namely anything under the Disney wing, is monopolising the cinemas, we’ve still seen an increase […]
Chloé Zhao opens up about Eternals’ divisiveness
Now that the water around the fallen Celestial statues is a lot calmer, Eternals director Chloé Zhao has been speaking exclusively to Empire Magazine about the divided critical reception to her unique entry into the IP heavy world of the MCU. Eternals was always going to be a challenging film to gauge; featuring no recognisable […]
Movie Review – Eternals (2021)
Eternals, 2021. Directed by Chloe Zhao Starring Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kit Harrington, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, and Bill Skarsgard. SYNOPSIS: Eternals is a story of immortal guardians charged with overseeing an Earth in perpetual evolution. Over thousands of years it tells […]
Chloé Zhao teases her sci-fi western Dracula film with Instagram image
Academy-Award winning Nomadland director Chloé Zhao is returning to smaller-scale fare following her rummage in Marvel’s toybox with Eternals, and she has teased her science-fiction western horror genre mash-up Dracula by releasing an image of what appears to be Nosferatu on horseback. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chloé Zhao […]
Angelina Jolie responds to Marvel’s Eternals being pulled from theaters in some countries
As the fearsome warrior Thena in Marvel Studios’ Eternals, it only seems fitting that Angelina Jolie has stood up and addressed the reports that the blockbuster film won’t be receiving a release in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar, calling the decision to pull the film due to the inclusion of a same-sex couple “sad” and […]
SPOILERS: Eternals director Chloe Zhao discusses the surprise post-credits cameos
Spoilers for Marvel’s Eternals follow. You have been warned… Unless you follow certain Variety writers on social media, you may have found yourself surprised during the end credits of Marvel Studios’ Eternals when former One Direction star Harry Styles popped up to make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Eros, a.k.a. the superhero Starfox. Styles’ […]
Movie Review – Eternals (2021)
Eternals, 2021. Directed by Chloe Zhao. Starring Salma Hayek, Richard Madden, Gemma Chan, Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Ma Dong-seok, Kit Harington, and Lia McHugh. SYNOPSIS:: The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations. There are at […]
Video Review – Eternals proves Marvel’s future is cosmic perfection
EJ Moreno with a review of Marvel Studios’ Eternals… Marvel Studios’ Eternals may be the most polarizing MCU film in years. With its pensive look at gods among men and stoic filmmaking, the Chloe Zhao-directed film worked for critic EJ Moreno. Though, could the DC/Jack Kirby-style be the reason why? Watch his review below, and be […]
Eternals director Chloe Zhao discusses the Marvel movie’s Superman reference
Okay, so it’s not quite Avengers vs. Justice League, but if you’ve been paying attention to the marketing for Marvel Studios’ Eternals, you may be aware that the film includes the MCU’s first direct reference to the Distinguished Competition. A recent promo for the film features a scene where Phastos’ (Brian Tyree Henry) son make […]
Eternals featurette goes behind the scenes of Marvel’s next movie
Marvel Entertainment has released another featurette for the Phase Four blockbuster Eternals which takes us behind the scenes of the movie and sees producer Kevin Feige, director Chloe Zhao, and stars Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani, and Gemma Chan discuss bringing the film to life on screen; watch it here… SEE […]
