#john weitz

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue May 1, 1957

On the left, Anne St. Marie in a white terry cloth beach suit. Cannon fabric. On the right, Dolores Hawkins wears a white polka dot pique playsuit, buttoned at the back and self-scarfed. In Lowenstein fabric. Both costumes, by John Weitz.

À gauche, Anne St. Marie dans un costume de plage en tissu éponge blanc. De tissu Cannon. À droite, Dolores Hawkins porte un combishort en piqué à pois blancs, boutonnée au dos et auto-écharpée. En tissu Lowenstein. Les deux costumes, par John Weitz.

Photo Roger Prigent vogue archive

[dozydawn]

Ladies Home Journal, August 1971.

Photographed by Susan Wood.

Fashion by John Weitz.

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[nerds-yearbook]

Rogue One, the first of the theatrical A Star Wars Story films, was released on December 16, 2016. The story took place and lead directly into Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope. The movie explained how the rebels got the plans to the Death Star and why there was such a major flaw in the design. The movie introduced the characters Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen), Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), K-2SO (Alan Tudyk), Chirrut Imwe (Donnie Yen), Baze Malbus (Wen Jiang), Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn), Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker), and Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed). It also included from the original trilogy and prequels Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits), Darth Vader (Spencer Wilding, Daniel Naprous & James Earl Jones), Mon Mothma (Genevieve O'Reilly), General Dodonna (Ian Mchinney), Princess Leia (Ingvild Deila), C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), R2D2, Red Leader (Drewe Henley), Gold Leader (Angus Mcinnes), Dr Evazan (Michael Smiley), Wedge Antilles (David Ankrum), and Grand Moff Tarkin (Guy Henry) . The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson appeared as an Emperial Technician. The events took place at Jedha, Coruscant, Mustufar, Tatooine, Hoth, Lah'mu, Alderaan, Naboo, Yavin 4, Corellia, Ring of Kafrene, Yavin, and Felucia. The movie was recieved mostly positive, with most of the negative attention on the digitally created face of Princess Leia. ("Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", Star Wars Movie Event)

[genevieveetguy]

. She looks like a little girl now, but she's growing. Whoever has that kid, wins the war.

The Creator, Gareth Edwards (2023)

[brokehorrorfan]

The Creator will be released on Digital on November 14 and on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 12 via 20th Century Studios. The 2023 sci-fi thriller is directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story).

Edwards co-wrote with Chris Weitz (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Golden Compass). John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Allison Janney, and Madeleine Yuna Voyles star.

The Creator is presented with Dolby Atmos audio. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

True Love: Making The Creator - 55-minute behind-the-scenes featurette with cast and crew

Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (John David Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war — and humankind. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory, only to discover the world-ending weapon he's been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child

Pre-order The Creator.

[rickchung]

The Creator (dir. Gareth Edwards).

[The film] is dense blockbuster entertainment that wears its shallow sci-fi influences on its sleeve. It's often big and bold but feels half-baked in its high ambition without enough time to take a breath and simply take in its filmmaking and cinematic surroundings.

[bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews]

The Creator (12): Americans are the bad guys in allegorical Vietnam/Sci-fi epic.

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "The Creator". #Creatorthefilm. High-class Sci-fi with added heart. A memorable popcorn epic. SEE IT ON THE BIG SCREEN! 4.5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Creator” (2023). The week’s biggest new release is Gareth (“Rogue One“) Edward’s Sci-fi epic “The Creator”. In a battle between advanced AI Simulants and the American people, there’s little nuance displayed about which side you should be backing! Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: In 2050, an advanced AI defence system nukes Los Angeles. Spin forward to…

[scifi4wifi]

The Creator | Final Trailer

Why are the reviews around The Creator so divergent? A brief survey of ratings around the Internet have a mix of perspectives which vary widely. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a fair to middling 78%. Yet the headlines of every reviewer I came across lauded The Creator as a dynamic new film of non-franchise speculative fiction. These were sentences written with enthusiasm. How can their views be this…

[screenzealots]

"The Creator"

A mediocre sci-fi epic that uses big ideas as a stand-in for actual character development. The lack of follow-through is as maddening as it is lazy.

As a body of work, science fiction is usually most appreciated by those who are highly educated and more curious than the average person. It’s not an elite genre, but it’s one that thinkers tend to gravitate towards. “The Creator” manages to alienate both fans of sci-fi as well as those just looking for a thrill ride at the movies. This passive, overdone, wannabe epic from director and co-writer…

[direct-actu]

Découvrez The Creator prochainement au cinéma

Une dystopie utilisant les mythèmes de l’enfant prodige et l’affrontement de deux forces manichéennes, ici L’HOMME VS les IA. Le film ressort la même guerre des pays occidentaux contre l’Asie, ici rebaptisée Nouvelle Asie. Les effets spéciaux, la photographie sont impeccables et irréprochables, on attend la suite avec impatience ! Continue reading Untitled

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Découvrez The Creator prochainement au cinéma

Une dystopie utilisant les mythèmes de l’enfant prodige et l’affrontement de deux forces manichéennes, ici L’HOMME VS les IA. Le film ressort la même guerre des pays occidentaux contre l’Asie, ici rebaptisée Nouvelle Asie. Les effets spéciaux, la photographie sont impeccables et irréprochables, on attend la suite avec impatience ! Continue reading Untitled

[roseshavethoughts]

Schools Out: My Top 5 Educational Movies

Schools Out: My Top 5 Educational Movies #Cinema #Film

School-based films have long been a popular genre, capturing the essence of adolescence, friendship, and personal growth. These movies provide a relatable and nostalgic glimpse into the lives of students, tackling various themes such as love, identity, and the pursuit of dreams. From comedic escapades to heartfelt dramas, school-based films have become a cultural phenomenon. Photo by MChe Lee on…

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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

2009’s Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant strove to be another Harry Potter before the YA novel thing really became a big Hollywood trend. It’s easy to see why it didn’t become a series. Its baffling choices make this feel like a mish-mash of ideas, most of which go nowhere.

15-year-old Darren Shan (Chris Massoglia) and his troublemaker best friend Steve Leonard (Josh Hutcherson, who went on to play Peeta in The Hunger Games series) visit the Cirque du Freak freak show. While Steve is terrified by the vampire Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly), Darren succumbs to his curiosity and steals Crepsley's spider. When the arachnid’s bite mortally wounds Steve, Darren barters his life for a cure. Now, he is Crepsley’s half-vampire assistant and on his way to becoming a member of the Cirque du Freak.

Based on the first three books of Darren Shan’s Vampire Blood series, this film moves very quickly yet somehow feels slow and dull. The first mark against Vampire's Assistant is Chris Massoglia, who has absolutely zero charisma or screen presence. To be fair, the material he’s working with is weak. The character’s fascination with spiders has little bearing on the plot following the theft and he under-reacts to what happens afterward. Not all the blame can be placed on the young performer but he sure doesn’t help. It’s an early sign of director Chris Weitz was having an off-week.

Anyone looking at the film can immediately spot what’s wrong with it. This is a very silly production that has no idea how silly it is. Willem Dafoe has a tiny role as a vampire and his costume/makeup makes him look like an amateur crossdresser. It gets even worse when we're told about the vampire’s secret, decades-old enemies: the Vampaneze. You see, vampires are the good ones. They don’t kill people to drink their blood. The Vampaneze though, they’re the bad ones. "Vampaneze"? You couldn’t dig through the books of mythology to find ANYTHING more intimidating? You already have Michael Servers as this effeminate Uncle Fester-lookalike grinning through the whole film, attempting desperately to seem sinister with his gleeful looks whenever people drop dead. Now we have yet another reason to laugh?

You could throw many more criticisms towards The Vampire's Assistant. I’ll toss just one more before letting you go. Ultimately, this story is about acceptance. The freaks at the circus may look weird but as Darren learns, they're just like everyone else. Unfortunately, a few details make you question this statement. There’s a werewolf in the troupe. They keep him in a cage, he wears no clothes and wallows in his own straw-covered filth. Is he a person or a monster? Nothing about Corma Limbs (Jane Krakowski) should make her an outcast. When she loses a limb, it grows back. Cool. Not so cool is her chopping off her fingers and feeding them to people! Then we have the film’s love interests. Salma Hayek plays a prophetic bearded lady who smooches Crepsley. Conveniently, she can will her beard to grow. Similarly, Darren starts getting sweet towards Rebecca (Jessica Carlson), an attractive teen with a monkey tail… and no other “freaky” characteristics. You can't promote this idea that the inside of what matters most when the male leads fall for conventionally attractive women.

Some of the film’s worst moments, such as the lame climax, the over-the-top characters or the loosely-explained world could be overlooked on their own. Combined, you can’t. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant is a tonally uneven, poorly written would-be franchise starter with lousy performances made worse by the director's choices. It arrived on the scene already dead and buried. (On DVD, December 28, 2018)

[goingroguepod]

Fun facts about the first draft of Rogue One that haunt me

1) Jyn was a rebel commander with the callsign Rogue Leader (or Rogue One). This was where the film's title came from, since in this draft the final mission to Scarif was supported by the Rebel Alliance instead of being a "rogue one".

2) Cassian was an Imperial double agent working for Krennic and feeding the Empire all of Jyn's movements before having a change of heart after seeing a genocide that he was basically responsible for. Cassian also wasn't his name in this draft (it was probably Willix Cree).

3) The film opened with a mission to Eadu to rescue Galen/find out what he'd been building (which became the second act of the final film). In this first draft, the Rebel Alliance weren't responsible for the bombs that killed Galen - Saw Gerrera was.

4) Writer Gary Whitta had to ask John Knoll (writer of the film's original pitch and treatment) if K2SO's description as a black protocol droid meant he was painted black or "Sam Jackson Black".

5) Jyn and (not) Cassian didn't die on Scarif - they escaped on Admiral Raddus's ship, and beamed the plans ship to ship to Princess Leia. Raddus's ship was then blasted into little pieces by the empire, but Jyn and Cassian survived in an escape pod.

6) The name Scarif came from a Starbucks barista's misspelling of director Gareth Edwards's name. (He said "it's Gareth" and got a cup that said Scaref)

7) Jyn and Cassian possibly got married at the end of the film (they had "much more" of a romantic subplot, but the whole "first draft ended in a wedding" thing was an off-handed remark from Chris Weitz, who wrote the drafts after Whitta, and didn't specify whose wedding it was)

8) some ideas that were thrown around but never made it into a draft were Jyn's mother being a Jedi who'd escaped Order 66, Jyn having to barter with a Hutt on its barge for information and Eadu having a native species of aliens called Eaduites who were being poisoned by industrial runoff from the Weapons Factory.

Anyway I did a full breakdown of this draft and the following Chris Weitz drafts for the pod, give it a listen I suck at promo I just need more people to know there was a draft of this movie where Jyn had to look Cassian in the eye and be like "yo you're personally responsible for the destruction of that moon and the genocide of its people and almost killed me in the process" and he had to be like "yeah my bad."

(If you're wondering why Bodhi, Chirrut and Baze aren't mentioned, they weren't in this draft)