Out to own today:
Lion
 | “I have to find my way back home,” Saroo (Dev Patel) Opening high in the air, a striking example of god’s eye camerawork made popular by LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, it is not just an attention-grabber (though props to cinematographer Greig Fraser (KILLING THEM SOFTLY, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN)), it represents a multitude of ideas: - The vastness of the landscape, which will make the Herculean task of the lead all the more impressive, - The frustrations of hindsight, - The spiritual - someone watching over the subject, - The technological – satellite view of the world, and - The human, like MARGARET, the feeling this is just one story out of a myriad if the camera zoomed down to any populated location. [To read more, click here.] |
Hacksaw Ridge
 | “I ain’t got answers to questions that big,” Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) Mel Gibson’s first film as director in 10 years should be greeted with more gusto – he is after all a skilled technician. APOCALYPTO is one of the most exhilarating action flicks. While a work should be judged on its own merits, it is sometimes hard to compartmentalise the filmmaker from the film. Having stated that preamble, let’s have a think about Gibson’s latest. HACKSAW RIDGE arguably forms a thematic trilogy of religion and ultra violence that has become the LETHAL WEAPON star’s signature as helmer. What elevates, beyond the skilled combat choreography, is the focus on a soldier pacifist. [To read more, click here.] |
Sing
 | “Wonder and magic don’t come easy,” Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) 2016 has been a year of mediocre mainstream animations being continuously churned out. (The independent and arthouse scenes have been the saviours.) SING is a sentimental, vacuous, glorified karaoke animated movie. Why are so-called TV talent contests being celebrated? Are they not more about fame than art? One would understand if the searches were also about song writing – see the work of John Carney (ONCE, BEGIN AGAIN, SING STREET). Like BURNT from last year, SING already feels dated. [To read more, click here.] |
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