There’s one key fact about the fifth and (apparently) final installment in James DeMonaco’s Purge series that demands mentioning: it was scheduled to debut July 2020. Whereas a Covid-19 delay doesn’t mean much for F9 or Black Widow, it’s crucial to understanding just how prescient these political horror films are. Why? Because much of what occurs in The Forever Purge is an exact parallel to January 6th, 2021. DeMonaco’s mythology leads his fictional America to the brink of insurrection—not to comment on what happened five months ago, but because he noticed the real world was pushing itself there months (and probably years) before it happened. It’s a mirror that makes perfect sense considering the New Founding Father’s violent celebration has always been the GOP’s fantasy made real.
What’s most frightening about the whole ordeal is that our January 6 is actually the end...
What’s most frightening about the whole ordeal is that our January 6 is actually the end...
- 6/30/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The “Purge” movies started off, in 2013 (we’re nearing a decade of high-spirited fun!), as a dystopian gonzo action fantasy set in a metropolis gone mad. The series always had a pop political dimension, most of it related to the New Founding Fathers of America, the ominous ruling party that institutes the Purge as a way to let off steam — but, really, as a way to control the masses, who have one night a year in which they can commit any crime, even murder, without legal ramifications. The fact that the Purgers aren’t allowed to touch any Nffa member is the tipoff that this controlled night of anarchy is really the ultimate vicious exercise in rats-in-a-maze obedience. The “Purge” films began as a kinky “Clockwork Orange” knockoff, a teasing comic-book vision of the new angry America’s sociopathic heart. But as the series has gone on, it’s become more explicitly “political,...
- 6/30/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The hottest place on the web for brutally brilliant discussion of the Oscars contenders as well as the Golden Globe, Critics' Choice and SAG awards nominations is the Gold Derby forums. Below, watch me slug it out with three of our most frequent posters: Dylan Tucker (CanadianFan), Philip Hopf (Philip) and Joshua Akin (Jakin09). Then, if you dare, join the live chat going on right now. -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Oscar Predictions 'The Big Short' takes the 'Spotlight' With the Ace Eddie awards snubbing "Spotlight," forum posters have started wondering if "The Big Short" is the new Oscar frontrunner. Dylan thinks "The Big Short" is "definitely the frontrunner. For so long we've heard the media trump up 'Spotlight' was going to win best picture; and we've heard it was an actor's movie and then Michael Keat..."...
- 1/8/2016
- Gold Derby
Attention Oscar fans: Meet one of the guys who kicked your butts last year at predicting the nominations. Dylan Tucker (better known as SxECanadianFanSxE in our world-famous Oscar forum) did so well at predicting Oscar noms last year that his current forecasts are now featured as part of Gold Derby's Top 24 Users. -Break- Tucker is a third-year student at the University of Toronto studying life sciences. He's originally from Stratford, Ontario -- or, as he calls it, "Land of the Biebs." Gold Derby sat down with Tucker to find out how the heck he did so well last year and what he's predicting to win this year. Hint: You may want to copy some of his Oscar predictions! Oscars News: Why the Academy should double the number of acting nominees Spill the beans, Dylan! How did you do so well at predicting last year's Oscar nominations? Tucker: I think I...
- 11/6/2014
- Gold Derby
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