The dead body of the same person pops up in four different years—1890, 1941, 2023, and 2053—in Netflix’s latest mind-bending mystery thriller series Bodies. The mystery is a genuinely fascinating one, and so is the experience of binge-watching the series. And since we can’t stop gushing over it, we believe it’s a good idea to delve deep into the character of Gabriel Defoe, aka the person whose body (not sure whether to use singular or plural) turns up in different eras and works as the one common thread between all four detectives who would not stop until they got to the bottom of it. Despite the multi-layered story, which marches forward at a brisk pace, the narrative of Bodies is quite accessible once you get the hang of it. I thought the science in the series was rather simple and had a clarity to it. Before getting into that,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
The Coens usually go to Cannes, but the film's Feb. 5, 2016 release date means a big get for the Berlinale. Anything the brothers do, whether it hits theaters in the depths of winter or the heart of awards season, is sure to pique the interest of the cinephile set, and "Hail, Caesar!" is no different. Set at the height of Hollywood's Golden Age, the high-gloss period comedy follows a single day in the life of studio fixer Edward Mannix (Josh Brolin) on the fictional Capitol Pictures lot. The film also features George Clooney as movie star Baird Whitlock, kidnapped in the course of filming "prestige" epic "Hail, Caesar!"; Ralph Fiennes as director Laurence Lorenz; and Tilda Swinton as real-life gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. (By the looks of it, she could give Helen Mirren's Hopper, in "Trumbo," a run for her money.) Channing Tatum shows up in a sailor suit singing,...
- 12/4/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
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