“If you look, you will die,” Malorie says in the Bird Box trailer. The only hitch? They have to remain blindfolded because one look at this creature and they'll turn into dangerous, suicidal killers. Her goal is to find somewhere safe after an evil force lurks. 21 - follows a mother of two (Bullock) in a post-apocalyptic world. The movie itself - ready to stream on Netflix Dec. I have no doubt that all the Hollywood execs will be knocking down her door after watching her in Bird Box. My heart's not melting - your heart is melting.Īs for Blair, she played Serenity of the 2018 mini-series, Waco, had a minor role for Band-Aid, and it looks like Bird Box is her first "big" project. His Instagram - run by his parents - is chock full of adorable snapshots of Edwards rocking the runway, hanging with his celeb friends, and singing the Barney theme sing with his big "sissy" as she plays the guitar. The Forces of Evil, Ready Player One, Runaways, and more. This kid has already appeared on Star vs. His acting resume has a lot of good stuff on it for being so young. Julian is the little brother of actress Stella Edwards (she plays Lois on Nobodies, among other things). The tiny tots who hold their own alongside Bullock (and other mega stars like Sarah Paulson and John Malkovich) in Bird Box are named Julian Edwards and Vivien Lyra Blair. Adapted from the 2014 novel by Josh Malerman, Bird Box has an all-star cast from Sandra Bullock to the two breakout child actors who play Bullock's kids in the terrifying movie. Such is the case with the new Netflix film, Bird Box. If the typical rom-com isn't your bag, post-apocalyptic thriller might give you the warm and fuzzy feelings. Yet as the 280 million+ people around the world who are classed as having 'low-vision' or 'blind' already know' - if you have the will there is life to be had, sighted or not.The holidays are the best time for highly anticipated movie releases. This is an excellent film in a theater or at home, with a story that will touch at a core vulnerability that makes many of us uncomfortable. As is fitting a film who's protagonists are reliant on a life without vision, it is not full of bombastic CGI action sequences and instead wraps itself in a sense of horror that I found both terrifying and refreshing. It simply layers on another level of dread as the film proceeds towards it's conclusion. The way the film is split over different time periods is not a clever gimmick as has been the case with so much output over the last few years. With a run-time of just under 2 hours the film does enough and manages to intertwine these themes with the base horror and makes you care enough to take the journey through the fear with Sandra Bullock's Malorie and the rest of the cast who perform admirably. As you watch and come to understand (although not fully) the mechanics of the horror that is the basis of this post apocalyptic tale you find yourself wondering what would you do in a world where your eyes are your greatest weakness? Yes, perhaps more could have been done to fill out the concepts of family, parenthood, and connecting. In many ways this film is all the more terrifying because of society's reliance on seeing the world around them. The source material 'Bird Box' written by Josh Malerman was published in 2014. Much has been said about how this is a 'blind' version of 'A Quiet Place' - it is most definitely not. For a world which has become so sight-orientated there are times when the sense of dread you feel whilst watching Bird Box is almost incapacitating.
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