REDEMPTION: Donnie Darko
Snobs On Film: Redemption continues with a movie that epitomizes the category of “cult classic”. A night of prophetic somnambulism kicks off the wonderfully weird and bewitching story of Donnie Darko, a film that folds its redemptive qualities into the dreamlike existence of a teen watching his world dissolve into nightmare. Jake Gyllenhaal is Donnie, […]
007 AND COUNTING Episode #9 — The Living Daylights
In 1987, a new James Bond film was poised to introduce an actor who appeared to be the archetype of the Bond character; a man who fit the description millions of fans already had in mind. But before The Living Daylights could shoot its first scene, fate intervened—and Pierce Brosnan was out. Enter Timothy Dalton. […]
007 AND COUNTING Episode #8 — Thunderball
No Time To Die has a brand new trailer—which means the 25th James Bond film is still on track to drop in October—which of course means our ‘007 And Counting’ countdown has a brand new ep! The Bond franchise’s fourth film, Thunderball, followed the mega-success of the seminal Goldfinger and featured the return of Spectre. […]
REDEMPTION: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The sublime martial artistry of the 2000 classic, CrouchingTiger, Hidden Dragon, demonstrates only one form of the film’s great battles. The other style of conflict takes place on the war-torn fields of inner turmoil and forbidden love. Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi portray parallel characters whose internal struggle pits what they have outwardly accepted against […]
007 AND COUNTING Episode #7 — Live and Let Die
With the often rescheduled No Time to Die now set to open in just over a month, Mad Unreal is bringing back our special “007 And Counting” James Bond series. Last year, we discussed Daniel Craig’s epic tenure as the world’s most famous spy, while also examining the complications of being a Black Bond fan. […]
The Bad Batch Season 1: You can get with THIS, or you can get with THAT
Take 6 “black sheep” clones and throw them into a 16-episode story arc where the action of choice is the underlying theme, and you get season 1 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. On this special, extended episode of Mad Unreal, we explore the choices that have formed the crux of the series and combined […]
REDEMPTION: Pulp Fiction
SOF’s #1Theme10Films continues with Pulp Fiction! Very few films have explored the serpentine road to redemption as uniquely as Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 seminal hit. While assassins offer their existential thoughts, gangsters go medieval, and a clean-up man expounds on the fine art of removing dead bodies—a boxer looks for vindication in the bowels of retro […]
What if we applied “WHAT IF…?” to James Bond & Star Wars?
To celebrate the debut of the MCU’s first animated series, we’re kidnapping Jeffrey Wright’s The Watcher and transporting him to two very different universes. First, we journey to the Bond-verse and ask: WHAT IF Vesper Lived? Next, we dip over to the galaxy far, far away and wonder: WHAT IF Ahsoka Never Left the Jedi? […]
REDEMPTION: Notorious
Snobs On Film: Redemption returns with a film so full of tension and intrigue that it could only have come from the legendary Master of Suspense. Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious features a conflicted Cary Grant, whose love for Ingrid Bergman sets him at odds with his duty as a spy. Bergman is the key to bringing […]
Special Summer Recap & Fall Preview
Summer is winding down and autumn is just around the corner, so there’s no better time for Mad Unreal’s exclusive Fall Preview! But first, we take a quick look back at what made this summer unique, while also discussing a few upcoming highlights. From there, we dive into Unreal film and television content coming this […]