Out to own today:
Captain Phillips
“They’re not here to fish,” Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks)
Underhill, Vermont, the United States. March 28th 2009. Phillips is getting ready to leave his home. On the way to the airport with his wife, Andrea (Catherine Keener – the only time we see her. One wonders if a bigger part was written for Keener, but will now be a DVD extra?), they discuss the toughness of the business world. There is the acknowledgement of a merciless economic climate. Cut to Ell, Somalia. Muse (Barkhad Abdi) awakens. His village denizens are forced by armed gunmen to put together a team to hijack a ship. They complain about already having carried out one recently, which falls on deaf ears. The boss pulling the strings is unseen. Muse is regarded as one of the brains, and given command. [To read more click here.]
Underhill, Vermont, the United States. March 28th 2009. Phillips is getting ready to leave his home. On the way to the airport with his wife, Andrea (Catherine Keener – the only time we see her. One wonders if a bigger part was written for Keener, but will now be a DVD extra?), they discuss the toughness of the business world. There is the acknowledgement of a merciless economic climate. Cut to Ell, Somalia. Muse (Barkhad Abdi) awakens. His village denizens are forced by armed gunmen to put together a team to hijack a ship. They complain about already having carried out one recently, which falls on deaf ears. The boss pulling the strings is unseen. Muse is regarded as one of the brains, and given command. [To read more click here.]
Le Week-End
“I’m a phobic object to you,” Nick Burrows (Jim Broadbent)
After working together on TV mini-series THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA (1993), director Roger Michell and writer Hanif Kureishi have collaborated together on two previous films. Their latest effort portraying an intended romantic sojourn, for 30th anniversary wedding celebrations, has shorn Paris of its City of Lights fairy tale cinematic imagery. In its place is a subdued realism skirting pessimism. Props to Michell for his ability to move from the slick (NOTTING HILL, CHANGING LANES) to the almost grubby. [To read more click here.]
After working together on TV mini-series THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA (1993), director Roger Michell and writer Hanif Kureishi have collaborated together on two previous films. Their latest effort portraying an intended romantic sojourn, for 30th anniversary wedding celebrations, has shorn Paris of its City of Lights fairy tale cinematic imagery. In its place is a subdued realism skirting pessimism. Props to Michell for his ability to move from the slick (NOTTING HILL, CHANGING LANES) to the almost grubby. [To read more click here.]
Metallica Through The Never
“Exit light
Enter night
Take my hand
We're off to never never-land,” lyrics from ‘Enter Sandman’
What an opening shot! It has that vertigo-inducing DARK KNIGHT beginning. In one take we move high above a city, circle a roofed stadium and descend to the car park as the first concertgoer arrives. Then a skateboarder glides into view, falls, picks himself up and carries on. He’s Trip (Dane DeHaan – CHRONICLE, THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES), a roadie for super-group Metallica. A monumental gig is going down tonight. [To read more click here.]
Enter night
Take my hand
We're off to never never-land,” lyrics from ‘Enter Sandman’
What an opening shot! It has that vertigo-inducing DARK KNIGHT beginning. In one take we move high above a city, circle a roofed stadium and descend to the car park as the first concertgoer arrives. Then a skateboarder glides into view, falls, picks himself up and carries on. He’s Trip (Dane DeHaan – CHRONICLE, THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES), a roadie for super-group Metallica. A monumental gig is going down tonight. [To read more click here.]
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