HeyJaredOverlooked Pictures
The real-time, film commentary podcast about films (or film aspects) that may have been overlooked. This podcast is intended to be played alongside the film in question, as you watch.
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Raised by Wolves (2020) (opens the original)
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Ridley Scott's long involvement in filmed science fiction has resulted in a complex corpus of work; Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982) are properly regarded as masterworks of the genre, but the long gap leading to the problematic Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017) has raised questions about his track record. With Raised by Wolves (2020-2022) we see Scott directing key episodes of this HBO streaming television series and applying his eye to a distinctively weird combination of story,
La Jetée (opens the original)
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One of the most famous short pictures of all time, Chris Marker's La Jetée (1962) combines still images and documentary techniques to create a haunting and beautiful film which has served as an inspiration for many later filmmakers, most notably Terry Gilliam via Twelve Monkeys (1995) which reworked Marker's story to tragicomic effect. A condemned prisoner is sent backwards in time by scientists hoping to secure the future of humanity by mining the past. As condensed into one of the marketing lo
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018) (opens the original)
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Although considered a critical and financial disappointment, this 2018 motion picture by Fede Álvarez serves as an interesting example of the importance of timing; the 2011 offering by David Fincher -The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - was well-received by critics and moviegoers alike, but the silence that followed and the eventual decision to reboot the property with new actors may have doomed any effort to continue Lisbeth Salander's story. An emphasis on technology-as-magic and elaborate action
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