ARMAGEDDON

The kids are more than alright in the movies this year. In fact, some young actors are delivering the type of breakout performances that the upcoming award season could and should be recognizing. This week we check out the astonishing work from Banks Repeta and Jaylin Webb in “Armageddon Time,” as well as Frankie Corio’s touching turn in “Aftersun” (one of the best performances of the year) and Kila Lord Cassidy’s demanding role in “The Wonder.” Here’s our roundup. “Armageddon Time”: Sentimentality doesn’t wander into…

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.Halloween options. There are any number of ways for film fans to celebrate Halloween this week. Jen Yamato wrote a streaming guide on where to find the best recent horror movies. Among Jen’s picks are such recent titles as Zach Cregger’s “Barbarian,” Christian Tafdrup’s “Speak No Evil,” Ti West’s “Pearl,” Henry Selick’s “Wendell & Wild,” Nyla Innuksuk’s “Slash/Back,” Carlota Pereda’s “Piggy” and the anthology…

The man with the white face entered the carriage at Rugby. He moved slowly in spite of the urgency of his porter, and even while he was still on the platform I noted how ill he seemed. He dropped into the corner over against me with a sigh, made an incomplete attempt to arrange his travelling shawl, and became motionless, with his eyes staring vacantly. Presently he was moved by a sense of my observation, looked up at me, and put out a spiritless hand for his newspaper. Then he glanced again in my direction.H.G.…

Peace activists wearing masks of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and newly elected US President Joe Biden pose with mock nuclear missiles in front of Berlin’s landmark the Brandenburg Gate on January 29, 2021 in an action to call for more progress in nuclear disarmament.Photo: John MacDougal (Getty Images)U.S. President Joe Biden wants to make sure the American public starts off their weekend with a nice heaping dose of existential dread.Biden told an audience at a New York Democratic fundraising event Thursday that…

NASA's mission to deflect asteroid is a step towards preparing the world for a potential future asteroid strike like the one which killed the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago, the chances of which are very slim in our lifetime, Indian scientists said.In a first-of-its-kind mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid on Tuesday to test whether space rocks that might threaten Earth in the future could be nudged safely out of the way.DART – the world's first…

Bellingham, WA-based Evil Bikes has partnered with Shimano for the launch of its "first foray into the electric underworld" in the demonic trail-blazing shape of a full suspension trail-hugger known as the Epocalypse.Largely based around the company's "big-wheeled, ride-anything" downhill trail bike known as the Wreckoning, Evil Bikes has gone all in on Shimano for the motor, battery, brakes, ride display and 12-speed groupset.The Epocalypse powers through rides with the help of a Shimano EP8 250-W mid-mount motor (though…

A new film set in 1980s New York, in which Donald Trump’s property mogul father, Fred, and high-achieving lawyer sister Maryanne appear as characters is a direct attack on late-stage capitalism, according to its principal cast and director.Armageddon Time, which is premiering at the Cannes film festival and stars Succession’s Jeremy Strong alongside Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain as Maryanne Trump, in a cameo, is set during the run-up to the election of Ronald Reagan as president and examines the layers of privilege that…

After his brilliant space adventure Ad Astra in 2019, James Gray has come heavily back to Earth. This slightly laborious and self-consciously acted family coming-of-age drama features some perfunctory plot resolutions, and dinner-theatre performances from its all-star cast, including Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway.It is set in Queens, New York in 1980 – the time in which US presidential candidate Ronald Reagan solemnly announced that the US was facing a moral “Armageddon”.But more to the point, Queens…

Those who have been reading the current Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles continuity from IDW are well aware that perennial villain the Rat King has been reinterpreted as a more mystical character and part of family of divine animal beings known as the Pantheon. For nearly a decade a long-gestating plotline has involved Rat King competing with his siblings for control of the world, with the TMNT and their various friends and foes serving as pawns. It appears that competition will finally come to a head as IDW has announced…