QUANTUM THEORY IS A hell of a drug. In the case of Synchronic, the latest from directorial tag-team Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, it’s embodied in a little white pill with the power to unlock time itself.
Drop one and the true nature of the universe is visible – and you don’t even have to hug a stranger on a sweat-drenched dance floor. The ultimate in designer pharmaceuticals, it’s proof that Einstein – no slouch when it came to the secrets of reality – was bang on the money when he said “the difference between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” Synchronic – the titular drug – shatters that illusion. But at what cost?
“Those ideas are so interesting,” says Benson, who also wrote the screenplay. “Telling science fiction stories essentially using the block state universe idea, that time isn’t really a flowing river, it’s more of a frozen river, where everything’s happening simultaneously… We’re obviously not the first ones to do it. But yeah, there was definitely a fascination with that. It was rooted in reading a lot of Alan Moore, undergrad physics classes, Wikipedia dives…”
“Stephen Hawking’s books are written for stupid people like myself!” laughs Moorhead, sharing the Zoom call with his creative partner. The pair met as interns for Ridley Scott’s commercial production company, bonding over a shared love of genre.
Named by Variety as among the 10 directors to watch in 2015, they’re known for inventive, category-defying fare, from 2014’s romantic body horror Spring to 2017’s time-looping tale The Endless.
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Making Alien - Jaws in Space - Forty-five years on from its original release, Alien continues to terrify. We dissect what arguably remains the most chilling instalment in the saga
The seven-strong crew of the commercial mining spacecraft the Nostromo seal their fate after reluctantly responding to a mysterious distress signal on a hostile planet. Here, a face-hugging alien from a derelict ship impregnates and later kills executive officer Kane (John Hurt) after its offspring is birthed onboard. After being unleashed, the fearsome newborn with acid for blood proceeds to dispatch the remainder of the crew.Ridley Scott's much more convoluted prequels have yet to reveal how the knowledge that led to this initial interception was acquired. However, the premise of the original Alien is perfect in its uncomplicated purity.
PURE AND SIMPLE
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TO CAP IT ALL OFF
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE BBC SERIES THE TRIPODS
FRENCH REVOLUTION
THE WALKING DEAD SPIN-OFF SHOWRUNNER DAVID ZABEL ON BEING GIVEN THE TOUGH TASK OF REUNITING DARYL AND CAROL IN FRANCE
SILENT KILLERS
THE DIRECTOR OF HOLLYWOOD'S SPEAK NO EVIL REMAKE ON HORROR, COMEDY AND JAMES MCAVOY
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD
THE GHOST WITH THE MOST RETURNS FINALLY - IN BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
TEENAGE DREAM
JOE LOCKE HITS THE ROAD RUNNING
MOB RULE THE PENGUIN
GOTHAM'S UP FOR GRABS IN BRUISING NEW CRIME SAGA BUT WHERE IS THE BATMAN?
SEASON OF THE WITCH
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Ghouls Allowed
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