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Charles Pulliam-Moore

Charles Pulliam-Moore

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    Elemental’s a periodic table of metaphors that don’t always work the way Pixar wants

    Pixar’s latest animated feature from director Peter Sohn doesn’t want to be another Zootopia, and yet...

    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Lilly Wachowski has very good reasons for voting “no” on the DGA’s deal with the AMPTP.

    The Directors Guild of America has already approved a tentative new labor contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and encouraged members to ratify it by vote.

    But ahead of the voting deadline on June 23rd, a number of directors including Lilly Wachowski have begun speaking out about why they’ve cast “no” ballots, namely: some concerning language in the proposed contract relating to “generative” AI that definitely seems like it could be exploited in nefarious ways.

    Disclosure: The Verge’s editorial staff is also unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East.

    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    What We Do In The Shadows is finally giving Guillermo what he wants.

    At least that’s what it looks like in the new trailer FX just dropped ahead of What We Do In The Shadows’ premiere next month. It might not be the taste of vampirism that he truly craves, but it’s certainly one he’s earned at this point.

    Asteroid City is a series of exquisite and soulless tableaux all coming apart at the seams

    Wes Anderson’s inclination to put style before substance is what keeps his latest from being the truly thought-provoking piece of cinematic art it wants to be.

    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    The Chicken Run sequel’s finally got a release date.

    For those who’ve been patiently waiting for Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget to hit Netflix, summer and fall might be a bit disappointing. But come December 15th, it’s nugget time.

    Secret Invasion brings the MCU down to Earth

    Samuel L. Jackson and Olivia Colman shine in Marvel’s new Disney Plus show, which feels more like a souped-up Agents of SHIELD TV event than a proper spy thriller.

    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Amazon’s I’m a Virgo knows what it means to be too big, Black, and brilliant for this world

    I’m a Virgo is creator Boots Riley at his best — even once the brilliant series reveals what kind of familiar story it’s not so secretly telling the whole time.

    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    A hustler, a pimp, and a sex worker walk into an anti-Black conspiracy.

    That’s the most basic premise of director Juel Taylor’s upcoming Blaxploitation-adjacent, sci-fi comedy They Cloned Tyrone. But there’s so much more than that going on the movie’s latest trailer, making it seem like it might be worth a viewing when it hits Netflix on July 21st.

    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Charles Pulliam-Moore
    Why wouldn’t Miles Morales be dealing with anxiety in the new Spider-verse short?

    For his new Spider-Verse short The Spider Within that just premiered at the Annecy International Film Festival, director Jarelle Dampier wanted to get real about Miles Morales having anxiety because he “just seems like that kind of kid.”

    “We’ve never been able to have that slice-of-life moment because the movies are so big and excellent and breathtaking. I think horror is just one of those great down-on-the-street-level genres that you can use to just get intimate and find out what really makes this character tick.”