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Interview: Filmmakers Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza on Using Memory, Sound and the Bond of Brotherhood to Make Warfare

In 2006 Ramadi, Iraq, Navy SEAL team Alpha One took control of a multi-story residence, from which communications officer Ray Mendoza (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai) used air support to monitor their position […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 15, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Alex Garland Co-Directs Warfare, an Immersive and Impressive Cinematic Experience

    Right at the top of the new war drama from co-directors Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Civil War) and Ray Mendoza (the military technical adviser on Civil War), a title […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 10, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Alex Garland’s Civil War Is at Its Most Tense When It’s Most Closely Tied to Today’s Political Climate

    Filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Men, Annihilation) always finds a way to tell futuristic or fantastical stories like no other. But with his latest, Civil War, aspects of the story […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 12, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Gender-Centric Horror Flick Men Struggles to Find Depth Beyond Trauma

    A film like Men, the latest from writer/director Alex Garland (Annihilation, Ex Machina), is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea. I’m not even entirely sure it’s my cup […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • May 19, 2022
    • Beyond , Event , Event , Games & Tech

    PREVIEW: C2E2 2020 Episode II: A Choose Your Own Adventure Guide to Saturday

      We’ll trust you didn’t get in too much trouble the night before and are all ready to go for Saturday at C2E2 2020. Let’s not waste any time then, […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • February 25, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Captivating Annihilation Sparks Sci-Fi Movie Conversations

    Annihilation Alex Gardner

    Here’s hoping that we have enough Star Wars and superhero movies in our yearly science-fiction regimen to satiate that base-level need, and that there’s room in our movie diets for […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 23, 2018
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