My Dinner With Hervé is a new Sacha Gervasi-written/directed biography about French actor Hervé Villechaize, who later took his own life at the age of 50.
Peter Dinklage, Jamie Dornan and Andy Garcia star.
I’m in for the Dinklage/Dornan dynamic, and the unfortunately tragic story of Villechaize’s life. I also want to listen to see how convincingly French Dinklage’s accent is.
Oona Chaplin, Helena Mattsson, Mireille Enos and Wallace Langham also star.
Knowing as I do that 2017’s Fifty Shades Darkerdid very little to improve on the original Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)movie, I was ready for this third instalment, Fifty Shades Freed, to be, in no way, a step up. And it isn’t at all. I do, however, feel as though the trilogy shifted from ‘bad’ and ‘definitely still bad’ to something that resembles a much less tame romantic Hallmark film. To be clear, Hallmark movies are not great either, even though they’re not always as bad as ‘the worst.’
Starring Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Rita Ora and directed once again by James Foley; in Fifty Shades Freed, Anastasia and Christian get married, but their troubles with people from Christian’s past are far from over.
Just as was the case with the previous two movies, ridiculous and not well-written or well-acted things happen in Fifty Shades Freed. Yet, I may not have been in a movie theatre, but I still sat and watched it all. Firstly, I felt like I needed to see the whole trilogy through to the end. Second, I really wanted a glimpse at the wedding. Third, I wanted one more look at a depiction of the ever-intriguing lifestyles of the super-rich, and last but certainly not least, Rita Ora’s gorgeous face, acting.
The Fifty Shades movies always had little chance of being good because of the not-so-great source material. Even still, that was never going to be enough to stop many of the millions of fans of the book, fans of Dakota Johnson, fans of Jamie Dornan or fans of Rita Ora (me) from watching the films. It also won’t stop some romantics (like myself) who need a very far from taxing romance film to play semi in the background as they sit still, while doing other equally non-taxing things.
Whatever your reason to watch or not, your decision is probably right. Also, if you start and promptly abort, you cannot and will not be blamed.
The Robin Hood story of an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown has been refreshed for a new outing.
Directed by Otto Bathurst; key cast includes Taron Egerton, Jamie Dornan, Jamie Foxx and Ben Mendelsohn.
Before I knew that Bathurst was in charge, I couldn’t help but think of Guy Ritchie as the director while this trailer played. I’m in to see Egerton have even more fun on screen.
Eve Hewson, Josh Herdman and Tim Minchin also star.
It’s that time again! Time for the next movie in E.L. James’s bestselling Fifty Shades trilogy.
Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson and Rita Ora are joined by Arielle Kebbel in Fifty Shades Freed.
This time,Christian and Anastasia are an official couple, and Anastasia finds herself still haunted by Christian’s past.
You may have already guessed, but I’m not watching this movie because I’m expecting great things. I’ve seen the first two, so I pretty much know what I can expect in terms of the general gist of the story, the often questionable dialogue, and the thoughts I’ll be forced to verbalise, such as, ‘what rubbish!’
The key reason I’m tuning in is because, as per a great quote from one of the characters in an old classic British sitcom called Desmonds (1989-1994), ‘You can’t swallow a whole cow and then choke at the tail.’
Additionally, I really, really, REALLY, very much want a good look at that stunning wedding dress. That’s it.
Everyone I’ve met who has watched any of the Fifty Shades movies knows that they’re the kind of films unlikely to win, let alone be nominated for any seriously prestigiousindustry awards. There may be others out there who think otherwise; I just haven’t met them.
A friend warned me to steer clear of the Fifty Shades books because ‘they’re not well written.’ I’ve wisely heeded her advice. Yet, the reason I’ve gone ahead and watched the second movie, Fifty Shades Darker, even though there was very little in the first instalment that proved particularly memorable, is… my mild curiosity about Christian Grey. Particularly, how his ‘challenges’ will be explained. I’m a sucker for trying to understand people, you see.
In the movie, some light is shed on Christian’s past, though nothing especially memorable sticks out. We meet a few of the women that have been in Grey’s life before Anastasia Steele (Johnson). There’s more of all the stuff people couldn’t stop talking about in the first movie. A few other things happen. Things that you’d need to watch the movie to find out about because I just remembered how nonsensical I found most of it. I even admit that I literally uttered the words, ‘What is this nonsense?’
This time, directed by James Foley, Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan did the best they could with the material they had. I guess this period of their careers can be labelled as the ‘laughing all the way to the bank as people criticise their movie’ phase. At this point, I really have to wonder if the Fifty Shades films have become that thing I love to hate. Maybe.
Also, everyone knows that ‘haters’ are often fans, albeit confused or in denial. If I’m a fan, I’m mostly a fan of how the writer E.L. James has succeeded regardless of her apparently questionable writing ability.
Fifty Shades Darker; watch it if you must. But only if you must.
