The real enemy the film targets—more so than any of the war’s factions or their real-world inspirations—is polarization. Here again, Garland has laid out his message explicitly. “Left and right are ideological arguments about how to run a state,” he said at SXSW. “You try one, and if that doesn’t work out, you vote it […]
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Jesse Plemons’ Scene-Stealing Performance In ‘Civil War’ Came Together At The Last Second
Starting with the very first Civil War trailer, Jesse Plemons delivered one of the most chilling lines that set the tone of the film. “What kind of American are you?” Plemons’ soldier character asks Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny and Wagner Moura’s journalists as they seemingly hit some sort of checkpoint on their travels. The tense […]
Read More‘Civil War’ Is Expected To Have A24’s Biggest Opening Weekend At The Box Office Ever
A24‘s big money gamble is paying off. Civil War, the latest film from Ex Machina and Annihilation director Alex Garland, has a reported $50 million budget. That makes it A24’s most expensive movie ever, besting Beau Is Afraid‘s $35 million budget. The Ari Aster film didn’t do great at the box office (even though it’s […]
Read MoreHere’s A Synopsis Of ‘Civil War’ That Won’t Spoil The Movie For You
Sometimes the best part about a buzzy and mysterious new movie is not knowing what you’re getting yourself into. Could there be a freak decapitation within the first act of the movie? Maybe! You never know. With Alex Garland’s Civil War, the intensive military imagery might be alarming, but there is more to the story […]
Read MoreIt Sounds Like ‘Civil War’ Will Be Alex Garland’s Last Director Stint For Awhile
After delivering thought-provoking and critically-acclaimed features like Ex Machina and Annihilation, Alex Garland is dropping a new kind of film in this month that could be his last directorial outing. In Civil War, America has become a modern-day warzone as the states of California and Texas join forces to fight the federal government. Given the […]
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