He attends Non-Alcoholics Anonymous. He’s the…
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Week of November 13, 2015
Interventions are trespassing. First up…
Trainwreck
Female stand-up comics aren’t successful because they
physically can’t stand upright as long as a man can.
Mind you, the comedienne in this romantic-comedy may just
have the stamina.
As a result of her father’s (Colin Quinn) anti-monogamy
teachings, sex columnist and borderline alcoholic Amy (Amy Schumer) grows up to
be a party girl with many meaningless partners (John Cena, Ezra Miller).
It’s not until she interviews a sports injury doctor (Bill
Hader) for the men’s magazine she writes for does she begin to question her
cynical stance on monogamy.
As foulmouthed and hyper-sexual as her male comedic counterparts,
the film’s writer and lead antagonist makes an indelible impact with her brand
of unladylike humour.
And while the bawdy anecdotes are hit or miss, the feminine
point-of-view on casual relationships is refreshing and insightful, albeit a
tad long-winded.
Incidentally, without monogamy Valentine’s Day would just
become a commercial money grab. Yellow
Light
Terminator Genisys
The best way to destroy a time-travelling robot is to send
it back to New Year’s Eve 1999.
Unfortunately, the automaton in this sci-fi movie arrived
post-Y2K.
Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney), a resistance fighter in the war
against machines, is sent backwards in time to protect the mother, Sarah
(Emilia Clarke), of his leader John Connor (Jason Clarke) from a killer computer
(Arnold Schwarzenegger).
However, he arrives in an alternate timeline where Sarah and
an aging Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) have been waiting for him to help
destroy a nanotech version of John, and a deadly operating system from
launching in the year 2017.
The fifth in the once classic franchise, Genisys is a
retread pretending it’s not with nothing to offer besides convoluted exposition
on time-travel and wooden performances from the entire cast.
Besides, robots from the future can tell us which robotic
racehorses we should bet on. Red Light
Mr. Holmes
Aging detectives likely spend most of their time detecting
where they left their reading glasses.
Similarly, the senile sleuth in this drama is having trouble
recollecting names.
A retired Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) sets out to rectify
the misconceptions his partner Watson had written about their adventures
decades earlier, however, the 93-year-old can’t recall his final case, which
involved a suspicious husband.
It’s not until Holmes recounts the occasion to the son of
his housekeeper Mrs. Munro (Laura Linney) that the somber details of the
incident become clearer to him.
Meanwhile, Holmes influence over her son begins to worry
Mrs. Munro.
A vast departure from any incarnation before it, this
dramatic take is very much grounded in reality.
From dementia and depression to class struggle and
separating myth from fact, Mr. Holmes is ripe with pathos and powerful
performances.
Furthermore, the biggest falsehood about Holmes was that he
was British. Green Light
***Holmes Less***
Without a Clue
Without the hat, pipe, and magnifying glass Sherlock Holmes
looked an awful lot like Jack the Ripper.
However, this comedy about the super snoop doesn’t speak to
such speculation.
Unbeknownst to the public, the character of Sherlock Holmes
was a figure of Dr. Watson’s (Ben Kingsley) imagination that never existed
until this very moment.
When a 5-pound banknote-printing machine goes missing, the
Bank of England and the British government want Holmes on the case, and no one
else.
But since he isn’t real, Watson must hire an inane actor
(Michael Caine) to portray the savvy sleuth as depicted in his short stories.
A second-rate send up of the astute literary figure, this
spoof shows a darker side to Watson, while adding more slapstick to Sherlock’s
repertoire than fans may be comfortable with.
Furthermore, if Watson wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories
than that makes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a talentless hack.
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