Kubrick did satire & horror, period pieces set centuries in the past & scifi futurism, war movies & “erotic mystery”. Recurring cast members across films was atypical for him. A new Kubrick film was usually something quite different from what he’d done before.

Frankly, it’s surprising that his reputation didn’t do more harm to Marvel’s brand

Muphry’s Law.

I wasn’t shocked at all: it was on the Audience Network, and I was only able to watch it via the Chicago Public Library system using Hoopla.

The show also reimagines an existing character, the sympathetic nun Sister Maria, as a transgender woman

I was going to say that one of the differences between now and then is that he’s older.

Kubrick’s films are more varied.

I thought it was someone else saying that about her character.

Other than Succession, the one other role I associate with McFayden (not “McFadyen”) is the HR rep he plays in The Assistant, a real tool of the power structure. For Lupe, the one other role I know her from is Holly Gibney in Mr. Mercedes. Apparently she’s also narrating the audiobook of King’s upcoming novel just…

As long as it’s not Kattan.

Correct, although if you’re specifying “Belgian Congo” that’s a HUGE improvement over what preceded it (King Leopold’s “Congo Free State”).

Gore Verbinski’s first feature! He hasn’t made a new one since A Cure for Wellness in 2016, which I should really get around to seeing one of these days.

Nope, the slave trade was going on in Africa before Europeans arrived. However, Europeans had slavery going back to ancient Greek times, and it (but not serfdom) ended in England with the Norman conquest.

Why was the remake of Cape Feare here rather than the original?

This list does not contain “Blue Ruin” and is therefore invalid.

My understanding is that some countries like Mauritania try to skirt international norms on slavery but they’re very much the exception to the rule and in most places it’s just very poor people willing to do the work because the alternative is worse.

Maybe on TV nowadays rather than in theaters.

That would probably belong in a different article about said allegations, not the box office top 10 led by John Wick.

Slavery is typically considered a pre-capitalist mode of production.

Something something rolls downhill.