Spectacle

via Paramount Legendary director Quentin Tarantino has chimed in on the discussion around the 2022 mega-hit Top Gun: Maverick, and it would seem that he had the same feelings that moviegoers around the world shared. Tarantino loved the film praising it as “a true cinematic spectacle” while appearing on the ReelBlend podcast earlier this week. “I fucking love Top Gun: Maverick. I thought it was fantastic. I saw it at the theaters. That and Spielberg’s West Side Story both provided a true cinematic spectacle, the…

Image via Universal Jordan Peele describes the story he wanted to tell in his new movie NOPE. Similar to his previous films, Get Out and Us, his projects tend to have an air of mystery around them, and NOPE might just be the most mysterious one yet. In an interview with Empire Online, Peele talked about how NOPE is a commentary on spectacle itself. “I started off wanting to make a film that would put an audience in the immersive experience of being in the presence of a UFO. I wanted to make a spectacle,…

An award-winning photographer has captured the somber moment when dozens of colorful starfish set about devouring a lifeless sea lion on the seafloor in California.Wildlife photographer David Slater captured the haunting photo in the shallow waters of Monterey Bay. The dead sea lion and its compatriots swimming in the background are most likely California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), but they could also be Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), based on the two species' geographical ranges.  The sea stars are all…