![]() Jane has just met other versions of herself though it’s not clear how the different Janes were conjured up.Ĭlearly each Jane thinks they’re the Main Jane so to speak, but were they made, or discovered? Well, we know that at least one parallel world has actually been found, as Jane reads about it on the front of a magazine called (ha!) Lone Planet, in the library of the Wytness Centre. ![]() This development “is propelling evolution to a staggering new dimension”, and sets the scene for a scientific body that sees the distress and actual lives of different versions of the same person, their experimental subjects, as too small in the grand scheme of things to really worry about.Īt the end of the film, Jane is killed, or switched off, her death ordered by a nameless man. We’ve bridged the void between the worlds,” So says Dr Charles Marland-White (Ian McKellen), in his talking heads segment at the start of the film, explaining that all the big world powers have been working on parallel universes and telekinesis for decades. “It is only now however that we are able to see behind the curtain. I won’t lie, quantum physics isn’t my strong point, my understanding of time more David Tennant’s timey-wimey Tenth Doctor than Stephen Hawking’s Brief History of Time, which will remain on my bookshelf gathering dust and unread until the universe itself has imploded, except in that one universe where I’ve finished it and understood every word (wait a minute, maybe that’s where this theory falls down). Every screw-up in my world must surely be a great triumph by another more astute, or luckier, Sarah in another. Every choice you make creates infinite possibilities, infinite worlds, where each outcome exists.” So says Professor Aaron Östergaard (Conleth Hill) in Infinitum: Subject Unknown, and it’s an idea that is both comforting and terrifying. “In a world of quantum science, anything that can happen will happen. Technically a French/Belgian film, ‘Kings’ debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year.This covers what was happening to Jane in the film (and why!), and the ending. Daniel Craig plays a curmudgeonly neighbor who comes around and offers help. Set in Southern California during the racially tense early 1990s (think of the Rodney King riots), it tells the story of a good woman (Halle Berry) who not only tries to raise her kids well, but the children of her disadvantaged friends. The other notable indie title is ‘ Kings‘. This potentially sounds like it could play in the same league as ‘Brokeback Mountain’ (which is excellent), but with so much of the buzz focused solely on the sexual chemistry between Weisz and McAdams, I worry that there’s nothing more to it. Upon her return, the two are just as attracted to one another as they were in their youth. From the acclaimed director of ‘A Fantastic Woman’, the film stars Rachel Weisz as a woman who returns to the small home town that rejected her in her youth for having a same-sex attraction to her best friend (Rachel McAdams). ![]() Based on the news spreading about it, I can’t tell if the movie’s actually supposed to be good, or if it’s just being hyped for its steamy scenes. Meanwhile, two notable indie releases also open this weekend. Given my track record with this franchise, you probably thought I was going to crap all over it, didn’t you? If Marvel Studios has the stones (pun intended) to follow through with what gets set up in ‘Infinity War’ (filmed back-to-back, the next yet-to-be-titled Avengers installment opens next summer), these are bound to be the very best entries of the MCU. The Russo brothers (who directed the Captain America movies ‘ The Winter Soldier‘ and ‘ Civil War‘) and a team of writers put together an excellent picture that combines them naturally and gives us the goods we deserve. If you’re worried about a character pile-up in ‘Infinity War’, relax. Over time, superhero movies with multiple villains give you pause. If you sum them up, we’re talking about dozens of characters here. None of those common gripes apply to ‘ Avengers: Infinity War‘, the franchise’s third official Avengers movie and 19th installment overall.Īll of the MCU’s superheroes – even those who have yet to meet – join together with a common goal: stop Thanos (a hulk-sized CGI villain voiced by Josh Brolin) from gathering the six infinity stones and destroying the universe. “The villains suck.” “They play it too safe.” “Less comedy and more quality, please.” And so on. It’s as if Marvel Studios is finally addressing all of the complaints that fans have been groaning about for the last several entries in the Cinematic Universe. Theater chains have been reporting new pre-sale records, wisely leaving only a couple of indie releases that dare debut opposite it. After making our way through 18 movies in the connected universe – through both good and bad – the payoff to Marvel’s setup is finally here.
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