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Week of September 2, 2016
Hunting reminds animals that humans are
still assholes. First up…
The Jungle Book
The worst part about being raised by wolves
is listening to them brag about all the fables that they’re featured in.
Fortunately, they’re only a fraction of the
jungle beasts found in this action-adventure.
Forced to flee his wolf pack when the
Bengal tiger (Idris Elba) that killed his human father comes looking for
man-cub meat, Mowgli (Neel Sethi) must make it out on his own.
Along the way he encounters a menagerie of
rainforest inhabitants (Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson,
Christopher Walken) who either want to help or hinder him on his journey of
self-discovery, and in his epic showdown with his striped stalker.
Although this collected work of Rudyard
Kipling stories has been adapted ad nauseam, this Jon Favreau directed version
finally gets it right: eye-popping imagery, solid voice acting and a timeless
narrative.
Moreover, Mowgli will make a great
human/animal ambassador for the forthcoming logging companies. Green Light
Now You See Me 2
Lumberjacks and magicians have a lot in
common on account both like to saw women in half.
Fortunately, no red and black plaid shirts
are worn in this action-thriller.
The underground conjurers that comprise The
Four Horsemen (Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco, Woody Harrelson) are employed by
the FBI (Mark Ruffalo) to prevent a software wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) from
stealing a decryption device.
The quartet is evened out by new edition
Lula (Lizzy Caplan), who helps uncover a connection to a former colleague
(Michael Caine) working behind the scenes.
The obvious follow-up to Now You See Me,
this sequential sequel benefits greatly from the addition of Caplan’s
character. However, the same cannot be said of Harrelson’s twin brother: Chase,
or the onslaught of digital slight-of-hand and overly complicated cons.
Besides, everyone already knows the real
dream team of magic is: Copperfield, Angel, Henning, and the tiger that mauled
Siegfried & Roy. Yellow Light
***Human(e) Hunting***
The Most Dangerous Game
In the 1980s, the most dangerous game you
could play was called: Lawn Darts.
Thankfully, the only metal-tipped
projectiles flying in this action-thriller are bullets.
When his ship runs aground, big game hunter
Rainsford (Joel McCrea) is marooned on an island where the sole inhabitant is a
Russian aristocrat, Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks), who welcomes and introduces
Rainsford to other survivors (Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong).
Count Zaroff is also a huntsman and invites
Rainsford to participant in his favourite sport: hunting humans. When Rainsford
refuses, he first ends up prey to Zaroff’s pack of wild dogs, and later to the
Count himself.
Shot on the same jungle sets as King Kong
and featuring most of its cast and crew, this zippy black-and-white adaption of
Richard Connell’s seminal short story of survival is engrossing, engaging and
highly entertaining.
The worst part of hunting humans, however,
has to be wearing their urine.
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