Directed by Christopher Nolan, its a lot like his other movies: sparse dialogue, multiple points of view, inventive cinematography. During May of 1940, the British army had been pushed back to the shores of France. A retreat was in order and normally that is the deadliest part of battle. But in homage to Churchill, "Never ever quit, in all things great and small".
The small boat rescue call went out and the smaller boats were able to ferry back 300,000 men from France back to Britain.
Mark Rylance has the most distinguishing turn in the movie. Like Robert Duvall, its going to be a good movie with them in it. See Bridge of Spies, which was a similar wartime movie. Also the aerial fighter pilot scenes were the best I've seen since Top Gun. High praise.
Hard to tell who is who as actors since there is little dialogue. It's mainly a survival movie. Well done.
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The Big Sick
Back in the day, there was a common comedic storyline about the dark, slightly nerdly outcast (The Graduate, Last Picture Show, American Graffiti, the Sunshine Kid, When Harry Met Sally) chasing after the beautiful blonde from the other side of the tracks. Most of the time, the actor was Jewish and the blonde a Gentile, adding to the Romeo and Juliet nature of the story. True love usually won.
In the Big Sick, we have the same storyline, except the Jew is now the Muslim. Kumail Najiani plays the lead of... Kamail, and his love is Emily (Zoe Kazan), all fresh faced and rosy cheeked.
Kamail is a stand up comic (strong Seinfeld overtones) and he meets Emily at work of course. Their one night stand turns into a relationship which has its ups and downs until Emily falls into a coma. Kamail rushes to the hospital to meet Emily's parents (Ray Romano and Holly Hunter) who are thrown together for this difficult time for family and ... this guy.
A subplot involves Kamail's own family who is trying to make an arranged marriage for him, according to Pakistani culture. Another subplot involves Kamail's one act play, very similar to Leaving Boulder City in La La Land.
Judd Apatow produced and his prints are all over, from the no-name casting to the dry stand up comedy (Funny People)
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In the Big Sick, we have the same storyline, except the Jew is now the Muslim. Kumail Najiani plays the lead of... Kamail, and his love is Emily (Zoe Kazan), all fresh faced and rosy cheeked.
Kamail is a stand up comic (strong Seinfeld overtones) and he meets Emily at work of course. Their one night stand turns into a relationship which has its ups and downs until Emily falls into a coma. Kamail rushes to the hospital to meet Emily's parents (Ray Romano and Holly Hunter) who are thrown together for this difficult time for family and ... this guy.
A subplot involves Kamail's own family who is trying to make an arranged marriage for him, according to Pakistani culture. Another subplot involves Kamail's one act play, very similar to Leaving Boulder City in La La Land.
Judd Apatow produced and his prints are all over, from the no-name casting to the dry stand up comedy (Funny People)
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She has a beautiful pair of....
Allow me to discuss a woman's feature in photos that I find lovely. A shapely pair of eyebrows. Why, what did you think I was talking about?
The arched eyebrow has become a thing of beauty to me - accentuating the eye - particularly on the brunette.
Some modern examples are:
Gal Gadot
And of course, I must be inclusive - the star of Southlandview.blogspot.com,
Check out Pintrest - I'm not the only one whose interested in the subject.
The arched eyebrow has become a thing of beauty to me - accentuating the eye - particularly on the brunette.
Some modern examples are:
Gal Gadot
Cara Delevingne
Even Kim Kardashian
And of course, I must be inclusive - the star of Southlandview.blogspot.com,
Colin Farrell
Check out Pintrest - I'm not the only one whose interested in the subject.
Despicable Me 3
In general, any movie with "3" in it is to be avoided. But since I had not seen 1 or 2, I figured I'd see what the Minions were all about.
Turns out, the Minions were the real stars, without saying much. Any time they come on screen, the audience got excited. Afterwards, I noticed many people wearing Minions clothes. I expect more from this bunch.
Steve Carrell voices Gru, a bad guy turned good and bored silly (the Incredibles). When he finds out he has a brother Dru, he goes to find him. Dru is also bored and convices Gru to do one final heist. The white and black outfits make this an homage to Spy v. Spy and the whole story turns as a satire of Bond/Austin Powers movies. Mad Magazine would approve of this story.
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Turns out, the Minions were the real stars, without saying much. Any time they come on screen, the audience got excited. Afterwards, I noticed many people wearing Minions clothes. I expect more from this bunch.
Steve Carrell voices Gru, a bad guy turned good and bored silly (the Incredibles). When he finds out he has a brother Dru, he goes to find him. Dru is also bored and convices Gru to do one final heist. The white and black outfits make this an homage to Spy v. Spy and the whole story turns as a satire of Bond/Austin Powers movies. Mad Magazine would approve of this story.
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Baby Driver
If you were to make a list of heist movies, with choreographed bank robberies, and Alamo-esque standoffs where the small band repels an onslaught of attackers, you'd need a lot of space for that list. Add Baby Driver to: Bonnie and Clyde, Dark Knight, any movie with Kevin Spacey.
Kevin Spacey (Mr. Wright) of course stars, along with Ansel Elgort (Baby). After Baby stole the wrong man's car, Mr. Wright recruits Baby as the getaway car driver. The group of robbers is only known by nicknames (Reservoir Dogs). On their highest level, they're robbing from the rich to give to the poor.
On that notes it was a mashup of Hell or High Water (heist movie, with choreographed bank robberies) but the graffiti, boy meets girl, and music interweaving made it like.... La La Land.
To that end it was original, but you know what happens in movies where there are heists, and Alamo-esque standoffs.
Also starring Jon Hamm, Eiza Gonzalez, Jamie Foxx and Lily James
Others on the list:
Heat
Any Bond movie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
etc.
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Kevin Spacey (Mr. Wright) of course stars, along with Ansel Elgort (Baby). After Baby stole the wrong man's car, Mr. Wright recruits Baby as the getaway car driver. The group of robbers is only known by nicknames (Reservoir Dogs). On their highest level, they're robbing from the rich to give to the poor.
On that notes it was a mashup of Hell or High Water (heist movie, with choreographed bank robberies) but the graffiti, boy meets girl, and music interweaving made it like.... La La Land.
To that end it was original, but you know what happens in movies where there are heists, and Alamo-esque standoffs.
Also starring Jon Hamm, Eiza Gonzalez, Jamie Foxx and Lily James
Others on the list:
Heat
Any Bond movie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
etc.
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