She uses a variety of forms and materials – rubber, glass, and gold, photography, drawing, and writing, to name a few. “Now that I’m at the age I am, I have a history, and that history makes me perhaps more clear, more visible, right? But up until recently, that clarity was not perceptible for a lot of people.” Roni Horn does big-picture paradox-related work about meaning, perception, ambiguity, issues of pairing and doubling, de-centering, de-linearising, and has a long-standing interest in the protean nature of identity. You know, it’s a funny thing,” remarks trailblazing 67-year-old American artist Roni Horn at the conclusion of our 58-minute Zoom chat in late May. Stand at the edge of infinity and let go. Ever.Roni Horn debuts her art on the mainland of China at HEM. They took some great steps, and hopefully we'll see director Nimrod Antal (Armored, Vacancy) and Producer Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk till Dawn, Sin City) come back and take the Predator franchise in the direction that it deserves to be taken.Įverything old about Predators is right, everything new about Predators is amazing, there's room for improvement to be sure, but I don't think I'll ever get sick of Predators, which is the absolute most impressive thing I can hope to get from a movie. Though I majorly enjoyed it, Predators could have been even better if it took further in the directions it was looking in. Unfortunately the major issue I have with Predators just plain plays it too safe. Though there were some obvious problems with character relations and developments, that can be a problem with the set-'em-up-and-knock-'em-down type of film that Predators had to have. All these kids are always worth watching, but I was also introduced to Walton Goggins (House of 1000 Corpses, The World's Fastest Indian) I've watched movies he's been in before, but never really took note of him until Predators in which he played death-row mass-murderer Stans, and he was fucking brilliant, and hilarious to boot. soldier who's survived for a long time before the others even arrive, and has already killed at least two predators, and Topher Grace (Spider-Man 3, That 70's Show) as Edwin, a doctor whom doesn't seem to fit in with the band of elite killers that have dropped from the sky. There's plenty of actors to take note of Adrien Brody (The Pianist, King Kong, Splice) as Ex-Black Ops Mercenary Royce, whom both emulates Schwarzenegger and takes the lead in a new direction Danny Trejo (Machete, Death Race 2) as Chuchillo who's a brutal enforcer from the Los Zetas drug cartel in Mexico Oleg Taktarov (Rollerball, Righteous Kill) as Nikolai, Russian Heavy Weapons Spetsnaz Alpha Group commander (whom my friend Calum introduced me to, he's a fan of the guy from his UFC days) Laurence Fishburne (Apocalypse Now, The Matrix) as Noland, a US Air Cav. (Let it be known that I actually like the AVP films more than most people). I can only imagine what good it would have done for the franchise if this had been the sequel to Predator, and Predator 2, AVP and Requiem all faded away like a bad dream, then the time wasted on those was put to better use continuing the vein of this and the original. Predators touches on some Grindhouse conventions without slipping into the cheesiness of it. It completely restored validity to the Predator series that was called into question with the release of Alien VS Predator and Requiem. I can honestly say this is my favourite entry in the Alien/Predator franchise since the original Predator in 1987.
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