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Nick Koriagin

Hvala, Crna Gora!

To everyone who may be concerned - from May 13 to May 27, 2019, my wife and I are going on vacation: I'm afraid that I won't be able to be in touch at work. Thank you for understanding. To everyone who may be concerned - from May 13 to May 27, 2019, my wife and I are going on vacation: I'm afraid that I won't be able to be in touch at work. Thank…

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Nick Koriagin

Star Wars: Battlefront II Review (2017)

A series of scattered episodes, almost unrelated to each other, led by a new heroine, a stormtrooper girl of the Empire, and her relationship with the members of the squad. Visually, everything looks very good, the story cutscenes are made almost like a movie, and in some episodes they allow such famous heroes of the saga as Princess Leia, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian and Luke Skywalker himself to play, but there is no deep and…

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Nick Koriagin

Marvel's Avengers Endgame Review (2019)

Wow. This is more than just another fantastic action movie about heroes who have become a part of pop culture. A movie that is merciless to the viewer, running for three hours and stopping the heart several times. A meta-film that connects and completes all the previous films in the series, starting with "Iron Man". In places it is very heavy, sad and touching, in fact, it evokes a feeling of catharsis several times. At…

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Nick Koriagin

Maleficent Review (2014)

A retouching of the classic 1959 cartoon, The Sleeping Beauty, where almost everything was changed. A simple and elegant tale of a naive sleep-lover and a heroic knight on a white horse became a tragic dark fantasy about a horned sorceress with a kind soul, who became the ruler of darkness because of the betrayal and injury inflicted by the man she loved, for whom the Iron Throne (sorry, power ) turned out to be…

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Nick Koriagin

Love, Death, Robots Review (Season One, Netflix, 2019)

… is a collection of 18 animated short stories from top studios, including major game commercials, produced by online rental giant Netflix and directed by Tim Miller (Deadpool) and David Fincher (Seven, Fight Club "). As I understand it, the idea of ​​creating the anthology was to bring together the works of the strongest animation artists and directors under one cover, united by the theme of passion, love, loneliness and despair, as well as futurism…

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Nick Koriagin

Lunar Surface (Work-In-Progress)

Little by little, in my spare time, I polish the test scene for the cartoon - while it is, without optimization for fast rendering. Moon Dust will take place on the Moon in the 1980s, and therefore it is imperative that the environment is convincing. So far it turns out like this: In a panoramic view, it looks like this (hold and drag to move camera; the panorama can be expanded to full screen, like…

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Nick Koriagin

Why Star Wars Should Stay A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away (Opinion)

Star Wars is a long-running series of fantasy films set in a sci-fi setting, the first of which came out in 1978 and made a small revolution in cinema (especially in terms of applied special effects and combined filming). Now "Star Wars" - it is nine numbered films connected by common characters, two full-fledged offshoots and several series, including animation. It was recently announced that the main series of films will continue with three more…

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Nick Koriagin

Cute Dragons ("How To Train Your Dragon 3" Review , 2019)

Especially the new heroine, the little white lizardly thingy - looks like a bunny and a cat at the same time, moves smoothly, hums and purrs, makes reproachful eyes and spits hot plasma. It is not surprising that the "pet" of the protagonist, already battle-hardened boy Hiccup, curious Toothless, fell in love with her! Very nice couple, even if they are dragons. (I already want to draw them) The cartoon itself is also good, even…

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Nick Koriagin

The Haunting of the Hill House Review (2018, Netflix)

A ten-part, non-linear, dramatic film that tells in two times the story of a dysfunctional family struggling with grief and seeking the strength to defeat their demons. On the one hand, this is the story of a young married couple of an architect wife and a realtor husband who purchased an old estate in order to renovate it and sell it to new owners. They move there with their five children in the early 1990s…

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