#adrian biddle

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The Mummy Returns (2001)

Director - Stephen Sommers, Cinematography - Adrian Biddle

"My friend, there is a fine line between coincidence and fate."

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Movie #29 of 2024: Aliens

Private Hudson: "Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?"

Private Vasquez: "No. Have you?"

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Judge Dredd (Danny Cannon, 1995.).

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ALIENS (1986)

Director: James Cameron Cinematography: Adrian Biddle

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"You hear that, England? Throw whatever you want at me! Your terrible weather! Your perverted killers! Your Spotted Dick!"

Shanghai Knights, 2003.

Dir. David Dobkin | Writ. Alfred Gough & Miles Millar | DOP Adrian Biddle

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Hugo Weaving in V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005)

Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Rupert Graves, Roger Allam, Ben Miles, Sinéad Cusack. Screenplay: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, based on a graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Cinematography: Adrian Biddle. Production design: Owen Paterson. Film editing: Martin Walsh. Music: Dario Marianelli.

I'm not sure how Guy Fawkes became a hero and his plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament an admirable political act, but V for Vendetta certainly seems to endorse both of them. (The latter seems especially odd in a movie made only four years after the 9/11 attacks.) The film bears the stamp of many adaptations from graphic novel/comic book sources: an assumption that the viewer will accept the movie's milieu on its own terms, without trying to haul in real-world plausibility. It's easier to do that if you have a cast capable of playing almost anything from Shakespeare to soap opera. So the presence of actors like Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Piggott-Smith, Rupert Graves, and Sinéad Cusack goes a long way to keeping V for Vendetta alive. I particularly liked Roger Allam as a rabble-rousing news commentator in the mold of Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck. I was less impressed with Natalie Portman, whose British accent came and went fitfully and who generally seemed at sea. It may be that the script by Lilly and Lana Wachowski called for her character, Evey, to be off-balance through most of the film, but I failed to connect with her performance, which since she is meant to be the audience's point-of-view character is something of a fatal flaw.

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Oded Fehr, Brendan Fraser, and John Hannah in The Mummy (1999) photographed by Adrian Biddle. Adrian was born in London and had 27 cinematography credits from Aliens (1986) to V for Vendetta (2005). His entries among my best 1001 are The Princess Bride and Thelma and Louise (his one Oscar nomination).

His other notable credits include 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Judge Dredd, 101 Dalmatians, The World is Not Enough, 102 Dalmatians, The Mummy Returns, and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.

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Thelma & Louise

T 1991 ‧ Crime/Adventure ‧ 2h 10m

Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri with elements of multiple genres which has been described as a drama, adventure or road movie[1] with elements of a romantic comed

Docile housewife Thelma accompanies her pal Louise, an independent waitress, on a brief fishing trip. However, when Louise kills a man who attempts to rape Thelma, the two become fugitives of the law.

Release date: May 29, 1991 (France)

Director: Ridley Scott

Screenplay: Ridley Scott, Callie Khouri

Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sony Pictures, MGM-Pathé Communications

Box office: $45.4 million

Cinematography: Adrian Biddle

Starring

Susan Sarandon

Geena Davis

Harvey Keitel

Thelma & Louise - Wikipedia

Thelma & Louise (1991) dir. Ridley Scott

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#ProyeccionDeVida

📣 Kino Cat / Cine Tulipán, presenta:

🎬 “HORIZONTE FINAL (La Nave del Terror)” [Event Horizon]

🔎 Género: Ciencia Ficción / Terror / Aventura Espacial / Body Horror / Thriller Psicológico

⌛️ Duración: 96 minutos

✍️ Guion: Philip Eisner

🎼 Música: Michael Kamen

📷 Fotografía: Adrian Biddle

💥 Argumento: En el año 2047, la nave de rescate Lewis and Clark es enviada a investigar la misteriosa reaparición en la órbita de Neptuno de una nave experimental, la Horizonte Final, desaparecida años antes con toda su tripulación. En el año 2040, la nave Horizonte Final fue lanzada al espacio para explorar los confines del universo, pero desapareció sin dejar rastro. Mientras la misión de rescate intenta averiguar cuál ha sido el destino de los desaparecidos, a bordo de la nave tienen lugar extraños sucesos.

👥 Reparto: Sam Neill (Dr. William Weir), Laurence Fishburne (Captain Miller), Jason Isaacs (D.J.), Joely Richardson (Lieutenant M. L. Starck), Kathleen Quinlan (Peters), Jack Noseworthy (Justin), Sean Pertwee (Smith), Richard Jones (T. F. Cooper) y Peter Marinker (Captain John Kilpack)

📢 Dirección: Paul W.S. Anderson

© Productora: Paramount Pictures

🌎 País: Reino Unido

📅 Año: 1997

📽 PROYECCIÓN:

📆 Martes 05 de Noviembre

🕘 9:30pm. 

🐈‍ El Gato Tulipán (Bajada de Baños 350 – Barranco)

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Ingreso libre

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First Take Classics: The Mummy (1999) - let's pretend Tom Cruise never ruined the franchise

SYNOPSIS: At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

25 years ago Stephen Sommers and a group of producers had an idea to take the iconic 1932 Universal Monsters story and modernise it for what was, at the time, a very lucrative blockbuster market. What they ended up doing was starting what would become a goliath of a franchise with associated theme park rides, sequels, and, dare I say it, that failed reboot in 2017. With the reissue playing to surprisingly packed houses, it felt like the right time to get this one online.

Sommers used the 1932 original as a loose inspiration, instead choosing to create a little action/romance rather than hard horror, and it worked - the resulting 2 hour 4 minute film he wrote and directed would save Universal after some pretty rough box office flops. Paced very well, written with intent, and shot incredibly smartly for the time by Adrian Biddle, the technical side of things certainly pleased audiences, and this is before we mention the CGI. It may look pretty rough now but the boffins at Industrial Light and Magic definitely had some fun making this one. Plus, who can argue with a Jerry Goldsmith score? On a more nerdy level - the current UK re-release is from the Blu-ray master, so for the first time the 14 seconds that were cut to allow a 12 rather than a 15 certificate in 1999 are restored for a modern 12a rating.

Now it would be wrong not to mention Brendan Fraser's performance. This was the role which put him on the map, and looking back 25 years on, with his Oscar for The Whale in hand, it is a crying shame it took him this long to get the love from the industry he deserved - holding his own with Rachel Weisz and John Hannah alongside him, he is the glue that held this film together. Supporting a very likeable trio is Kevin J O'Connor, Jonathan Hyde, Oded Fehr, a young Omid Djalili, and of course Arnold Vosloo as the one this film is all about - Imhotep. It's a cast that gets the job done and gets it done well, and importantly a film that has stood the test of time unlike a lot of these early 1990s blockbuster releases. Last night in a ridiculously packed screen 1, there were MANY fans of the film (and the franchise) in-screen, even quoting the comedic lines. It's a beloved Universal IP, and a cracker of a way to finish 12 hours of films.

THE VERDICT

Yes, the CG might not hold up as well on a remastered 4K print that Park Circus have sent out to cinemas - but this is the version of The Mummy that should be remembered within a crowd-pleasing blockbuster context. Sommers of course tried (and failed) to do the same to Van Helsing in 2004, but it cannot be understated how important this film was for the action/horror blockbuster genre going into 2000, especially as follow-up The Mummy Returns introduced a certain Scorpion King to Hollywood...

RATING: 4/5

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Movie #31 of 2023: Event Horizon

2015 First permanent colony established on moon.

2032 Commercial mining begins on Mars.

2040 Deep space research vessel 'Event Horizon' launched to explore boundaries of Solar System. She disappears without trace beyond the eighth planet, Neptune. It is the worst space disaster on record.

2047 Now...

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Judge Dredd (Danny Cannon, 1995).

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