Film Shorts // April 21-27, 2021
Mortal Kombat (R) A second film adaptation of the 1990s arcade video game, this martial-arts movie is about an evil overlord (Chin Han) who summons the world’s best fighters to a tournament. Also with Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Joe Taslim, Hiroyuki Sanada, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Ludi Lin, Max Huang, Sisi Stringer, Nathan Jones, and Mehcad Brooks. (Opens Friday)
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Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train (R) A big-screen continuation of the
anime TV series, this film features the continuing adventures of demon hunter Tanjiro Kamado (voiced by Natsuki Hanae and Zach Aguilar). Additional voices by Akari Kitô, Abby Trott, Satoshi Hino, Mark Whitten, Hiro Shimono, Aleks Le, Daisuke Hirakawa, and Landon McDonald. (Opens Friday)
How I look when my Zoom camera is off.
As we (mostly) take collective faltering steps toward the precarious and ever-eroding notion of normal, with the world changing and remaining the same, and things making less sense the more we think about them, I ve found myself retreating, for a couple of evenings, to some semblance of what was.
It induced a not-unpleasant disconnectedness shot through with a surprising nostalgia. It also brought longing for a simpler time, when lockdown provided a justification for hermitude, when the social contract was edited down to its outline and everything was quiet for a while. There are moments when I reminisce on the simple pleasures of going to the movies, of social gatherings in general. I have been vaccinated and when/until the nanobots take over my brain, I will probably return to previous standards of engagement. (Editor s note: There are no nanobots in the vaccines he s joking! please don t say you read about vaccine nanobots in the
There is an entire popular subgenre of films about men who are asleep, and miserable, before they “wake up” and find their metaphorical balls through some major change in their life. Maybe they find out their spouse is cheating on them and their marriage is over, or maybe a child was kidnapped and the police won’t help. What’s important is that the man returns to self-confidence, usually gaining the love of a beautiful woman and the adoration of a side-character who previously bullied them.
There is another popular subgenre of film about fucking with the wrong person, and the consequences of doing so. Ilya Naishuller’s 2021 violence-fantasy
Posted: Apr 19, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 19
Paisley Cadorath (left), Gage Munroe and Connie Nielsen in a still from Nobody, a film available for rent now. Cadorath is from Winnipeg, where the film was shot in Sept. 2019. (Universal Studios)
There s a new film available to rent with some very recognizable Winnipeg landmarks.
Nobody, which stars Bob Odenkirk best known for his roles in
Breaking Bad and
Better Call Saul was shot in Winnipeg in September 2019.
The film follows Hutch Mansell, played by Odenkirk, who experiences a robbery in his home at gunpoint. After following the clues from the break-in, he gets himself wrapped up in trouble.
Nobody: High action fun, but not for the squeamish
Nobody: High action fun, but not for the squeamish
Gone are the days when a film can get away with senseless violence without there being some kind of ‘art’ to it. That’s not because of cancel culture, morals or the like, but instead simply because of what audiences expect from films these days. Yes, gone are the days when an audience would happily sit and watch an action hero blowing away bad guys for 90 minutes – story was optional.
Christopher Lloyd, Bob Odenkirk, and RZA in ‘Nobody’ (2021). Image: IMDB
But due to high-quality television shows like