NAKED SINGULARITY MOVIE REVIEW

We’ve all seen “Interstellar” several times and loved it (?) and totally understood everything in it (!?!), so there’s no reason for us here at One Of Us to geek-splain singularities to you all, but just in case someone doesn’t know: in general relativity, a naked singularity is a hypothetical gravitational singularity without an event horizon, inside which the gravitational force of the singularity is so strong that light cannot escape. Obviously, all that goes without saying. “Naked Singularity” is about Casi (John Boyega), a promising young New York City public defender whose idealism is beginning to crack under the daily injustices of the very justice system he’s trying to make right. Doubting all he has worked for and seeing signs of the universe collapsing all around him, he is convinced by his coke snorting buddy (Bill Skarsgård) to rip-off a multi-million-dollar drug deal of one of his unpredictable former clients (Olivia Cooke) in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game. As we are all experts on quantum physics (thank you Chris Nolan) (EDITOR: seriously, stop) and totally understand how quantum theories and the premise of this film connect to one another, it’s probably worth hearing Jordan, Chad, and T.C. chat about the deeper context of this pseudo sci-fi drama with a touch of cosmic levity.

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DIRECTED BY: Chase Palmer

STARRING: John Boyega, Olivia Cooke, Bill Skarsgård, Ed Skrein, Linda Lavin, Tim Blake Nelson, Kyle Mooney, Robert Bogue, Robert Christopher Riley, Liza Colón-Zayas, Robia Deville

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Jordan Cobb (Screener Squad)

Born with a comic book in one hand, a camera in the other, and in front of the television as WrestleMania played out, Jordan Worth Cobb was thus birthed into this crazy world. A Digital Filmmaking major from the University of Central Arkansas, Jordan has done it all in film from directing, writing, editing, and producing in addition to skills involved in film and TV criticism, journalism, and years of podcasting experience. On any given day, her ADHD riddled brain bounces focus from film to pro wrestling to TV to superheroes to noir to video games to espionage and yes, even to sports. She played little league you know. For more of this eccentric nerd, you can follow her on Twitter here and read her original writings on Deepest Corners of My Notebook.

 

 

Chad Halvorsen (Screener Squad)

Chad Halvorsen currently resides in Milwaukee, WI, where he produces and edits commercials, films, and everything in between. He was always a fan of film/television growing up, spending days in the Summer, making (terrible) home movies with his brothers. Little did he know that passion would carry on into adulthood. Since 2006, Chad has worked for several agencies in various departments. Shooting, producing, editing, production management, directing, and when forced to, writing copy. In 2015, Chad decided to take the big leap and become a freelancer. Since then, he’s produced content for Lyft, AT&T, Target, and Discovery Network. His passion lies in entertaining people, making them feel better, even for a moment. All the pain and suffering of this business is worth it, if even just one person views his work. Chad is a frequent podcaster, most notably posing as a co-host for the podcast “The Film Illogical Society.”

 

 

T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)

T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los A...