Out to own today:
Ender's Game
“The way we win matters,” Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield)
It is a rare for a generic film to be elevated by its ending. The key to any cinematic experience is how the narrative winds up, and even engrossing tales are more often than not finished with an obvious or bland conclusion. So with a derivative work, and ENDER’S GAME feels such through much of its runtime, an even more unusual occurrence is for a climax to cause re-assessment of what one has just been watching. [To read more, click here.]
It is a rare for a generic film to be elevated by its ending. The key to any cinematic experience is how the narrative winds up, and even engrossing tales are more often than not finished with an obvious or bland conclusion. So with a derivative work, and ENDER’S GAME feels such through much of its runtime, an even more unusual occurrence is for a climax to cause re-assessment of what one has just been watching. [To read more, click here.]
Short Term 12
“That’s fine, you don’t have to like me right now,” Grace (Brie Larson) to Jayden (Kaitlyn Dever)
As with Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor) in HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET and John Carter (Noah Wyle) in E.R., we have our newbie as the audience way into a dense world containing its own rules. Nate (Rami Malek) has joined the Short Term 12 organisation. “We just keep them until the county decides what to do,” states Grace, the boss of the team that has the day shift. It is a facility for housing troubled teenagers. At first it seems like a prison, then the realisation comes that they are the victims. The residents have been separated from families because of abuse. A commonplace stay is under a year, though they’re a few who have resided longer. Marcus (Keith Stanfield) is one, about to leave after three years. [To read more, click here.]
As with Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor) in HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET and John Carter (Noah Wyle) in E.R., we have our newbie as the audience way into a dense world containing its own rules. Nate (Rami Malek) has joined the Short Term 12 organisation. “We just keep them until the county decides what to do,” states Grace, the boss of the team that has the day shift. It is a facility for housing troubled teenagers. At first it seems like a prison, then the realisation comes that they are the victims. The residents have been separated from families because of abuse. A commonplace stay is under a year, though they’re a few who have resided longer. Marcus (Keith Stanfield) is one, about to leave after three years. [To read more, click here.]
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