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Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023
Review: Director Angel Manuel Soto's "Blue Beetle"
Franz Kafka never realized how close he came to kickstarting a superhero franchise. Ever since Gregor Samsa awoke in his bed to find himself transformed into a monstrous dung beetle in "The Metamorphosis," we've had spider-men, wasps, ant-men, crime-fighting ticks and mighty mantises — such a super...
Friday, Aug. 11, 2023
Cinematographers & Cameras: Emmy Nominees Reflect On Their Work and Collaborators
One DP got a gig that landed the first Emmy nomination not only for him but also the two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker whose vision drove the series. Another Oscar nominee and ASC Lifetime Achievement Award winner scored his first Emmy nomination for a sojourn into the Star Wars universe. Yet...
Friday, Aug. 11, 2023
A Tale of Two Seasons: Awards and Labor Unrest
For the production community, including film commissions, Charles Dickens’ famous quote--“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times”--is quite apropos. The “best” is reflected in the current awards season when deserving work, the artists behind it, and those who facilitate it are...
Friday, Aug. 11, 2023
Mid-year Report Card: Hollywood Strikes, AI, Brands & Entertainment, DEI Backlash
It’s been an eventful first half of 2023, prompting SHOOT in its latest Midyear Report Card Survey to once again seek feedback from the advertising agency community in terms of pinpointing trends, developments and issues which have emerged as the most significant. For the first time in six decades...
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023
Review: Director Neill Blomkamp's "Gran Turismo"
In 2006, a Nissan marketing executive had a truly insane idea to create a competition and an "academy" to turn gamers into race car drivers. Darren Cox saw an untapped market of potential car-buyers in Gran Turismo enthusiasts – the popular PlayStation racing simulator that first came on the market...
Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023
Review: Director Jeff Rowe's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem"
There are some good gags and clever innovations in the animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem," but there is one brilliant idea: casting Ice Cube as the voice of the movie's mutant insect supervillain Super Fly. It might have once been hard to foresee the value of having the emcee...
Thursday, Jul. 27, 2023
Review: Kristin Gore and Damion Kulash's "The Beanie Bubble"
Who knew so many movie ideas could be found while rummaging through your attic? This year we've had movies on Tetris ( "Tetris" ), Nike ( "Air" ), Blackberry ( "Blackberry" ) and Cheetos ( "Flamin' Hot" ). The latest is "The Beanie Bubble," a comic drama about the Beanie Baby craze of the 1990s. We...
Thursday, Jul. 20, 2023
Review: Director Peter Nicks' "Stephen Curry: Underrated"
“Stephen Curry: Underrated” is easily one of the most inspirational movies of the year. This is a portrait of a man — the greatest three-point shooter of all time — who has felt inferior playing the game he loves since he was a scrawny kid playing on his local under-10 team. It’s easy to roll your...
Wednesday, Jul. 19, 2023
Review: Director Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer"
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” is a kinetic thing of dark, imposing beauty that quakes with the disquieting tremors of a forever rupture in the course of human history. “Oppenheimer,” a feverish three-hour immersion in the life of Manhattan Project mastermind J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian...
Wednesday, Jul. 19, 2023
Review: Director Greta Gerwig's "Barbie"
For someone who’s 11.5 inches tall and weighs under 8 ounces, poor Barbie’s had to carry an awfully heavy load over the years on that slender, plastic back of hers. Welcomed as a trailblazer in 1959 — An adult doll! With actual breasts! — she was nonetheless branded an anti-feminist a decade later...