Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, has hired Icaro Doria as a group creative director, working on Sprint. Previously, Doria was at Y&R New York, working as a global creative director for Dell Computers, as well as a group creative director running the Bacardi, Virgin Atlantic and VH1 accounts. He also worked at Saatchi & Saatchi NY, where he produced work for brands including JCPenney, Crest, Olay and StuffIt…..The team of Tim Geoghegan and Caprice Yu has joined Crispin Porter+Bogusky as associate creative directors/interactive. A hybrid team, they were hired from BBH New York where they helped create integrated campaigns such as Axe Lab and Axe's Bom Chicka Wah Wah, and had a leading role in the launch of Ally Bank. Previously, they were creative directors for the agency's ZAG brand-invention department. Prior to BBH, they were at 180 Amsterdam where they worked on traditional and digital campaigns for global clients such as Adidas, Dr Pepper, and Motorola….Nexus Productions' new division, Nexus Interactive Arts, has brought director Quayola aboard its worldwide roster. He is will known for his site-specific media art installations, which have gained recognition at shows across the globe, including London, Paris, New York and Buenos Aires. Work such as “Strata” and “Natures”, a series of films, prints and installations demonstrate Quayola's unique artistry and mastery of digital interactive media. A fourth “Strata” installation is currently in development with Palais Des Beaux Arts in Lille, France. Quayola has created spots for leading brands including Nike and Asics and the visuals for acts such as Jay Z and Kylie. Most recently, he worked with fellow Nexus directors, Minivegas, on the visuals for the Red Bull Music Academy's Warp vs Ninja Tune 3D Soundclash….Alexandra Leal, executive producer at wild(child), has become the company's managing partner, assuming management responsibilities over wild(child) and associated houses, including design arm Resident Creative Studio. She still retains her position as executive producer of wild(child) itself, founded by editor Yvette Pineyro. Meredith Machial continues as executive producer of Resident Creative Studio…..
Review: Director Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” Starring Robert Pattinson
So you think YOUR job is bad?
Sorry if we seem to be lacking empathy here. But however crummy you think your 9-5 routine is, it'll never be as bad as Robert Pattinson's in Bong Joon Ho's "Mickey 17" — nor will any job, on Earth or any planet, approach this level of misery.
Mickey, you see, is an "Expendable," and by this we don't mean he's a cast member in yet another sequel to Sylvester Stallone's tired band of mercenaries ("Expend17ables"?). No, even worse! He's literally expendable, in that his job description requires that he die, over and over, in the worst possible ways, only to be "reprinted" once again as the next Mickey.
And from here stems the good news, besides the excellent Pattinson, whom we hope got hazard pay, about Bong's hotly anticipated follow-up to "Parasite." There's creativity to spare, and much of it surrounds the ways he finds for his lead character to expire — again and again.
The bad news, besides, well, all the death, is that much of this film devolves into narrative chaos, bloat and excess. In so many ways, the always inventive Bong just doesn't know where to stop. It hardly seems a surprise that the sci-fi novel, by Edward Ashton, he's adapting here is called "Mickey7" — Bong decided to add 10 more Mickeys.
The first act, though, is crackling. We begin with Mickey lying alone at the bottom of a crevasse, having barely survived a fall. It is the year 2058, and he's part of a colonizing expedition from Earth to a far-off planet. He's surely about to die. In fact, the outcome is so expected that his friend Timo (Steven Yeun), staring down the crevasse, asks casually: "Haven't you died yet?"
How did Mickey get here? We flash back to Earth, where Mickey and Timo ran afoul of a villainous loan... Read More