Venom – The Last Dance (2024), Stephen Graham, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Venom – The Last Dance is the final part of the Venom/Eddie Brock story.
Starriing Tom Hardy, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Graham, Juno Temple Chiwetel Ejiofor – and directed by Kelly Marcel; the duo are on the run as they’re hunted by both of their worlds.
This trailer has me wanting to see how Eddie Brock’s story gets wrapped up. I feel bad for him right now because he looks so worn down. How could one not be when an otherworldly and seemingly uncontrollable parasite lives within, and fully overpowers you?
I say all the above as someone who has largely forgotten the details of Venom‘s origin story. Still, I vote to give back Edie’s freedom and full control over his mind and body.
Are you intrigued enough to watch and see how Edie and Venom fair?
Cristo Fernández, Clark Backo, Ivo Nandi, Peggy Lu and Otis Winston also star.
Locked Down (2021), Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anne Hathaway, Warner Brothers
Locked Down has some memorable moments. Yet, overall, director Doug Limans romance/comedy about a couple’s attempt at a high-risk, high-stakes jewellery heist during the Coronavirus pandemic isn’t great.
Starring Anne Hathaway, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ben Kingsley; the most memorable scenes for me feature Kingsley and Ben Stiller. There’s also the scene that has my favourite line of dialogue in the whole movie: ‘Live wild or die, Linda.’ My love of this line is more to do Chiwetel Ejiofor’s delivery of it, more than anything thing else.
As for what’s seriously wrong with Locked Down, it doesn’t help that I found the chemistry between Hathaway and Ejiofor lacking. This lack then fed into their relationship feeling underdeveloped. It’s then no surprise that I didn’t buy the evolution of the characters; including the decisions they made.
To put it another way, both the film’s central relationship and the story needed more time. Because it had an overall silly and unbelievable quality which I doubt was intentional. The issue isn’t the performances, but near enough all else, especially the story.
I can understand that Locked Down exists in part, because of a desire to take advantage of a locked-down London. It’s therefore unfortunate that the thoughts running through my mind while watching the movie include:
‘I wonder if the actors regret saying yes to this script?‘
‘This kind of feels like a literal dream, but a bad one. A bad script for an actual dream that could have been very exciting.‘
‘How on earth did Harrods allow themselves to be used for this? That is assuming the Harrods scenes were shot in the famous luxury department store.‘
Should you watch this movie? I mean, if you’re extraordinarily curious, do. Otherwise, I say wait for a quality lockdown film. One that’s taking its sweet time to be developed and developed right.
Locked Down is the latest comedy/romance starring Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
From director Doug Liman; the story is about a couple’s attempt a high-risk, high-stakes jewellery heist at at London’s Harrods department store.
Additional key cast includes Mindy Kaling, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Boynton, Jazmyn Simon and Stephen Merchant.
This looks like the first high profile film about life during the pandemic. I’m definitely watching to see aspects of my life reflected back at me. Especially since it’s set set in London, England. I also just want to see how well this turns out. You know, considering the constraints of shooting while a pandemic is still going on.
I know for sure that I already love Ejiofor’s line at 0:45 into this trailer. It’s just so delightfully British, isn’t it?
Dulé Hill, Mark Gatiss, Bobby Schofield and Shereen Gray also star.
Doctor Strange (2016), Benedict Cumberbatch, Marvel Studios
‘Fun’ and ‘good’ are the words forDoctor Strange; Marvel’s story of a brilliant neurosurgeon who’s drawn into the mystic arts while seeking physical and spiritual healing.
Starring the well-voiced Benedict Cumberbatch, director Scott Derrickson’s film is definitely a superhero movie. And as someone who was in the midst of superhero movie fatigue at the time of release, I’m happy to say that the film’s different class of weaponry/enemy really worked to make the experience that little bit different and certainly more interesting.
I don’t know how great a thing this is, but the impressive visual effects in Doctor Strange kind of kept my beloved Inception (2010)at front-of-mind, at least half the time. In fact, I couldn’t help but wonder about how much more amazing I’d find Marvel’s move if I hadn’t seen much of the style of effects first in Christopher Nolan’s Inception.
Arresting visuals aside, the execution of the growth of Strange’s character from beginning to end, particularly how satisfying it was to watch him grow because he needed to, is my favourite thing about Derrickson’s movie.
I absolutely took some time aside to fantasise about personally having Strange’s abilities, without the suffering that came before, of course.
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind (2019), Chiwetel Ejiofor
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Noma Dumezweni, Joseph Marcell, Aïssa Maïga and Maxwell Simba; The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind is a new drama directed by Ejiofor.
Based on the bestselling book by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, at the centre of The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind is 13-year-old William. William learns that he must leave school because his family can no longer afford the fees. Sneaking back into the library, William starts a project in an effort to save his Malawian village from famine.
I’m interested in the story of an extraordinary young boy’s resourcefulness in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Also, I can’t wait to experience what looks like the rather promising results of Ejiofor’s new role as writer and director, in addition to actor.
Lemogang Tsipa, Lily Banda, Beatus Ble Msamange and Kelvin Maxwell Ngoma also star.
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