Madagascar is an animated movie I remember enjoying a lot in 2005.
The Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath-directed film about animals from New York Zoo that find themselves in the jungles of Madagascar has some very memorable characters.
Madagascar (2005), Universal Pictures
Though the resourceful penguins are fantastic, King Julian has my heart, not just because of the words that come out of his mouth, but equally because of his glorious, joy-inducing dance moves.
Also, as I watched the movie, I suddenly found myself dreaming of a pet lemur. Nevertheless, I’m sure it’s best to get a King Julian plushie instead; ideally, one that’s motorised so he can dance to my heart’s content.
Have you seen Madagascar recently? It’s not a perfect movie, but it’s fun and stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith, David Schwimmer and Cedric The Entertainer.
Disclaimer is a new seven-part miniseries written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity (2013), starring Cate Blanchett, Lesley Manville, Sacha Baron Cohen and Indira Varma.
It’s a drama/mystery/thriller that follows Catherine Ravenscroft, a television documentary journalist whose work reveals the transgressions of others. Except now, the focus is on her transgressions
Oh, oh. What did she do? I want to find out, and I’m curious to see Cohen and Blanchett acting opposite one another.
If you were thinking that this trailer plays very much like the kind of story based on novel/book; you’d be right ,and the book in question is Disclaimer by Renée Knight.
Kevin Kline, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Hoyeon, Louis Partridge, Adam Szabo, Whitney Kehinde, Daniele Nicoli, Leila George, Liv Hill, Youssef Kerkour, Christiane Amanpour and Dorotea Mercuri also star.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), Eddie Redmayne, Netflix
Master of great dialogue Aaron Sorkin is the writer and director of new historical drama/thriller The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Set around the 1968 uprising at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois and focused on the seven people on trial for various charges at the time, I found Sorkin’s story adequately engaging.
Starring Eddie Redmayne, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to name just a few, I enjoyed the dialogue – as expected. I mean Sorkin did, after all, write the words in one of my favourite screenplays, The Social Network (2010). Even though I didn’t find the dialogue quite as scintillating as Sorkin’s Mark Zuckerberg movie, I certainly wouldn’t call it bad. For there are moments that delighted, several of which take place in the courtroom.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), Jeremy Strong, John Carroll Lynch. Sacha Baron Cohen
Sorkin’s movie starts with an editing style that felt disruptive because it wasn’t as easy to keep track of timelines as I’d have liked. Luckily, things do eventually settle into a better rhythm, after which I enjoyed TheTrial of the Chicago 7 as a brilliantly performed tale, especially by Redmayne, Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Rylance.
In addition to the engaging and dramatic courtroom scenes, you’ll enjoy watching the evolution of the relationship between the seven-plus men on trial. Sorkin’s is going to break your heart as it puts up a mirror to some of America’s ills, especially when you realise how very little seems to have changed where racial injustice and abuse of power is concerned. Yet, I wouldn’t say that The Trial of the Chicago 7 will leave you hopeless.
In addition to the earlier editing and the dialogue being good bur not as scintillating as the words in The Social Network, the only other thing that didn’t stand out in the best way is Sacha Baron Cohen’s American accent. It’s also not the worst I’ve ever heard, so give Sorkin’s film a chance if you’re curious. You’ll likely become an even bigger fan of Redmayne while also finding that Abdul-Mateen II is now on your radar, in case he wasn’t already.
Starring Sacha Baron Cohen; Borat 2 or, the other title: ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan’ is the follow up to 2006’s Borat – Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
Directed by Jason Woliner; it’s time to go on another real-life adventure with fictional Kazakh television journalist Borat.
It’s hard to imagine that there are very many American’s that haven’t heard of Borat by now. A reality that poses an interesting challenge for this movie, I think.
Will this be as good as the first Borat movie? Probably not, but I’m watching it anyway, just in case and also because I really do enjoy what comes out of Cohen’s comedic brain.
Mike Pence, Ken Davitian, and Rudy Giuliani also star.
Written/directed by Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a new historical thriller about 7 people on trial for various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alex Sharp and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are among the key cast.
I can’t deny how happy I was to see Redmayne’s face on screen again. He’s one of my favourites, along with Baron Cohen
It’s going to be emotional but I’m quite sure it’ll be worth it because of the fantastic cast and that magic that Sorkin does so well with words.
Jeremy Strong, John Carroll Lynch, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Rylance, Ben Shenkman, J.C. MacKenzie, Frank Langella and Noah Robbins also star.
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