Out to own today:
Big Hero 6
 | “On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?” Baymax An E-number movie equivalent grows tiresome. Everything is written in neon; which is fine if you're a little kid, not so much if you're an adult looking for nuance and dynamism. THE INCREDIBLES, also a superhero actioner set in an alternate reality, is proving to be an aberration among mainstream animation; having a rare combo of smarts, emotion and breathtaking combat choreography. BIG HERO 6 tries so hard, everything dialled to eleven, making its shortcomings all the more glaring. [To read more, click here.] |
Testament of Youth
 | “All these romantics aren’t good for you,” Roland Leighton (Kit Harrington) to Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander) Yearning and tragedy. Old fashioned in a dated way, rather than timeless. Not troubled by profound thinking, TESTAMENT OF YOUTH is a leaden affair. First World War set, the message of pacifism is drowned out in a sea of forced longing. For a vastly superior Great War romance, look to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT. And for the conveyance of a generation wiped out, see SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH falls between several stools, not being romantic enough, devastating enough and political enough. Moments of emotional depth occur on occasion, but the majority of the runtime has the air of Sunday afternoon telly. [To read more, click here.] |
Spring
 | “You need to change up your environment,” Mike (Vinny Curran) to Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci) Your mother is your home; wherever she is that is the base - the winning central conceit of THE NECESSARY DEATH OF CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN, staring Shia LaBeouf. On her passing, the TRANSFORMERS’s lead travels to Romania heartbroken and is sucked into a romantic crime adventure. SPRING opens on protagonist Evan watching by her bedside as his mother dies. Triggering a similar crisis, he gets out of metaphorical Dodge City leaving mild-agro in his wake. Europe is also the destination, this time Italy. Horror tropes wait. Mumblecore goes body dysmorphia. [To read more, click here.] |
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