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Bohemian Rhapsody - a review!
Last weekend, my mother asked me and my siblings, if we wanted to watch Bohemian Rhapsody. I immediately said yes, because I enjoy Queens music, and the trailer looked absolutely amazing, and full of the biggest Queen hits.
We picked today, and I pretty much just got home from the cinema.
So how is it? Would it rock me? Or would I go "another one bites the dust"?
In short: It was absolutely amazing!
The film stars Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, the legendary performer and artist, who sadly died at the age of 45. The promotion material started coming when I worked in the cinema, and the posters had an image of Malek as Freddie. I remember thinking "Hang on, is that the real Freddie?", because it really looked like him. But no, it was Rami Malek.
Other actors incluce: Lucy Boynton as Mary Austin, Gwilym Lee as Brian May, Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor, Joseph Mazzello as John Deacon, Aiden Gillen as John Reid and Mike Myers as Ray Foster.
So what is it about? In short: It is about Freddie's adult life from his beginning in Queen, to the now legendary performance at the 1985 Live Aid from Wembley Stadium in London. The run time on this biopic is 2 hours and 14 minutes, and it is a treat for any Queen fan, no matter the age. Sensitive people will probably look away as Freddie's bi/homosexuality is shown, but that is necessary to be shown, since it wouldn't do Freddie justice if it was left out.
How is Rami as Freddie? It's a tough man to play, particularly since he was such a flamboyant guy. I am happy to report, that Rami absolutely nailed the mannerisms and the look of Freddie. It is easily the best performance I have seen this year. I am blown away at just HOW much he looks like Freddie. Gwilym Lee looks exactly like Brian May, which is extremely scary to see. Ben Hardy did a great job as Roger Taylor, and Joseph Mazzello (yes, Tim from Jurassic Park) did a great job as John Deacon.
If you watch some live footage of Queen, and watch the four actors portray the four Queen members, you will see that they pretty much nail their performances.
Mike Myers is fantastic as the EMI record producer, who objects to playing Bohemian Rhapsody on the radio, as it was too long. But Queen got it their way, and it went on to be their biggest hit!
So, if you are a fan of Queen, or if you are interested in seeing what the hype is about, go see Bohemian Rhapsody.
I shall give this movie a 9/10. It is a wonderful movie, full of great music!
We picked today, and I pretty much just got home from the cinema.
So how is it? Would it rock me? Or would I go "another one bites the dust"?
In short: It was absolutely amazing!
The film stars Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, the legendary performer and artist, who sadly died at the age of 45. The promotion material started coming when I worked in the cinema, and the posters had an image of Malek as Freddie. I remember thinking "Hang on, is that the real Freddie?", because it really looked like him. But no, it was Rami Malek.
Other actors incluce: Lucy Boynton as Mary Austin, Gwilym Lee as Brian May, Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor, Joseph Mazzello as John Deacon, Aiden Gillen as John Reid and Mike Myers as Ray Foster.
So what is it about? In short: It is about Freddie's adult life from his beginning in Queen, to the now legendary performance at the 1985 Live Aid from Wembley Stadium in London. The run time on this biopic is 2 hours and 14 minutes, and it is a treat for any Queen fan, no matter the age. Sensitive people will probably look away as Freddie's bi/homosexuality is shown, but that is necessary to be shown, since it wouldn't do Freddie justice if it was left out.
How is Rami as Freddie? It's a tough man to play, particularly since he was such a flamboyant guy. I am happy to report, that Rami absolutely nailed the mannerisms and the look of Freddie. It is easily the best performance I have seen this year. I am blown away at just HOW much he looks like Freddie. Gwilym Lee looks exactly like Brian May, which is extremely scary to see. Ben Hardy did a great job as Roger Taylor, and Joseph Mazzello (yes, Tim from Jurassic Park) did a great job as John Deacon.
If you watch some live footage of Queen, and watch the four actors portray the four Queen members, you will see that they pretty much nail their performances.
Mike Myers is fantastic as the EMI record producer, who objects to playing Bohemian Rhapsody on the radio, as it was too long. But Queen got it their way, and it went on to be their biggest hit!
So, if you are a fan of Queen, or if you are interested in seeing what the hype is about, go see Bohemian Rhapsody.
I shall give this movie a 9/10. It is a wonderful movie, full of great music!
Venom - a review!
Yesterday was the day when I decided to go watch the new Venom movie. I saw the teaser trailer a long time ago, and I wasn't really interested. But then when the first real trailer dropped, it peaked my interest.
The story is pretty straight forward: An investigative journalist, Eddie Brock, comes across a plot to fuse symbiotes from outer space with humans. The result is unknown, but has the potential to create life that will be able to live on Mars or even on the Moon. Not a bad thing, if I am honest.
Anyway, back to the movie!
It soon becomes clear, that these experiments has a somewhat unfortunate effect on people, because it ends up killing them. But not Eddie. It somehow bonds with him, and it transforms him into the character Venom.
I will not go into more detail, since it is still running in the cinemas, so if I go further, I will just spoil the movie for you, which isn't cool to do!
Usually when I review movies, I have three boxes that HAS to be ticked, in order for me to enjoy it!
1: Explosions! And lots of them!
2: At least one fist fight.
3: Car chases!
Venom ticks all those boxes! It has plenty of fist fights, some amazing chase sequences and a lot of explosions! Like - a LOT! Kaboom! One of them in particular made my inner 5-year old come out and go "awesome!"
It is rated PG 13, which shows. It uses a fair amount of humor, particularly the scene where Venom talks to Eddie for the first time, and when Eddie displays Venom's appearance to a neighbor who plays the guitar just a bit tooo loud.
Regarding the acting, well there is really not anything I can say was bad. I am not a Tom Hardy fan, but I liked him in this one. Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed and Reid Scott also does a great job! I was particularly happy with Riz Ahmed's performance as Carlton Drake!
All in all, it was a solid, entertaining movie from Sony, and you can tell Marvel had a big say in this one. It said "In association with Marvel", but I bet that they had more to to with it than they let on.
If you haven't seen Venom, now is the time to do so.
I shall give this an 8 out of 10!
The story is pretty straight forward: An investigative journalist, Eddie Brock, comes across a plot to fuse symbiotes from outer space with humans. The result is unknown, but has the potential to create life that will be able to live on Mars or even on the Moon. Not a bad thing, if I am honest.
Anyway, back to the movie!
It soon becomes clear, that these experiments has a somewhat unfortunate effect on people, because it ends up killing them. But not Eddie. It somehow bonds with him, and it transforms him into the character Venom.
I will not go into more detail, since it is still running in the cinemas, so if I go further, I will just spoil the movie for you, which isn't cool to do!
Usually when I review movies, I have three boxes that HAS to be ticked, in order for me to enjoy it!
1: Explosions! And lots of them!
2: At least one fist fight.
3: Car chases!
Venom ticks all those boxes! It has plenty of fist fights, some amazing chase sequences and a lot of explosions! Like - a LOT! Kaboom! One of them in particular made my inner 5-year old come out and go "awesome!"
It is rated PG 13, which shows. It uses a fair amount of humor, particularly the scene where Venom talks to Eddie for the first time, and when Eddie displays Venom's appearance to a neighbor who plays the guitar just a bit tooo loud.
Regarding the acting, well there is really not anything I can say was bad. I am not a Tom Hardy fan, but I liked him in this one. Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed and Reid Scott also does a great job! I was particularly happy with Riz Ahmed's performance as Carlton Drake!
All in all, it was a solid, entertaining movie from Sony, and you can tell Marvel had a big say in this one. It said "In association with Marvel", but I bet that they had more to to with it than they let on.
If you haven't seen Venom, now is the time to do so.
I shall give this an 8 out of 10!
Anyone watched "Perfect Guy"?
LOVE me some Michael EALY!!!!!!!!! Don't care if he loves in a crazy way! hahahaha
Just A Movie Trailer , That Made Me SCREAM & CRY
This is the Trailer of a movie only .. Yet , the impact was sooo intense , that I couldn't resist my tears ..
It's been said that ,
Truth Is Always Stranger Than Fiction ...
A MUST WATCH ...
It's been said that ,
Truth Is Always Stranger Than Fiction ...
A MUST WATCH ...
online today!
They live.......
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. Another from John Carpenter; this political satire portrays a world where special sunglasses reveal that the elite, ruling, wealthy class are really aliens manipulating the rest of society.
It looks fine. The sunglasses world is particularly startling. Good music but slightly disappointing sound overall. The underpinning story of underclass values destroying middle and lower class life was fascinating although I think that the target audience possibly missed that. Biggest issues for me were the main guy being a terrible actor and the alleyway fight scene looking like god-awful wrestle mania. Not very scary but certainly very interesting and relevant...
Nada (Roddy Piper), a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.
Release date: 4 November 1988 (USA)
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Roddy Piper; Keith David; Meg Foster
Adapted from: Eight O’Clock in the Morning
Budget: $3 million
Distributed by: Universal Pictures, Carolco Pictures.
at the end....
Nada kills Holly and destroys the transmitter, and is fatally wounded by aliens in a helicopter. Nada gives the aliens the middle finger as he dies. With the transmitter destroyed, humans all over the world discover the aliens hiding among them.
.......
. Another from John Carpenter; this political satire portrays a world where special sunglasses reveal that the elite, ruling, wealthy class are really aliens manipulating the rest of society.
It looks fine. The sunglasses world is particularly startling. Good music but slightly disappointing sound overall. The underpinning story of underclass values destroying middle and lower class life was fascinating although I think that the target audience possibly missed that. Biggest issues for me were the main guy being a terrible actor and the alleyway fight scene looking like god-awful wrestle mania. Not very scary but certainly very interesting and relevant...
Nada (Roddy Piper), a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.
Release date: 4 November 1988 (USA)
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Roddy Piper; Keith David; Meg Foster
Adapted from: Eight O’Clock in the Morning
Budget: $3 million
Distributed by: Universal Pictures, Carolco Pictures.
at the end....
Nada kills Holly and destroys the transmitter, and is fatally wounded by aliens in a helicopter. Nada gives the aliens the middle finger as he dies. With the transmitter destroyed, humans all over the world discover the aliens hiding among them.
online today!
Music, and dance....
...I've always been all about rock, blues, jazz, etc. And a little Opera---VERY little. Always could rarely watch musicals, let alone most dance. Forget Ballet. Recently, going through the enormous DVD collection at public libraries. Second time around. Had done so skipping almost all of it, except for history, shoot-em-ups, and the like. Still rarely find anything funny about comedies. But today watched An American in Paris. Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, et al, to Gershwin tunes. Corny vintage complicated, but redemptive, love stories. Paris scenes. Glad I did so. Never stop learning about what we think we already really know. Hubris.
McMafia Series
Has anyone followed or watched the series and what was your impression of it?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Matt Damon,
Narrator of the film documentary, "Inside Job". You all gotta see it. Collusion in corruption among bankers, government officials (so called "regulators") and bond/fund/bank "rating" companies. Two days before the 2008 crash, many firms were still being rated tripple A. Not a single scumf*ck went to jail. Most got huge bonuses.Millions lost their homes and life savings. Where were the pitchforks in thre streets, peebles?Aa.
R.I.P. Great Groundbreaking Actor; Sidney Poitier. What an amazing life !
Reading Sidney Poitier's terrific thorough obituary in the New York Times moments ago,
I learned a lot about his life, his choices, and the many challenges he overcame.
It gave me a much fuller appreciation for who he truly was.
His life was an amazing story of achievement, despite the many obstacles.
At one point, he lived in NY sleeping at night using coins to enter pay toilets.
If you would like to learn more about him, I included the beginning of the obituary and a link to the rest of it below.
I learned a lot about his life, his choices, and the many challenges he overcame.
It gave me a much fuller appreciation for who he truly was.
His life was an amazing story of achievement, despite the many obstacles.
At one point, he lived in NY sleeping at night using coins to enter pay toilets.
If you would like to learn more about him, I included the beginning of the obituary and a link to the rest of it below.
In response to:
Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94
The first Black performer to win the Academy Award for best actor, for “Lilies of the Field,” he once said he felt “as if I were representing 15, 18 million people with every move I made.”
By William Grimes
Jan. 7, 2022Updated 11:54 a.m. ET
Sidney Poitier, whose portrayal of resolute heroes in films like “To Sir With Love,” “In the Heat of the Night” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” established him as Hollywood’s first Black matinee idol and helped open the door for Black actors in the film industry, has died at 94.
His death was confirmed by Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Bahamas, where Mr. Poitier grew up. No other details were immediately provided.
Mr. Poitier, whose Academy Award for the 1963 film “Lilies of the Field” made him the first Black performer to win in the best-actor category, rose to prominence when the civil rights movement was beginning to make headway in the United States. His roles tended to reflect the peaceful integrationist goals of the struggle.
Although often simmering with repressed anger, his characters responded to injustice with quiet determination. They met hatred with reason and forgiveness, sending a reassuring message to white audiences and exposing Mr. Poitier to attack as an Uncle Tom when the civil rights movement took a more militant turn in the late 1960s.
“It’s a choice, a clear choice,” Mr. Poitier said of his film parts in a 1967 interview. “If the fabric of the society were different, I would scream to high heaven to play villains and to deal with different images of Negro life that would be more dimensional. But I’ll be damned if I do that at this stage of the game.”
At the time, Mr. Poitier was one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood and a top box-office draw, ranked fifth among male actors in Box Office magazine’s poll of theater owners and critics; he was behind only Richard Burton, Paul Newman, Lee Marvin and John Wayne. Yet racial squeamishness would not allow Hollywood to cast him as a romantic lead, despite his good looks.
“To think of the American Negro male in romantic social-s*xual circumstances is difficult, you know,” he told an interviewer. “And the reasons why are legion and too many to go into.”
Mr. Poitier often found himself in limiting, saintly roles that nevertheless represented an important advance on the demeaning parts offered by Hollywood in the past. In “No Way Out” (1950), his first substantial film role, he played a doctor persecuted by a racist patient, and in “Cry, the Beloved Country” (1952), based on the Alan Paton novel about racism in South Africa, he appeared as a young priest. His character in “Blackboard Jungle” (1955), a troubled student at a tough New York City public school, sees the light and eventually sides with Glenn Ford, the teacher who tries to reach him. ......
Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94
The first Black performer to win the Academy Award for best actor, for “Lilies of the Field,” he once said he felt “as if I were representing 15, 18 million people with every move I made.”
By William Grimes
Jan. 7, 2022Updated 11:54 a.m. ET
Sidney Poitier, whose portrayal of resolute heroes in films like “To Sir With Love,” “In the Heat of the Night” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” established him as Hollywood’s first Black matinee idol and helped open the door for Black actors in the film industry, has died at 94.
His death was confirmed by Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Bahamas, where Mr. Poitier grew up. No other details were immediately provided.
Mr. Poitier, whose Academy Award for the 1963 film “Lilies of the Field” made him the first Black performer to win in the best-actor category, rose to prominence when the civil rights movement was beginning to make headway in the United States. His roles tended to reflect the peaceful integrationist goals of the struggle.
Although often simmering with repressed anger, his characters responded to injustice with quiet determination. They met hatred with reason and forgiveness, sending a reassuring message to white audiences and exposing Mr. Poitier to attack as an Uncle Tom when the civil rights movement took a more militant turn in the late 1960s.
“It’s a choice, a clear choice,” Mr. Poitier said of his film parts in a 1967 interview. “If the fabric of the society were different, I would scream to high heaven to play villains and to deal with different images of Negro life that would be more dimensional. But I’ll be damned if I do that at this stage of the game.”
At the time, Mr. Poitier was one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood and a top box-office draw, ranked fifth among male actors in Box Office magazine’s poll of theater owners and critics; he was behind only Richard Burton, Paul Newman, Lee Marvin and John Wayne. Yet racial squeamishness would not allow Hollywood to cast him as a romantic lead, despite his good looks.
“To think of the American Negro male in romantic social-s*xual circumstances is difficult, you know,” he told an interviewer. “And the reasons why are legion and too many to go into.”
Mr. Poitier often found himself in limiting, saintly roles that nevertheless represented an important advance on the demeaning parts offered by Hollywood in the past. In “No Way Out” (1950), his first substantial film role, he played a doctor persecuted by a racist patient, and in “Cry, the Beloved Country” (1952), based on the Alan Paton novel about racism in South Africa, he appeared as a young priest. His character in “Blackboard Jungle” (1955), a troubled student at a tough New York City public school, sees the light and eventually sides with Glenn Ford, the teacher who tries to reach him. ......
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