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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
For those of a certain age the name Tony Manero is recognisable as John Travolta’s character in Saturday Night Fever – the film that helped to launch Travolta but also got some people doing serious disco dancing.
For Raúl Peralta, in his fifties and despairing of his life in Pinochet-ruled Chile, Tony Manero is a lifeline. To dance like his hero, dressed in a white suit with a black shirt, is not only a way to escape his mundane life and aged body, but also a way out of the poverty via a TV talent show.
While he prepares for his chance on TV he continues to practice with his dancing partners to put on a show in a local bar, and discovers their involvement in underground activities against the political regime.
“Tony Manero” is a dark, occasionally violent look at a man’s loss of identity and obsession with a foreign culture while he still lives in poverty, which parallels the directors views on what happened in Chile at the time.
At times disturbing, shocking and enlightening, “Tony Manero” drags you into the world of a man on the verge of a well choreographed, disco-dancing, breakdown.
On General release from April 10th.
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
I’m always apprehensive when a video game is adapted for the big screen as it seems that a lot of the time the adaptations go terribly wrong; well Max Payne proved to be no different and followed down the same road as Hitman and others that have flopped before it.
Max Payne, which is available soon on DVD and Blu-ray (April 13th), is about a rogue cop (Mark Wahlberg) who is determined to get revenge for the death of his family. He joins forces with Russian mobster, Mona Sax (Mila Kunis) who is looking to avenge her sister’s death.
They set out to hunt down the killer and find themselves investigating deep into the dark New York underworld which is crawling with conspiracy, experimental drugs and betrayal. Their mission to find the truth and discover who is behind the murders brings a torrent of violence and surprises for the pair. (more…)
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
The Boat That Rocked is packed with the cream of the British acting crop as it stars the likes of Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh and Nick Frost.
The film takes us back to the swinging 60’s and to a time where pirate radio was unbelievably popular, with one radio station in particular, Radio Rock, broadcasting to an immense fan base live from the North Sea.
Carl (Tom Sturridge) is sent to join the DJ crew by his mum Charlotte (Emma Thompson) after being kicked out of school but, far from being straightened out by working at sea, Carl is swept along in the fun and adventure that is Radio Rock’s life of 24 hour non-stop rock and pop shenanigans. (more…)
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Saturday, March 28th, 2009
The Watchmen, which is a Zack Snyder adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novel, is definitely not worth the watch and is not worth the hype either.
The Watchmen takes place in 1985 America with the doomsday clock set at 5 minutes to midnight to mark the potential threat of the Soviet Union and the risk of conflict with the USA. Superheroes are part of the woodwork in this alternate setting and when The Comedian, an ex-superhero, is murdered, masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to discover who is behind it. He reunites with his old superhero colleagues as they unearth the conspiracy behind The Comedian’s murder.
Unfortunately, this is a film that isolates a huge proportion of the cinema audience and targets a niche market as it only welcomes readers of the original graphic novel to join in with the plot. If you have never read the graphic novel then don’t expect to get a full grasp of what it’s all about as there is little explanation and the story presented to you is a bit confusing. (more…)
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