{"id":28110,"date":"2020-03-27T16:48:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T15:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/?p=28110"},"modified":"2020-03-27T16:50:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T15:50:28","slug":"vivarium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/vivarium\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys On Film Review: Vivarium"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p>Just when you thought<strong> Boys On Film<\/strong> was back, here comes Coronavirus! Well, one thing is for certain, we aren&#8217;t gonna let this pandemic stop us from reviewing films. You can cancel our film festivals, but until hell freezes over, we&#8217;ll still continue to recommend movies for your isolation playlists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Phil and I got to see an early screening of <strong>Vivarium<\/strong> and due to COVID-19 it looks like it&#8217;s run in the theatres was cut way short and it&#8217;s been made available on the Apple Store and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h2YOjvS9e0A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>YouTube<\/b><\/a> to rent already &#8211; similarly to <a href=\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/boys-on-film-the-invisible-man\/\"><strong>The Invisible Man<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vivarium<\/strong> stars <strong>Imogen Poots<\/strong> and <strong>Jesse Eisenberg<\/strong> who are the cutest little British\/American couple looking to settle down and buy their first house. What should have been a typical trip to the estate agent, quickly turns into a bonkers mind-fuck of epic proportions which asks the question &#8211; &#8220;What would happen if we put humans into a totally synthetic environment for observation?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you ever felt sorry for domesticated and isolated birds, fish and reptiles, you might relate a little bit to this oddly strange movie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What did Phil and I think about <strong>Vivarium<\/strong> &#8211; watch our latest <strong>Boys On Film<\/strong> episode to find out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VIVARIUM starring Jesse Eisenberg &amp; Imogen Poots REVIEW | Boys On Film\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ItL0BU0KZ4c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>New episodes of <strong>Boys on Film<\/strong> are released every week, so make sure to subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCaNc2JH146PLiqAxP2SWdvQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Phil Marriott\u2019s YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p>For more <strong>EQ Music<\/strong> film and television reviews, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/category\/film-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Film\/TV channel<\/strong><\/a> right here on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vivarium has hit streaming a little bit earlier than expected due to COVID-19 and you catch our review of it right now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[522,151],"tags":[517,1129],"class_list":["post-28110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boys-on-film","category-film-reviews","tag-boys-on-film","tag-vivarium","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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