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Avengers and Time Travel: Scientific Perspective
Avengers: Endgame is smashing box office records and currently sits behind Avatar as the second highest grossing film worldwide. However, the flick didn’t just raise a lot of money, but also sparkled extensive discussions, especially regarding its time travel aspect. In this article, ITMO.NEWS examines some of the most renowned cinematic presentations of time travel and scientific theories behind them.
16.05.2019
Movie Chitter-Chatter: The Last Jedi
May the Fourth be with you! As we gear up to see the final installment of the Skywalker saga (who else’s dead inside thinking about it?) in cinemas this December, some choose to rewatch all of its eight predecessors to tie them over. And what this means is yet again falling in love with the timeless magic of The Empire Strikes Back, cringing over Attack of the Clones, and puzzling over the controversial phenomenon that is The Last Jedi. Tell you what, let’s do the latter thing together, in a new chapter of our The Guardian’s pass notes wannabe series Movie Chitter-Chatter.
03.05.2019
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 20-21
Enjoy the extraordinary sound of a carillon in the very heart of St. Petersburg, admire the wildlife of China and ride a vintage steam train! Here is our list of the coolest things going on in the city this weekend.
17.04.2019
Movie Fridays: Netflix’s New Stalker Drama You
A New York bookstore manager becomes obsessed with a customer and there’s nothing he isn’t willing to do for love in a gripping brand-new series by the streaming giant Netflix.
05.04.2019
Movie Fridays: Irish Cinema
In honor and spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, which falls on this Sunday, March 17 (Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh, y’all), we present to you a very green and shamrocked Movie Fridays with some of the best cinema hailing from the fair Hibernia. That way, the morning after you crash home from a pub, you’ll have something to nurse your hangover with. You’re welcome.
15.03.2019
Movie Fridays: Fine Tuning
We bet you were expecting us to cover the 2019 Oscars, werent’cha? Well our hurt is still as raw as are the emotions in that Saucy, oh sorry, Shallow duet, so we’ll save our breath for later. (Green of all things Book winning best picture? Rami Malek is best actor? Did the world end and we all ended up in hell and I knew nothing about it?) Instead, today’s Movie Fridays tackles something that, unlike a good half of the 2019 Academy awardees, we all love: music in movies. Or, to get a tad more technical, diegetic music in movies, the one that is part and parcel of their internal narrative, interacting with the characters and their surroundings. Drumroll and... please meet, some of cinema’s best musical moments, part one (of eternity)!
01.03.2019
Movie Fridays: Disconnect… The Person You’re Trying to Reach is Currently Unavailable
With cinemas screening either ever-so-slightly art house-tinged dramas about famous historical figures and their pets, or overly provocative (to my overly sensitive taste) Lars von Trier thrillers, or even worse, Valentine’s themed trite Russian sitcoms about couples breaking up and getting back together again (or not), one may feel the need for something safe and sound, something simple (but not too simple) and relatable. Here is an option for you.
15.02.2019
Ins and Outs of Modern Animation
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its nominees for the 91st Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars. Shortlisted in the Best Animated Feature are Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Isle of Dogs, Mirai, and The Incredibles 2. The winner will only be announced on February 24; for now, let’s dive into the inner workings of how these stories are brought to life.
22.01.2019
Movie Fridays: Black Books, or The Good Old Telly of Yore
The much-talked-of (not least because of a recent biopic with, gasp, Keira Knightley in the lead role) French writer Sidonie Gabrielle Colette famously spoke of January as “this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead”, and let’s admit it: she has a point. Want to escape from the harsh reality that expects you to spend your free time between the treadmill and the art gallery, become more zen than Yoda, and quit your hummus obsession? We propose revisiting old TV classics. Here’s one great show to get you started.
18.01.2019
Movie Fridays: Festive Edition
We have now reached the blessed time when fugly Christmas jumpers can be worn in public and no one will reproach us for spending the day alternating between the TV, the couch, and the fridge, because everyone and their dog does this. You may wonder, though, what to do with the increased screen time you’ve been bestowed, after all of the classics like Home Alone and Elf have been watched and the regular TV program doesn’t quite prove satisfactory (i.e. looks like the trashiest trash that ever was). Well, here are our suggestions. They may not be something new and revolutionary, but are often overlooked as festive movie companions. Enjoy – and happy holidays!
28.12.2018