Monthly Archives: August 2020
John Carpenter Teases Reboot of The Thing
Tenet Reviews Hail Nolan’s Latest as a Thrilling Spectacle Despite Being Cold, Confusing
After ruminating on the major themes and ideas of Tenet for over a decade, Nolan spent five-years crafting the script. Did the endeavor pay off, or is the finished project to much of a thinker to resonate with a mass crowd? Variety's Guy Lodge hails Tenet as being a “big, brashly beautiful, grandiosely enjoyable” movie. Though Tenet is no "Holy Grail," Lodge says the "sheer meticulousness of Nolan’s grand-canvas action aesthetic is enthralling, as if to compensate for the stray loose threads and teasing paradoxes of his screenplay — or perhaps simply to underline that they don’t matter all that much."Tenet is a thrilling addition to the Christopher Nolan canon, but is slightly held back by a sense of over-familiarity.
Our review: https://t.co/HcVBYqQsb5 pic.twitter.com/tCBTLM80vO — IGN (@IGN) August 21, 2020
Tenet stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Cain, and Kenneth Branagh in an time-bending espionage adventure film that, while captivating most critics, is leaving some cold. The Guardian's Catherine Shoard says the flick is a "pandemic dud" and that she's not even sure "in five years’ time, it’d be worth staying up to catch on telly."‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Grandly Entertaining, Time-Slipping Spectacle Is a Futuristic Throwback https://t.co/q6cLARQimT
— Variety (@Variety) August 21, 2020
If critics do agree on one thing however, it's that Tenet's plot isn't the easiest to follow. The Independent's Clarisse Loughrey says Tenet is Nolan's most confusing film, but that it's also a "rare action film where the characters don’t just say the world will end if they fail in their mission - you feel it, too."Tenet review: Christopher Nolan's thriller is a palindromic dud https://t.co/O40xYfmiw7
— Guardian culture (@guardianculture) August 21, 2020
Meanwhile, GameSpot called the film a "mind-melting stunner" while THR said the movie was "rich in audacity and originality, but almost impossible to love, lacking as it is in a certain humanity."Tenet is Christopher Nolan's most confusing film, but the most thrilling to get lost in – review https://t.co/tGkJkMlrYL
— The Independent (@Independent) August 23, 2020
Tenet is a mind-melting stunner.
Here's our review: https://t.co/oDNOFqNHjm pic.twitter.com/wjMt0M0BML — GameSpot (@GameSpot) August 21, 2020
The New York Times' Jessica Kiang noted that the film was “undeniably enjoyable, but its giddy grandiosity only serves to highlight the brittleness of its purported braininess.”In #Tenet, writer-director Christopher Nolan sends star John David Washington moving back and forth in every dimension in this sci-fi thriller costarring Robert Pattinson and Elizabeth Debicki. Read THR's review here: https://t.co/MiehbwjSs3 pic.twitter.com/k9VWGLdaEn
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 23, 2020
Both The Telegraph and Total Film both loved Tenet, calling out the movie's "heart-stopping grandeur" and saying "one viewing just won't be enough."Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" will be released outside the U.S. next week, and our review is in. We won't spoil the plot, partly because it's so convoluted. https://t.co/maaCoVCrip
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) August 21, 2020
"Christopher Nolan's time-bending action spectacular is the perfect film to get us back in cinemas – one viewing just won't be enough," writes @robbiereviews.
'Tenet' review: https://t.co/xR8QE9pwHL — The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 21, 2020
Empire's Alex Godfrey writes that Tenet "proves Nolan’s undying commitment to big-screen thrills and spills.""A monumental big-screen spectacle, Tenet is a film that perfectly exemplifies what makes the cinema experience – in all its heart-stopping grandeur – quite so special." Read @JordanFarley's review https://t.co/NrQs0ymyY9 pic.twitter.com/Pqgco3qCyx
— Total Film (@totalfilm) August 21, 2020
Check out IGN's Tenet review here... [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/21/tenet-review"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.“It has its cake, eats it, then goes back in time and eats it again.” Read the official Empire review of Christopher Nolan’s #Tenet. https://t.co/ulLb1BQF1h pic.twitter.com/2Yp1XIxuwu
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) August 21, 2020
Summer Games Done Quick 2020 Raises $2.3 Million for Charity
There were 148 runs, 159 prizes given out, and 20,430 donors who made an average donation of $68.71. These donations were made through direct donations, Twitch subscriptions and bits given during Games Done Quick's streams, and purchases from partners like The Yetee and Fangamer. This year's SGDQ featured its first ever VR speedrun in Half-Life: Alyx, alongside games like Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Bros., and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. The Games Done Quick events usually take place in person, just like Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 that raised $3.13 million, but the COVID-19 pandemic made it so SGDQ 2020 was fully online. It was an unfortunate change, but it's great to see it was still a huge success. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/14/half-life-2-developers-react-to-50-minute-speedrun"] You can rewatch all the speedruns on Games Done Quick's YouTube channel, and learn more about donating and getting involved at their website. For more speedrunning goodness, also be sure to check out our Devs React to Speedruns series for games like Half-Life 2, Doom Eternal, and SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.You ever see a flying mount? Here you go. #SGDQ2020 pic.twitter.com/uFFZRMAC89
— Games Done Quick (@GamesDoneQuick) August 21, 2020
The Batman Trailer: First Look at Catwoman, Penguin and Gordon
The Batman Trailer: First Look at Catwoman, Penguin and Gordon
Matt Reeves Explains The Batman’s Connection to HBO Max’s Gotham PD
Matt Reeves Explains The Batman’s Connection to HBO Max’s Gotham PD
Suicide Squad Game Is Set in Batman: Arkham Universe
Suicide Squad Game Is Set in Batman: Arkham Universe
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Playable Characters Announced
- Harley Quinn a.k.a. Dr. Harleen Quinzel, the "mistress of mayhem"
- King Shark a.k.a. Nanaue, the "demigod humanoid shark"
- Deadshot a.k.a. Floyd Lawton, the "most dangerous marksman alive"
- Captain Boomerang a.k.a. Digger Harkness, the "Aussie assassin extraordinaire"