“Life in space is impossible,” the opening crawl of Gravity informed us — and every movie about a space station certainly seems to agree. Here’s yet another crew experiencing breakdown and terror in the vacuum. While this one avoids the hoariest clichés (the helpless victim behind sealed doors), it also swerves into action when its very premise seems designed for psychological terror instead.
Kira (Ariana DeBose) is a newcomer to the International Space Station, welcomed aboard by the half-American, half-Russian crew. She’s barely begun her second day when nuclear war breaks out back on Earth. The US commander, Gordon (Chris Messina), and his Russian counterpart, Nicholai (Costa Ronin), are both ordered to secure the station. That could have been the premise for a tragically effective, dramatic thriller, with six scientists trying to figure out whether they can trust one another and re-establish contact with a ruined world. Instead, all hell breaks loose.
Kira (Ariana DeBose) is a newcomer to the International Space Station, welcomed aboard by the half-American, half-Russian crew. She’s barely begun her second day when nuclear war breaks out back on Earth. The US commander, Gordon (Chris Messina), and his Russian counterpart, Nicholai (Costa Ronin), are both ordered to secure the station. That could have been the premise for a tragically effective, dramatic thriller, with six scientists trying to figure out whether they can trust one another and re-establish contact with a ruined world. Instead, all hell breaks loose.
- 4/24/2024
- by Helen O’Hara
- Empire - Movies
Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and critic of Putin, has died at 47.
After surviving several attempts of poisoning, Navalny passed away while serving a 30.5 year jail sentence at an arctic prison.
Russia’s Federal Prison Service claims that Navalny died on Friday (February 16) after feeling unwell during a walk.
Keep reading to find out more…
“On February 16, 2024, in penal colony No. 3, convict A.A. Navalny felt unwell after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness,” the prison service said in a statement (via NBC News). “The facility’s medical workers immediately arrived at the scene and an emergency medical team was called in. All necessary resuscitation measures have been carried out, but they did not yield positive results. Emergency medics confirmed the death of the convict.”
After Russia reported the death, Navalny‘s spokesperson said that they could not confirm it yet.
“The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the...
After surviving several attempts of poisoning, Navalny passed away while serving a 30.5 year jail sentence at an arctic prison.
Russia’s Federal Prison Service claims that Navalny died on Friday (February 16) after feeling unwell during a walk.
Keep reading to find out more…
“On February 16, 2024, in penal colony No. 3, convict A.A. Navalny felt unwell after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness,” the prison service said in a statement (via NBC News). “The facility’s medical workers immediately arrived at the scene and an emergency medical team was called in. All necessary resuscitation measures have been carried out, but they did not yield positive results. Emergency medics confirmed the death of the convict.”
After Russia reported the death, Navalny‘s spokesperson said that they could not confirm it yet.
“The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the...
- 2/16/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Plot: Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling, the US and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary
Review: Ever since its inception, the fear of a lingering nuclear war has existed. Often in film, we see the impact of these events and the apocalyptic world that would result. So, the concept of war breaking out while scientists representing two different countries are asked to take over the International Space Station is an interesting one. Relations with Russia aren’t exactly great, so it’s easy to see these two sides in conflict with each other. But in many ways, I.S.S. feels like last year’s 65, with an intriguing trailer that is hampered by its budget/script.
Oscar Winner Ariana DeBose stars as a scientist just getting acclimated to her job on the I.
Review: Ever since its inception, the fear of a lingering nuclear war has existed. Often in film, we see the impact of these events and the apocalyptic world that would result. So, the concept of war breaking out while scientists representing two different countries are asked to take over the International Space Station is an interesting one. Relations with Russia aren’t exactly great, so it’s easy to see these two sides in conflict with each other. But in many ways, I.S.S. feels like last year’s 65, with an intriguing trailer that is hampered by its budget/script.
Oscar Winner Ariana DeBose stars as a scientist just getting acclimated to her job on the I.
- 1/19/2024
- by Tyler Nichols
- JoBlo.com
There’s something about January that just makes us crave movies about comically stupid aviation and space travel mishaps. Whether that stems from a sincere desire for post-holiday palette cleansers or Pavlovian conditioning from a lifetime of studios dumping their misfires in the first six weeks on the calendar is beside the point. This is the time of year that brought us the basic cable heroism of “Plane” and the joyless asininity of “Moonfall” and the wide spectrum of mediocrity that exists between them. In that sense, “I.S.S.” is just another entry in a proud cinematic tradition.
Documentarian-turned-narrative-filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite‘s new would-be blockbuster is the kind of film whose box office haul would have dwarfed the Gdp of several developing nations had it been released in 1989 with Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren in the lead roles. The entirety of the contained thriller takes place on board the International Space Station,...
Documentarian-turned-narrative-filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite‘s new would-be blockbuster is the kind of film whose box office haul would have dwarfed the Gdp of several developing nations had it been released in 1989 with Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren in the lead roles. The entirety of the contained thriller takes place on board the International Space Station,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Ariana DeBose in I.S.S.Image: Bleecker Street
Ever since Georges Méliès sent audiences out of orbit in 1902 with A Trip To The Moon, filmmakers have been busy crafting distinctly textured space-themed stories, ranging from tender to terrifying. It’s a setting that provides claustrophobic tension and awe-inducing wonder,...
Ever since Georges Méliès sent audiences out of orbit in 1902 with A Trip To The Moon, filmmakers have been busy crafting distinctly textured space-themed stories, ranging from tender to terrifying. It’s a setting that provides claustrophobic tension and awe-inducing wonder,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Courtney Howard
- avclub.com
Alexei Navalny, the anti-Putin activist and Russian opposition leader who mysteriously disappeared from prison earlier this month, has been found in a remote penal colony in the Arctic, a spokesperson has said.
Kira Yarmysh, an aide for Navalny, wrote on X on Monday that the activist had been found after nearly three weeks of his whereabouts being unknown. “He is now in Ik-3 in the settlement of Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District,” she wrote, referring to an area in northwestern Siberia that is a 46-hour drive from Moscow. “His lawyer visited him today.
Kira Yarmysh, an aide for Navalny, wrote on X on Monday that the activist had been found after nearly three weeks of his whereabouts being unknown. “He is now in Ik-3 in the settlement of Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District,” she wrote, referring to an area in northwestern Siberia that is a 46-hour drive from Moscow. “His lawyer visited him today.
- 12/26/2023
- by Ej Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Russian political activist Alexey Navalny, known for his campaign against corruption by Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been located in a Russian penal colony near the Arctic Circle after being reported missing by his lawyers three weeks ago.
Navalny is the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, an effort to support the growing opposition to Putin.
Despite being imprisoned, Navalny had been in contact with his team to continue the foundation’s efforts.
According to his lawyers, Navalny went missing from his location in a Russian penal colony where he has been serving prison time.
He was convicted to 19 years in prison for creating and funding an “extremist organization” in opposition to Putin, which was added on to former charges of fraud and an array of other crimes.
Navalny was believed to be held in the Ik-6 or Ik-7 penal colony, a corrective labor camp over a hundred miles east of Moscow.
Navalny is the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, an effort to support the growing opposition to Putin.
Despite being imprisoned, Navalny had been in contact with his team to continue the foundation’s efforts.
According to his lawyers, Navalny went missing from his location in a Russian penal colony where he has been serving prison time.
He was convicted to 19 years in prison for creating and funding an “extremist organization” in opposition to Putin, which was added on to former charges of fraud and an array of other crimes.
Navalny was believed to be held in the Ik-6 or Ik-7 penal colony, a corrective labor camp over a hundred miles east of Moscow.
- 12/25/2023
- by Katharina Rakauckas
- Uinterview
Gene Roddenberry's celebrated sci-fi TV series "Star Trek" debuted on September 8, 1966, and recently celebrated its 57th anniversary. Initially, "Trek" wasn't terribly popular, and only managed to make a third season thanks to a coordinated letter-writing campaign (a campaign that Roddenberry was accused of orchestrating and encouraging himself). It wouldn't be until after "Star Trek" was canceled in 1969 that its popularity would significantly begin to grow. Thanks to a sweet infinite syndication deal, "Star Trek" reruns were common, and a cult began to form. By the early 1970s, the first "Trek" conventions began to appear. Naturally, conventions were a great place for the show's stars and creators to congregate and share production stories with a rising tide of obsessives. Fans were able to talk to and get autographs from William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, George Takei, James Doohan, and Grace Lee Whitney, as...
- 9/26/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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