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His hero is Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd Hanks , a Confederate Civil War veteran who, having stood on the losing side of history, moseys across the Lone Star State and reads out-of-town papers to the locals at each stop on his journeys.
This is Texas. An erstwhile soldier in Texas could only have fought on one side of the aisle. News of the World damns Kidd without having to say a word. But as soon as the film judges him, it presents him with a chance at redemption in the form of a girl, Johanna Helena Zengel. Zengel is a fresh spark in an otherwise old-fashioned production, but old-fashioned here is a compliment.
News of the World has no interest in subverting or updating classic Western formulas: It is content with its function as a handsomely-made studio picture, built ostensibly around Hanks but with plenty of room for its young star to make her mark. What modernizes the movie has more to do with context than content. The social media saga is also a treatise on storytelling. But she responds in kind, adding in her own tweaks and retellings to heighten the fable.
But Bravo, who adapted her sophomore feature alongside Jeremy O. Harris, embraces the secondhand spontaneity of the vibe while immersing us in the humanity of its participants. How is James Gunn one of the only people that actually seems to know how to make a comic book movie feel like it was built out of a comic book? Sure, the excellent Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse did it, but it took making one of the most impressive animated movies in years.
Part of the joke is the sheer quantity of goofball Legion of Doom rejects shoved into the mix. Director Corneliu Porumboiu is no stranger to procedures or regulations, nor insensitive to the ways in which the strictures we impose on ourselves and others end up wrapping us up from within.
His previous film, the documentary Infinite Football , allows his friend Laurentiu Ginghina time and cinematic space to explain the many modifications and new rules to enact in order to, he believes, completely revitalize the sport of football—all while exorcising the trauma of post-Communist Romania. In it, laconic, mild-mannered cop Cristi Vlad Ivanov navigates an elaborate schema of criminal enterprise and double-crossing police to walk away with a life-changing amount of stolen drug money.
They are defined by it. We understand who these people are through the ways in which they struggle to escape the system. Regardless, take Weinstein out of your interpretation of The Assistant and the film will still throttle you slowly, packing suffocating pressure into each of its 87 minutes. She spends the film unraveling over the course of a day, confronting her complicity in his sexual predation with no tangible hope of ending the cycle.
Portuguese master Pedro Costa shot Vitalina Varela using an aspect ratio close to the Academy ratio 1. Residents march, shamble and occasionally lie prone on the ground, faith depleted, energy drained.
Why anyone would return here after spending decades away is a question Costa answers within its first 10 minutes, when the title character, named for the actress who plays her, touches down on the tarmac and is immediately met with bad news. There is nothing in Portugal for you. For 40 years, she lived alone in Cape Verde, her husband, Joaquim, having abandoned her.
You can start with Netflix's new rom-com, Love Hard , a lighthearted addition to the catalogue. Nina Dobrev stars as Natalie, a Carrie Bradshaw contemporary who writes a column about online dating. The good and bad news is that she's got plenty to write about, The wholesome, comedically-hypnotic series follows a fictionalized version of Pera, a soft-spoken middle school choir teacher living in Michigan, as he converses with viewers on a variety of humdrum topics like how to pack a lunch, dancing, But other times?
Other times you just want to lounge on the couch with a beer and laugh at a show that understands how gross we all are. In its fifth season the Netflix comedy introduces Hate Worms and Lovebugs as it Dexter: New Blood isn't anything revolutionary, but it is a ton of fun. Set 10 years after the disappointing Dexter finale, the Showtime limited series introduces us to a rather well-adjusted Dexter. That is, until two new folks show up in town.
Picking the right movie to watch on any given night is a fine art, so good luck, stay safe, and God bless. Just remember, there are no refunds! This Australian murder mystery finds Eric Bana playing a Federal Agent who returns to his hometown after 20 years to attend the funeral of a childhood friend who stands accused of murdering his whole family before taking his own life.
The man's parents ask Bana to stay and investigate, and we learn how an incident from the boys' past may or may not have played a role in this latest tragedy. This is a solid drama anchored by a strong turn from Bana, even if it feels a bit flashback-heavy and there's a reliance on clever wordplay, a la another murder mystery, Knives Out.
If Aussie crime films are your thing, The Dry is worth a look, just keep your expectations in check, because this is a 2. Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz makes his directorial debut with this rather unusual crime drama, a high-minded murder mystery that's based on a wild true story.
When she winds up dead following a party, her daughter Annette Bening is suspicious of her mother's much younger husband. Waltz and Redgrave are both quite good here, and even though a more experienced director might've made this movie better, Waltz acquits himself well enough behind the camera -- certainly better than other actors-turned-directors did during their first time behind the camera. This delightful sports comedy stars Mary Holland Happiest Season as a scrawny newcomer to the glorious sport of female arm wrestling.
She's aided on her quest for greatness by her best friend, a tough lady trucker played by Betsy Sodaro , who comes off like the energetic spawn of John Belushi and Melissa McCarthy. Holland makes for a winning underdog, and director Maureen Bharoocha milks this golden premise for all its worth, ultimately delivering a fun, breezy comedy that flies by in less than 90 minutes. It's perfect for a Girls Night with your friends, though trust me, guys I've seen a lot of bad genre movies this year but Initiation was actually pretty decent, though it doesn't really have anything to do with an "initiation" of any kind.
It's one of those college slasher movies where someone gets murdered and secrets get uncovered, blah, blah blah.
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