With that title, it has got a lot to live up to.
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With this and Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN, it looks like Netflix are moving into blockbuster territory. MARJORIE PRIME ★★½☆☆ D: Michael Almereyda (Experimenter, Cymbeline, The Eternal, At Sundance, Another Girl Another Planet). S: Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, Lois Smith, Tim Robbins. Concerned with big topics, but the end result is not compelling. My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/marjorie-prime.html  BARRAGE ★★☆☆☆ D: Laura Schroeder. S: Lolita Chammah, Thémis Pauwels, Isabelle Huppert, Charles Müller, Elsa Houben, Marja-Leena Juncker, Luc Schiltz. Three generations of mothers-daughters starts promisingly, but then pads out too much of the runtime. My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/barrage.html  Along with BATTLE OF THE SEXES, 2017 seems to be the year of the tennis movie. Even though it has James Franco in it, it is from the creator of THE WIRE. JAGGA JASOOS ★★★★☆ D: Anurag Basu. S: Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, Saswata Chatterjee, Denzil Smith, Saurabh Shukla. A lovely, super-stylish Bollywood musical action-comedy, about amateur detectives taking on arms dealers. AMÉLIE meets ROMANCING THE STONE.   WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES ★★★★★ D: Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Let Me In, Cloverfield). S: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Toby Kebbell, Judy Greer. An arthouse political invective masquerading as a blockbuster. The whole film is an emotional gut-punch.   |
Filmaluation is an online magazine dedicated to arts culture, with a particular focus on film.
I care about intelligence, quality and entertainment. Going to the cinema today? See the recommendations page of what is currently out. Click here. The vital ambitions of art and entertainment: - Perceptiveness - Illumination - The unexpected - Innovation Brains and soul are key; but adrenaline junkies do not fret, there is also much love for an experience that delivers a sucker-punch to the guts via stunningly delivered thrills. Noun, “filmaluation”: The evaluation of a film Verb, "to filmaluate”: To evaluate a film I am well aware how difficult it is to make a film, put on a stage play, create a television show, write a novel, let alone make something of note. (That appreciation doesn’t stop me from having high standards though.) The site is edited and written by Hemanth Kissoon. Filmaluation is owned by Filmaluation Limited (Company number 8549302. Registered in England and Wales) Archives
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