John Leung has joined M&C Saatchi LA as director of creative technology. He will work closely with all of the departments and entities that are an integrated part of the M&C Saatchi LA. Among them are SHARE, which uses digital and social to build successful brands and create engaging relationships; and Heavenspot, a socially powered digital creative agency for brands, networks and entertainment.
“We are designing, developing and building larger digital and social ecosystems for our clients more than ever. Combining John’s talent and experience with that of the Heavenspot team will make our offering truly formidable,” commented Huw Griffith, CEO of M&C Saatchi LA.
Leung is an eight-year veteran of the advertising industry whose portfolio includes complex digital builds for such brands such as CBS, DirecTV, Panasonic, Volkswagen USA and Whole Foods. He is a former associate director of technology at Deutsch.
Review: Writer-Director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance”
In its first two hours, "The Substance" is a well-made, entertaining movie. Writer-director Coralie Fargeat treats audiences to a heavy dose of biting social commentary on ageism and sexism in Hollywood, with a spoonful of sugar- and sparkle-doused body horror.
But the film's deliciously unhinged, blood-soaked and inevitably polarizing third act is what makes it unforgettable.
What begins as a dread-inducing but still relatively palatable sci-fi flick spirals deeper into absurdism and violence, eventually erupting — quite literally — into a full-blown monster movie. Let the viewer decide who the monster is.
Fargeat — who won best screenplay at this year's Cannes Film Festival — has been vocal about her reverence for "The Fly" director David Cronenberg, and fans of the godfather of body horror will see his unmistakable influence. But "The Substance" is also wholly unique and benefits from Fargeat's perspective, which, according to the French filmmaker, has involved extensive grappling with her own relationship to her body and society's scrutiny.
"The Substance" tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a famed aerobics instructor with a televised show, played by a powerfully vulnerable Demi Moore. Sparkle is fired on her 50th birthday by a ruthless executive — a perfectly cast Dennis Quaid, who nails sleazy and gross.
Feeling rejected by a town that once loved her and despairing over her bygone star power, Sparkle learns from a handsome young nurse about a black-market drug that promises to create a "younger, more beautiful, more perfect" version of its user. Though she initially tosses the phone number in the trash, she soon fishes it out in a desperate panic and places an order.
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