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Week of April 21, 2017
A horrible accident inspired the
drive-thru. First up…
The Founder
Everyone already knows that McDonald’s was
the result of the Devil copulating with a kids’ birthday party clown.
But as this biography proposes, the
fast-food chain may in fact just be a business.
On the road, travelling
salesman-cum-entrepreneur Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) comes across a drive-in
restaurant run by two brothers (John Carroll Lynch, Nick Offerman) that is
managed so efficiently that he proposes they franchise with his help.
Ray’s relationship with the McDonald
brother’s is quickly strained, however, due to his unauthorized alterations to
their formula, and the fact he’s phasing them out of their own company.
With a magnetic performance from Keaton as
the ruthless businessman who built the fast-food industry on the backs of
others, this quasi commercial also serves as a captivating cautionary tale due
to its high levels of duplicity.
Moreover, McDonald’s continues to evolve,
like their recent decision to offer all-day stomach cancer. Green Light
Split
Entering your online dating personality
profile takes forever when you have multiple personalities.
That must be the reason the schizoid in
this thriller kidnaps his matches.
Three teenage girls (Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley
Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula) are adducted by 1 of the 23 personalities
belonging to dissociative identity disorder patient Kevin (James McAvoy).
While in his captivity the girls become
acquainted with Kevin’s other personas, including a female and a child who the
girls manipulate for their freedom. The one disposition they haven’t
encountered happens to be the most dangerous: a super-human intent on purging
humanity.
Although the concept and characters can get
absurd, this M. Night Shyamalan feature does find the once lauded director
finding his footing again. Moreover, the allusion at the end to an old
Shyamalan picture is worth the watch.
Incidentally, even with all those
personalities you still have to pay the entire dinner bill yourself. Yellow Light
***Spoiler Allergic***
Unbreakable
The best thing about having impenetrable
skin is watching mosquitos try to suck your blood.
Unfortunately for the indestructible man is
thriller, it also means keeping secrets.
Different since he was a child, David’s
(Bruce Willis) invincibility was undisclosed until he became the sole surviving
passenger of a train wreck. This miracle attracts the attention of an art
dealer (Samuel L. Jackson) with an opposite affliction to David’s shatterproof
bones.
Estranged from his wife (Robin Wright) but
now a hero to his son (Spencer Treat Clark), David agrees to hone his powers
alongside his delicate new friend for the sake of justice.
M. Night Shyamalan’s subtle comic-book
movie from the turn of the century still stands up as one of his – as well as
the genre’s – finest to date. Moody, restrained and exhilarating, Unbreakable
is riddled with unexpected twists.
Lastly, impenetrable skin totally sucks if
you’re an intravenous drug user.
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