The superpowered Hargreeves siblings (aka The Umbrella Academy) have saved the world three times now and can't seem to stop winding up in an altered timeline, but will they be able to do it again in their last hurrah? The original Netflix series exists in a world where one day in 1989, 43 infants were born at random to mothers who showed no signs of being pregnant that day before. Eccentric billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) managed to adopt seven of them and train them to be a part of a superhero faction called The Umbrella Academy. The siblings each have various powers and personalities, but this dysfunctional family finds a way to work together no matter what. After all, the universe depends on them.
First premiering on the streamer in February of 2019, "The Umbrella Academy" was a fast hit, with fans and critics alike enjoying the high-octane action mixed with...
First premiering on the streamer in February of 2019, "The Umbrella Academy" was a fast hit, with fans and critics alike enjoying the high-octane action mixed with...
- 10/15/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Stars: Dylan O’Brien, Hannah Gross, Emory Cohen, Keir Gilchrist, Maika Monroe, Amanda Brugel, Donald Burda, Myles Isen, Liisa Repo-Martell | Written and Directed by Christopher MacBride
Time travel, time loop or any such movies are always are hard one to get right. When done right they can be thought-provoking, intriguing and enjoyable. But if it isn’t done correctly, they turn into a confusing mess of a film that adds questions with no answers. Flashback tackles these problems head-on.
We meet Fred (Dylan O’Brien) who, at age thirty, is a bit lost in his ways, unsure about his job and his relationships and now thinking about his youth. Unfortunately for him his high school years are a bit of a blur because he was addicted to a drug named ‘mercury’. Although his mind is hazy e wants to find out what happened to the girl he had a crush on,...
Time travel, time loop or any such movies are always are hard one to get right. When done right they can be thought-provoking, intriguing and enjoyable. But if it isn’t done correctly, they turn into a confusing mess of a film that adds questions with no answers. Flashback tackles these problems head-on.
We meet Fred (Dylan O’Brien) who, at age thirty, is a bit lost in his ways, unsure about his job and his relationships and now thinking about his youth. Unfortunately for him his high school years are a bit of a blur because he was addicted to a drug named ‘mercury’. Although his mind is hazy e wants to find out what happened to the girl he had a crush on,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Photo: ‘Flashback'/Lionsgate Films ‘Flashback’: Connecting Present, Future, And Past Director-writer Christopher MacBride’s second feature film, 'Flashback' follows Fred (Dylan O'Brien) in his 30s with a seemingly normal-bland life that is until he begins experiencing disorientating flashbacks to a time in which he has blatantly forgotten. In the start, these flashbacks show images of unknown people, more specifically the face of Cindy (Maika Monroe) but Fred’s knowledge of why or what is uncertain. Details uncovered within these trips to the past include the disappearance of Cindy, experimentation with a drug called Mercury, and a recurring visit from a man with a scarred face who speaks in broken words. Related article: A Tribute to Cannes Film Festival: A Celebration of Cinema, Glamour, and Humanity | Statement From Hollywood Insider’s CEO Pritan Ambroase Related article: The Rise And Journey of Dylan O’Brien: A Superstar In the Making Fred's mother,...
- 6/11/2021
- by Isabella Brownlee
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
“Flashback” proves it’s possible to create a Christopher Nolan-esque, fantasy-tinged narrative puzzle of interlocking realities without need of a major-studio budget or elaborate CGI. Whether it says much of anything else may depend on your attitude toward such labyrinths — whether you need them to actually go somewhere, or conversely find that surface complexity provides depth and meaning in itself.
Writer-director Christopher MacBride’s second feature (following paranoid found-footage horror “The Conspiracy” by nearly a decade) stars Dylan O’Brien as a young man haplessly trying to navigate a wormhole of comingled memories and visions perhaps belatedly triggered by teenage drug experimentation. Formerly titled (and still being released in some markets as) “The Education of Fredrick Fitzell,” the movie’s pileup of dislocating side-swipes from any tangible here/now is intriguing and well-crafted to a degree many genre fans will find exciting. But others will be justified in wondering if all this stylish,...
Writer-director Christopher MacBride’s second feature (following paranoid found-footage horror “The Conspiracy” by nearly a decade) stars Dylan O’Brien as a young man haplessly trying to navigate a wormhole of comingled memories and visions perhaps belatedly triggered by teenage drug experimentation. Formerly titled (and still being released in some markets as) “The Education of Fredrick Fitzell,” the movie’s pileup of dislocating side-swipes from any tangible here/now is intriguing and well-crafted to a degree many genre fans will find exciting. But others will be justified in wondering if all this stylish,...
- 6/3/2021
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
An It drone’s daily grind meshes with his druggie high-school past in a Canadian brain-teaser that is somewhere between schlock and genius
If Slaughterhouse-Five and Donnie Darko had a baby, and that baby grew up in the 2000s, became a teenager and then developed a bit of a substance abuse problem, went partying with Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy and that Ashton Kutcher movie The Butterfly Effect, developed memory loss and depression, then it might look something like this interesting but rather muddled Canadian science fiction film.
Dylan O’Brien, an actor in his late 20s who is fortuitously baby-faced enough to be cast as a high-school senior, stars as Fred, a guy who seems to have come a bit unstuck in time. At first, things seem normal as he goes about his life as an It office drone, working under tough boss Evelyn and living with his nice but somewhat...
If Slaughterhouse-Five and Donnie Darko had a baby, and that baby grew up in the 2000s, became a teenager and then developed a bit of a substance abuse problem, went partying with Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy and that Ashton Kutcher movie The Butterfly Effect, developed memory loss and depression, then it might look something like this interesting but rather muddled Canadian science fiction film.
Dylan O’Brien, an actor in his late 20s who is fortuitously baby-faced enough to be cast as a high-school senior, stars as Fred, a guy who seems to have come a bit unstuck in time. At first, things seem normal as he goes about his life as an It office drone, working under tough boss Evelyn and living with his nice but somewhat...
- 5/31/2021
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Flashback Trailer — Christopher MacBride‘s Flashback (2020) movie trailer has been released by Lionsgate. The Flashback trailer stars Dylan O’Brien, Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Hannah Gross, Emory Cohen, Amanda Brugel, Aaron Poole, Josh Cruddas, Sima Fisher, Liisa Repo-Martell, Ian Matthews, Maika Harper, Donald Burda, Landon Norris, and Jackie English. Crew Christopher MacBride wrote the screenplay for [...]
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Continue reading: Flashback Trailer: Dylan O’Brien is Tormented by a Time-bending Reality in Christopher MacBride’s 2020 Movie...
- 4/15/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Chicago – “Mend your speech a little, Lest it mar your fortunes…” is a fine piece of advice from the William Shakespeare play, “King Lear,” often cited as one of the greatest English language plays. Actor Colm Feore is the latest to portray the title role, which begins a film series by the Stratford Festival of Canada, to capture all of the Shakespeare plays.
The Stratford Festival is located in the province of Ontario in Canada, slightly south of Toronto, in the the town of Stratford. Under the umbrella Stratford Festival HD, the legendary theater organization aims to record every play by William Shakespeare in the next ten years – with full staging, live audiences, High Definition processing and enhanced sound design. The first play of this project – “King Lear” – screens in several locations around Chicago and North America on Wednesday, February 25th, 2015.
Colm Feore as the Title Character in William Shakespeare...
The Stratford Festival is located in the province of Ontario in Canada, slightly south of Toronto, in the the town of Stratford. Under the umbrella Stratford Festival HD, the legendary theater organization aims to record every play by William Shakespeare in the next ten years – with full staging, live audiences, High Definition processing and enhanced sound design. The first play of this project – “King Lear” – screens in several locations around Chicago and North America on Wednesday, February 25th, 2015.
Colm Feore as the Title Character in William Shakespeare...
- 2/24/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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