All Is True (2019), Kenneth Branagh is William Shakespeare
Directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, All Is True is a new drama about the last days of celebrated playwright William Shakespeare.
Additional key cast includes Judi Dench and Ian McKellan.
Something tells me that ‘epic’ isn’t the word for this production, but I rather like Branagh and definitely appreciate Shakespeare, even though his words take extra time to understand in these here modern times.
Kathryn Wilder, Lolita Chakrabarti, Michael Rouse, Jack Colgrave Hirst and Matt Jessup also star
Stephen Frears, director of The Queen (2006), which starred Helen Mirren and Michael Sheen has a new movie based on another British monarch. One who’s played by Judi Dench.
Also starring Olivia Williams, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Michael Gambon and Tim Pigott-Smith, the story of Victoria & Abdul focuses on Queen Victoria’s unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Dame Judi Dench and the promising humour are all the reason I need to watch.
There is also my interest in seeing an ageing female monarch take charge of herself and others with aplomb.
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.
A well-edited trailer with good music, visuals and a brilliant cast has arrived.
Starring Alicia Vikander, Judi Dench, Christoph Waltz, Dane DeHaan, Jack O’Connell and Cara Delevigne,;Tulip Fever, is a drama/romance set in 17th century Amsterdam.
After Judi Dench’s first few words, my thoughts went straight to, ‘thank goodness we live in different times’. My second, third and fourth thoughts, ‘Girl In A Pearl Earing (2003)’. Lastly, ‘my goodness, isn’t Alicia Vikander’s face quite something?’
I like everything about this movie so far. May it deliver on the promise.
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2016), Asa Butterfield, Eva Green
From director, Tim Burton and starring Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell and Eva Green, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children is today’s trailer.
Trailer 1
Trailer 2
Based on a bestselling book by Ransom Riggs, I’m sure fans of the story will forgive you in the event that X-Men pops into your mind while the trailer plays.
What I’m most curious about is all the peculiarities imagined by the author. I’ll certainly be very happy if I find this movie any more original than the peculiarities of the children.
So far, I don’t like the trailer song. It feels too annoyingly obvious. The instrumental is okay, but the words…
Judi Dench, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney and Ella Wahlestedt also star.
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