Indeed, each of his feature films deliver pure, uproarious enjoyment. And in his newest film, Last Night in Soho , he leans into the magnetic quality that reminds us that this is an Edgar Wright film. From the laugh-out-loud zombie hijinks in Shaun of the Dead that makes it impossible to look away, to the flashy videogame effects that make Scott Pilgrim vs.
While there, she begins having vivid nighttime visions that transport her back to her neighborhood in the s. But what starts as a flashy ode to the dazzling nightlife of old Soho quickly spirals into a riveting, pulse-raising murder-mystery. Wright pays homage to the king of giallo himself, Dario Argento, borrowing bold visual elements from his films like Deep Red and Suspiria the use of knives as mirrors, a fixation on the color red.
Given the connection Wright makes both with older films and with his audience, when things get scary for Eloise and her dreams start to turn into blood-soaked nightmares, the moments of horror are that much more effective. Last Night in Soho culminates as a chic and dynamic expression of Edgar Wright at the height of his powers.
Julia celebrates Child, as it should. Child, in her way, made audiences rethink what constituted entertainment in the s. Watching interesting people talk about and teach on interesting subjects in a humble, casual, interesting way adds up to good TV. Likewise, Julia , with all of its intimate, personal and professional accounts of her character and her rise to fame, is an interesting movie: Thoroughly enjoyable, brimming with things to say, constructed in a manner that ducks pretense for relatability.
Jim Cummings tends to play men who refuse to lose control. His characters feel similar, but then so do many white, cisgender, heterosexual, elder millennial men—unable to wield power over their domain, they flail belligerently through these, their End Times. They find closure in slapping around a corpse Thunder Road , or they turn to folklore and cryptozoology to explain a world they no longer understand at all The Wolf of Snow Hollow.
Everything is terrifying, everyone is watching, and the least noble thing any of them can do as the teeth rot from their mouths is rage against a universe that no longer wants them. A white millennial man cornered by obsolescence—or worse, an obsolescence no one gives much of a shit about—will scratch and whine for scraps of satisfaction.
Just any iota that someone gives about what he wants—that he matters. And his handle on genre remains deft but slippery. Which is much funnier than it sounds.
Because everyone is watching and everything is terrifying. The Beta Test never attempts to refute how lame Jordan is, how ineffectually he inhabits this plane of existence, how much of a baby he is, how unhelpful he will be as the planet devolves into the kind of chaos where violence and oblivion just occur in the background. His medieval epic based on the book of the same name by Eric Jager—concerning the last judicial duel of France—is conveyed across three chapters.
In a narrative device easily comparable to Rashomon , another film which details the conflicting accounts surrounding a rape, the script co-penned by stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck alongside Nicole Holofcener , sends us back to the beginning three times.
The Last Duel retreads the path already taken, but each occasion with a different guide. In some instances, diplomatic actions become violent ones, off-handed glances become indicative of deceit, relationships drastically change, words take on different meanings, and the world is suddenly observed as if we were seeing it for the very first time.
Which is why, when we are introduced to the knight Jean de Carrouges Damon , we come face-to-face with a grizzled, esteemed war hero. He charges into a brutal battle and valiantly hacks away at the enemy forces. Spears enter chests, viscera is sliced, blood sprays to near-comical effect. But as the narrative shifts over, we understand that this is not entirely true. And in the eyes of Marguerite, Carrouges is nothing but a brute she was forced to love, and le Gris is a lustful freak to whom she is only superficially attracted.
The character is handled elegantly by Comer, who carries Marguerite with composure masking the ubiquitous glint of terror in her eyes; the quivering yet entirely routine fear of a person whose personhood has been rendered negligible from birth. But these are things we already know. Such commentary has been done to death at this point, and frequently in ways which come across as tone-deaf and trite. Instead, Damon, Affleck and Holofcener have penned a skilled illustration of how men see the world differently, and how rape culture is born out of these lived-in blind spots.
In his early acting years, Branagh judiciously explored his Northern Ireland roots in theater. He exists in a seemingly carefree childhood, comforted by his tight knit community.
But his peaceful play is quickly shattered by the Troubles invading his mixed religion, middle class street. Housing both Catholics and Protestants, the street becomes a literal war zone that erupts in the middle of the day as Protestants try to physically oust the Catholics from their homes. By following the mercurial, butterfly existence of a small child, Branagh is able to keep an innocence to this slice of life story as the bigger issues behind the Troubles are kept at bay.
Hill carries those moments on his little shoulders with weight and truth. They portray couples who know and show love, disappointment, laughter, anger and frustration which adds a gravitas to the world hovering around Buddy.
They have flaws, but try to sing and dance and sacrifice for one another with quiet nobility. Find out what movies are opening this week as well as what movies are in the Box Office Top Ten. Before you go to the movie theater, go to IMDb to watch the hottest trailers, see photos, find release dates, read reviews, and learn all about the full cast and crew. IMDb is your ultimate source for all new movies, and our "In Theaters" page provides you an easy way to decide what to watch today, tomorrow or this weekend.
As you find new movies, add them to your Watchlist. The IMDb Watchlist is a quick and easy way to track and remember all the latest movies that you want to see. Remember, IMDb is your source for new movies. Sign In. Opening This Week - November A young boy and his working class family experience the tumultuous late s.
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