Starring Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher, Asa Butterfield and David Mitchell, Greed is a new Michael Winterbottom-written/directed satire about the world of the super-rich.
Set in the celebrity-filled world of luxury fashion, the comedy/drama is centred on the build-up to a sixtieth birthday party in Mykonos, Greece.
A part of me wants to see this for Coogan’s character’s teeth alone. Mostly, however, it’s the humour that has me interested. That and an inside look into the life of the super-rich.
I wonder who this is really based on/inspired by.
Shirley Henderson, Jamie Blackley, Sarah Solemani, Pearl Mackie, Enzo Cilenti, Shanina Shaik, Polly Kemp and Asim Chaudhry also star.
Directed by Saul Dibb, at the core of the story of Journey’s Endis the unfortunate disintegration of a young officers mental state.
Set in 1918 in Aisne, France; officer Stanhope (Sam Claflin) leads a group of British officers into a dugout where they must await their fate.
Also starring Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge and Asa Butterfield, I was drawn to this movie as a Claflin fan, a fan who wanted to see him in a new type of role, a less romantic one. I have to say that Claflin’s portrayal of Stanthorpe’s struggles may just be my favourite of his performances yet. I appreciate the fact that his character isn’t fully likeable, yet one can’t help but forgive him.
Another reason I enjoyed this film is the truth it shares, unlike what I’m used to in most war films I’ve seen. I appreciate the way Journey’s End showed me an officers mental troubles while still at war, as opposed to once he’d returned home. Equally, I was taken by the attitude of Stanthorpe’s superior(s). Particularly how desensitised and seemingly numb they’d become to the unspoken truth of what was coming. In this way, among others, Journey’s End is a film that left me with plenty to think about. Especially pertaining to how I realised that I may not have truly grasped the meaning of what it is to ‘soldier on’ until after watching this film.
In my heart and mind, The Hurt Locker (2008)is still my favourite of the war films I’ve seen. However, Journey’s End is definitely one I’ll remember, for reasons including the performances and perspective I didn’t quite expect.
Directed by Saul Dibb; starring Paul Bettany, Sam Claflin and Asa Butterfield, Journey’s End is a war movie set in a dugout in Aisne, France in 1918.
Journey’s End is a story in which a group of British soldiers who are awaiting their fate while led by a mentally disintegrating young officer named Stanhope (Claflin).
I’m interested because this trailer reminds me of a somewhat similar war movie I enjoyed more than expected. Namely, The Siege of Jadotville (2016), I’m onlso intrigued by the ‘mentally disintegrating young officer’ angle.
Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, Tom Sturridge and Theo Barklem-Biggs also star.
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2016), Asa Butterfield
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is enjoyable and well-acted. Eva Green’s talents, and a bunch of children with abilities different to what I’ve already seen in plenty of superhero movies, were what appealed the most.
I also loved watching Chris O’Dowd in a ‘struggling father’ role – a highlight because he did a good job. The storyis well-constructed, and with Tim Burton, plus his rich imagination in the director’s chair, it’s unsurprising that the visual manifestations of writer Ransom Riggs’s characters are another highlight.
Contrary to my initial thoughts after watching the trailer, Miss Peregrine’s peculiar children are not quite superheroes in the traditional sense. Reason being, their main concern is saving their own particular kind rather than humanity as a whole (not a criticism, just something I realised).
There is a moment in the movie where I thought, ‘really? you went with that take?’ It was during Asa Butterfields’s character’s anguish at his grandfather’s demise. It’s not so much that there were no tears in sight since I know that not everyone cries in such predicaments. It’s that his supposed anguish didn’t ring particularly true for me. Something about the rhythm, maybe.
Though not exactly perfect, I say watch Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children for the story, fun adventure, special effects and refreshing difference when compared to the ‘peculiarities’ of todays well-known superhero movie characters.
Imagine being a human curious about earth and all its wonders because you were the first person to ever be born on mars. That’s the premise of The Space Between Us.
Asa Butterfield plays said human and what’s the thing he’s most curious about on planet Earth? A girl called Tulsa (Brit Robertson).
The main, if not the only reason I’m really curious about this movie is the science, which i feel is reason enough.
Directed by Peter Chelsom; Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino and BD Wong also star.
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