The Revenant and the Dark History of Scalping
Sure, everyone scalped. But there were those who were compensated for the bloody act and those who have to carry the stereotypical legacy.
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Through a Native Lens is a column from film critic and citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Shea Vassar, who will dive into the nuance of cinema’s best and worst cases of Indigenous representation. This entry looks at the truth about scalping and how that’s depicted in The Revenant.
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The Revenant(2015) is a brutal look at survival in the 19th-century Western wilderness. Set in 1823, the film focuses on the tough Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), who survives a near-fatal bear attack and is left for dead by the man who murdered his Pawnee son, Hawk (Forrest Goodluck). While the conversation around the release focused on DiCaprio’s performance, which finally landed him an Oscar win, as well as the cinematography by the talented Em
2020 was a weird year for movies: closed theaters, no Marvel movies, and the new Bond movie and
The Fast and the Furious sequel pushed to 2021.
But limitations on theater attendance not only pushed studios to experiment with their releases, but also allowed some smaller genre movies to attract attention that usually would have been taken by blockbuster franchise films. In other words, 2020 made room for some great new genre movies, and gave viewers more of an opportunity to watch them.
Here are ten of the best sci-fi and horror movies of 2020 (in no particular order), all of which you can watch right now.
Cherry, the Russo Brothers knew Holland was fit for the job.
“It’s a story about the opioid crisis that involves the Iraq war, PTSD, heroin addiction, Oxycontin addiction, bank robbing,” Anthony Russo said. “It’s a very intense film and Tom Holland is absolutely bringing it every day. We’re so impressed with his performance in this movie. It will be a very intense film.”
Now, fans are getting an official look at the upcoming film. The
Cherry trailer shows a hardened Holland who is juggling the realities of falling in love, enlisting in the army and battling addiction. From fighting for his life in the frontlines of war to holding up banks with loaded guns, Holland’s character soon realizes he’s in situations where he already knows the outcomes.
Cherry Movie Trailer: Spider-Man Star Tom Holland Unveils Massive Transformation
Tom Holland transformed from being a young and friendly neighbor to a well-grown man real quick for his Cherry movie.
The YouTube channel of Apple TV+ unveiled the first look of Holland s epic journey as a grown-up man, and to say the Spider-Man actor is a huge contrast to his boy-next-door identity is a huge understatement. Cherry 2020 Trailer
In the nearly three-minute long trailer of the Cherry movie, the 24-year-old actor showcased four different roles in one screen.
Directed by Marvel Studios usual-collaborators Anthony and Joe Russo, the hair-raising film tells the story of a college student protagonist who becomes a soldier.