modmove » Tye Sheridan http://modmove.com Australian Entertainment and Popular Culture in Review Fri, 01 May 2026 16:28:06 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 The Card Counter Movie Review http://modmove.com/reviews/the-card-counter-movie-review/ http://modmove.com/reviews/the-card-counter-movie-review/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:48:49 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=12786 Writer/director Paul Schrader dwells in the world of gambling with The Card Counter. Driven by lead actor Oscar Isaac’s voice-over, it informs you about the details of an approach to gambling called card counting. It requires a mental focus and discipline that few are graced with. Isaac’s character William Tell is tightly wound and more than capable of that level of intent.

As the film plays out you discover there is much more to the story than just gambling. The details about Tell’s past put his actions into a completely different context and the revelations are not pleasant ones. Tell served time in the military and in prison for crimes committed while wearing the uniform.

 

 

Schrader’s pace is measured but he jolts you out of complacency with shocking scenes and increased aural dynamics. The volume and actions displayed leave little doubt to the horrors that existed in Tell’s life. These actions forced introspection but didn’t completely erase his humanity.

The Patriot Act has been used to justify horrendous acts against humanity and with little accountability. The Card Counter illustrates that survivors (on both sides) carry substantial scars that still impact the present and future. Presented as more a life lesson than mere entertainment, this work lets no one off easy.
Rob Hudson
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]]> http://modmove.com/reviews/the-card-counter-movie-review/feed/ 0 Watch the full trailer for Voyagers – in Aussie cinemas April 8! http://modmove.com/news/watch-the-full-trailer-for-voyagers-in-aussie-cinemas-april-8/ http://modmove.com/news/watch-the-full-trailer-for-voyagers-in-aussie-cinemas-april-8/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2021 04:13:05 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=11873 With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women, bred for intelligence and obedience, embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet.

But when they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures.

As life on the ship descends into chaos, they’re consumed by fear, lust, and the insatiable hunger for power.

 

 

Written and directed by Neil Burger (Limitless, The Illusionist), the film stars Tye Sheridan (The X-Men franchise), Lily-Rose Depp (Savage), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk), Chanté Adams (Roxanne, Roxanne), Isaac Hempstead Wright (“Game of Thrones”), Viveik Kalra (Blinded by the Light), Archie Madekwe (Midsommar), Quintessa Swindell (Trinkets), Madison Hu (“Bizaardvark”), and Colin Farrell (The Gentlemen).

Voyagers will be release in Australian cinemas April 8!

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]]> http://modmove.com/news/watch-the-full-trailer-for-voyagers-in-aussie-cinemas-april-8/feed/ 0 Check out the first trailer for Dark Phoenix! http://modmove.com/news/check-out-the-first-trailer-for-dark-phoenix/ http://modmove.com/news/check-out-the-first-trailer-for-dark-phoenix/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:38:54 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=7181 In DARK PHOENIX, the X-MEN face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey. During a rescue mission in space, Jean is nearly killed when she is hit by a mysterious cosmic force.

Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. Wrestling with this entity inside her, Jean unleashes her powers in ways she can neither comprehend nor contain.

 

 

With Jean spiralling out of  control, and hurting the ones she loves most, she begins to unravel the very fabric that holds the X-Men together. Now, with this family falling apart, they must find a way to unite — not only to save Jean’s soul, but to save our very planet from aliens who wish to weaponize this force and rule the galaxy.

Staring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, and Jessica Chastain, Dark Phoenix is in Australian cinemas February 7, 2019!
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]]> http://modmove.com/news/check-out-the-first-trailer-for-dark-phoenix/feed/ 0 See the Future in a New Ready Player One Featurette! http://modmove.com/news/see-the-future-in-a-new-ready-player-one-featurette/ http://modmove.com/news/see-the-future-in-a-new-ready-player-one-featurette/#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:24:20 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=5965 From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes the science fiction action adventure “Ready Player One,” based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller of the same name, which has become a worldwide phenomenon.

The film is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger.

 

 

READY PLAYER ONE is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn and T.J. Miller, with Simon Pegg and Oscar winner Mark Rylance.

READY PLAYER ONE releases in Australian cinemas on March 29, 2018.
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]]> http://modmove.com/news/see-the-future-in-a-new-ready-player-one-featurette/feed/ 0 Watch the new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One! http://modmove.com/news/watch-the-new-trailer-for-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one/ http://modmove.com/news/watch-the-new-trailer-for-steven-spielbergs-ready-player-one/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:50:14 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=5774 From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes the science fiction action adventure “Ready Player One,” based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller of the same name, which has become a worldwide phenomenon.

The film is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger.

 

 

READY PLAYER ONE is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn and T.J. Miller, with Simon Pegg and Oscar winner Mark Rylance.

READY PLAYER ONE releases in Australian cinemas on March 29, 2018!
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