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Here's what I'll be talking about Friday 6th February, 2015. And for what it's worth, February already!! Seriously!
REVIEWS
Jim
Bennett Mark Wahlberg is an English professor and a high-stakes gambler,
Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams)
and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his
creditor against the operator of a gambling ring (Alvin Ing) and leaves his
dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother (Jessica Lange) in his wake.
He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while
garnering the attention of Frank (John Goodman), a loan shark with a paternal
interest in Bennett's future. As his relationship with a student (Brie Larson)
deepens, Bennett must take the ultimate risk for a second chance. (C) Paramount
My thoughts
About an
hour in to this film, I was about to give up on it. There’s some long scenes
that seem to be going nowhere. However, as it began to build toward revealing
where the film was really heading, I became more vested. There were some scenes
when Wahlberg’s character placed huge bets when the entire cinema audience
gasped and hung on the result. Certainly paints a very explicit picture of the
dangers of gambling and why it is so addictive. Not a great film, but an
interesting one. The director, Ruper Wyatt also directed last year’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Stars Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson,
Michael Caine & Taron Egerton (relative newcomer in lead role) Based upon
the comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class),
Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization
that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's
ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a
twisted tech genius. (c) Fox
My thoughts
I
could have loved this film, and I did for the first hour, then it degenerated
into over-the-top violence with some really off comments from the characters. I
took my early teen kids to the preview and even the 12-year-old turned to me
and said, “This seems rather inappropriate.” Strictly for the young males or if
you like the comic book or any of director Matthew Vaughn’s previous work lie Kick Ass.
American Sniper Competition
(opened 22nd Jan) - Screens wide 4.5/5 stars
(opened 22nd Jan) - Screens wide 4.5/5 stars
(Competition- book
giveaway from Harper Collins) – Have already discussed on previous podcast but CurtinFM is giving away
two books and two inseason tickets.
SPECIAL
EVENT CINEMA
Citizenfour -
Snowden Revelations at Luna Leederville opens 12thFeb at Luna Leederville
& Luna Outdoor Cinema TICKETS: www.lunapalace.com.au.
On Feb 14th a special
Q & A panel after the film at Luna Leederville.
In Jan 2013, Laura Poitras (recipient of the 2012 MacArthur
Genius Fellowship and co-recipient of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public
Service) was several years into making a film about surveillance in the post-9/11
era when she started receiving encrypted e-mails from someone identifying
himself as "citizen four," who was ready to blow the whistle on the
massive covert surveillance programs run by the NSA and other intelligence
agencies. In June 2013, she and Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first
of many meetings with the man who turned out to be Snowden. She brought her
camera with her. The film that resulted from this series of tense encounters is
absolutely sui generis in the history of cinema: a 100% real-life thriller
unfolding minute by minute before our eyes. Executive Produced by Steven
Soderbergh, who is known for Side Effects, Oceans Eleven series & Magic
Mike.
Treasure Island National Theatre Live – direct from the UK.
National theatre broadcasts. Luna Leederville & SX 14th-15th
Feb TICKETS HERE
Fringe World CinemaClassics
@ The Backlot Perth TICKETS
HERE
This Sunday 8th Feb,
1:30pm, Francis Ford Coppolla’s APOCALYPSE NOW
OUTDOOR
CINEMA
Currently
showing:
Winter’s
Sleep (Turkish
& English Film) and
Love is Strange (USA) stars John
Lithgow & Alfred Molina
LUNA Outdoor Cinema (opened
Thursday) Visit: http://camelot.lunapalace.com.au
BIRDMAN
CITIZENFOUR
CAMELOT Outdoor Cinema) http://camelot.lunapalace.com.au
IMITATION GAME
ST. VINCENT
VALENTINE’S DAY: WHEN HARRY
MET SALLY special screening
McDonalds
Community Cinema Burswood www.communitycinemas.com.au
CINEMAS are also at Mandurah,
Murdoch, Bassendean and Curtin
Best Picks showing at Burswood: PENGUINS OF
MADAGASCAR this
Saturday for the family, THE WATER DIVINER, THE IMITATION GAME, NIGHT AT
THE MUSEUM 3, THE HOBBIT
CATCH THEM BEFORE THEY'RE GONE...
CATCH THEM BEFORE THEY'RE GONE...
Most of the school holidays family films are on their way out of the general cinema. This weekend, you might like to catch:
PADDINGTON
BIG HERO 6
THE HOBBIT
PADDINGTON
BIG HERO 6
THE HOBBIT
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