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ludovic berthillot in ian lagarde' s' all you can eat buddha.'
“film as dream, film as music. no art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls. ” - ingmar bergman
the raunchy film
girls trip
became the first film written, produced, directed, and starring an all - african - american cast to make $ 100 million at the box office .
it' s amazing how many ways you can be... . all in .
win it all
proceeds in a pretty predictable fashion (mainly because gambling proceeds in a predictable fashion). this is a story we all know already. good movies about gambling (
the adult film actress featured in the laptop scene at martin and jimothy' s apartment is shawna leneé .
win it all
also has an extremely obtrusive soundtrack, but the music can' t create the urgency that the film really needs .
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the french - canadian film all you can eat buddha (all you can eat bouddha), shot in cuba, will do nothing to dispel the notion that there’s something slightly outlandish about all - inclusive holiday resorts. quite the contrary, as the film morphs from something oddball but nonetheless semi - realistic into a disquietingly strange tale featuring a talking octopus and a revolution that might be at once political and intestinal .
an all women remake of lord of the flies makes no sense because... the plot of that book wouldn' t happen with all women .
guys i know we' re all upset about lord of the flies but it should make my all - human adaptation of animal farm easier to sell .
others noted that all - girl takes on the book had already been made in films like heathers and mean girls .
ocs cast film lines are used to produce high - quality flat film to carry out optical and physical measurements. all settings and parameters are stored in the touch panel control system, which guarantees the reproducibility of the film at any time. the system is able to detect gels, contaminations, degradations and other impurities as well as haze, gloss, density and other defect types .
future learning and skills – giving everyone the opportunity to build a lifelong relationship with film .
film noir was a genre that, like the western, used to be the most popular style of film for the early movie studios but fell out of favor by the 60s. like westerns, film noir was frequently considered a lower class of cinema in comparison to the sweeping adaptations of epic popular fiction. and the immense regard that many of the older films now have, most of that came later as film criticism grew to become more respected and international film embraced the shadowy works of detective fiction .
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for the high stakes involved ,
win it all
feels strictly low stakes .
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a film adaptation of william golding’s 1954 novel lord of the flies is in the works but with a major twist that’s drawing ire across social media: all of the boys stranded on the island without their parents will be girls .
after months of theories and speculation, the top secret horror movie mother! has finally arrived in cinemas, revealing that much of what we thought we knew about the film has been slightly incorrect. and that the film’s premise was also somewhat blindly in front of us this whole time .
an all - female lord of the flies is in the works? soooo... they' re basically re - making heathers? urltoken
this post contains spoilers for the first purge. the first purge — which is actually the fourth film in the purge franchise, and a prequel — was
this article entirely ruins mother! , revealing plot points, the metaphors at work, and what it all actually means. reading it prior to seeing the film would be silly, so don’t do it .
as iff fall 2018, film as dream, honors the human imagination. we are seeking short film submissions that illustrate timeless storytelling - - from the immediate and real, to the untethered stories weaving through our dreams .
a film about the landmark roe v. wade supreme court case is currently in production, and is reportedly facing backlash for a pro - life stance on the
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
“the plot of that book wouldn’t happen with all women, ” said writer and commentator roxane gay .
sick of it all, a black and white noir style comedy which speaks to the child in all of us. the dark comedy is at once a memorable adult fable about one' s lost youth, while in essence paying respect to the wisdom contained within the mind of a child. at its core, sick of it all, is a magical and surprising tale about the strangeness and troubles that face adulthood .
1) as iff is hereby granted the rights to use an excerpt from submitted films for promotional purposes as well as screen the film at our festival. the individual submitting the film attests to the fact they have authority and rights to submit this film. 2) you agree to hold harmless all shorts irvington film festival, irvington town hall theater, and the village of irvington front and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney' s fees, and cost of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, or publicity. 3) we reserve the right to refuse entries .
l. a. confidential arrived in theaters on this day in 1997. the 50s - set potboiler received almost unprecedented universal acclaim, and if you were of a certain age then, it very likely introduced you to film noir .
the heart - warming, knee - slapping film is among the highest grossing movies starring black actresses, behind
sister act
( $ 142 million in 1992) and
hidden figures
( $ 169 million in 2016) .
guidelines: a) upload an official poster, synopsis and vimeo link of your film to filmfreeway for our screening / judging purposes. vimeo link must have download turned on for those that are chosen. selected films will be sent screening requirements. b) all films must be in english or have english subtitles. c) all films must be completed movies. we do not accept rough cuts. d) all films should have been made in the years 2017 / 2018. e) films submitted can be as short as one minute, but should not exceed 24 minutes in length (including opening and closing credits). f) films that have had a public screening (other than film festivals) or appear online on youtube, vimeo, etc. for public viewing are not acceptable. g) after the film has been chosen as an official selection, the filmmaker will be notified and the film will be listed on the festivals website. h) filmmakers are invited to irvington for the screening if they wish to attend, but it is not necessary in order to be chosen. we want to share your work with our audiences; having the filmmaker present is an extra perk. i) all entry fees are non - refundable .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
a superhero who is the very first of her kind could be headed to theaters. according to deadline, american gods writer maria melnik will pen the film
as iff (all shorts irvington film festival) is an international film festival which presents animated, live action and documentary shorts curated from submissions by filmmakers from around the world. the most outstanding are selected after a rigorous and highly competitive viewing and elimination process by festival producers. the evening of shorts is created to achieve a cohesive narrative flow that results in a unique experience for the audience. our mission is to present compelling and diverse shorts that reflect original concepts, innovative storytelling, outstanding writing and acting, and high production value .
even before this clear turning point, lagarde has already subtly manipulated the images, sounds, edits and music cues to slowly immerse the viewer into something akin to a tropical dreamscape. this helps to make the rather surreal goings - on in the film’s second half feel less unexpected, as they follow a kind of dream - like logic. the octopus' tentacles even show up in mike’s bed, unexpectedly linking the film to amat escalante’s pansexual genre hybrid the untamed from last year .
when six college kids in a sleepy southern town are assigned a group project to rediscover a moment in history, one of them sets in motion a horrific fate when he proposes they head into... see full summary »
mcgehee said the all - girl version ‘breaks away from some of the conventions, the ways we think of boys and aggression’. photograph: allstar / cinetext / columbia
“we want to do a very faithful but contemporised adaptation of the book, but our idea was to do it with all girls rather than boys, ” siegel said .
as iff is presented as a one - night - only event in a majestic, 430 - seat, historic theater overlooking the hudson river, just north of new york city. each festival sells out to an audience of film enthusiasts, garnering extensive press coverage and offering each selected film exceptional visibility. the festival has featured never - before - seen world premieres, united states and new york premieres, student works, and shorts that have won prizes at other international festivals .
the gender - flipped film began trending on twitter soon after the announcement, with many questioning whether the same thing would have happened if a bunch of young women were left to their own devices .
mcgehee told deadline that their all - girl version “breaks away from some of the conventions, the ways we think of boys and aggression... it is a great adventure story, real entertainment, but it has a lot of meaning embedded in it as well .
we' re literally living an all - male
lord of the flies
right now, but sure, let' s see two male writers describe how women would be worse .
a child possessed. an exorcist locked in combat with an ancient evil. in the battle for saving a soul, just who really is the' hostage to the devil' ?
when president johnson is on the telephone with j. edgar hoover he makes repeated references to alan dulles as head of the cia. dulles had actually been fired by president kennedy in 1961 and replaced by john mccone who served in that role until he resigned in 1965 .
a desperate gambler, in a financial hole, isn' t trying to win, really. it' s not that simple for him. he needs to win just enough so he can break even with the looming debts in his head, and then the slate will be wiped clean and he can walk away with a clear conscience. but! once he beats the odds and actually wins just enough to break even, the siren call starts up again: why not keep going? an hour ago you were a loser. now you' re a winner. and we all know how that ends. knowing how it all ends is the main problem with a lot of gambling movies, and
win it all
is no exception .
lyndon johnson becomes the president of the united states in the chaotic aftermath of john f. kennedy' s assassination and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the civil rights act .
the finale aims for a kind of nirvana - like state that feels unearned, mainly because the meaning of the increasingly surreal events in the film’s second half remains quite oblique. similarly, lagarde’s socio - political parallels aren’t specific enough to offer anything but quite superficial commentary on the co - existence of mass tourism and politically dubious regimes in paradisiacal places. but berthillot is the kind of performer who does a lot while seemingly doing nothing at all, which makes the semi - inscrutable mike nonetheless never less than fascinating to watch. and there’s no denying that lagarde has a voice as a filmmaker that’s worth developing .
,
to name a few) deal with high - stakes pressure, the mindset of gamblers, the magical thinking involved (and required). to someone who has no interest in gambling, there' s something queasily awful about watching someone not know to quit while they' re ahead .
win it all
has a couple of entertaining sequences with an improvisatory spontaneity that—when it works—is the best part of swanberg' s low - key style. but overall, the film feels very slight, wispy - thin, barely there .
according to deadline, the male us film - making team of scott mcgehee and david siegel (what maisie knew) signed a deal with warner brothers for a remake of the iconic postwar novel – the third english - language adaptation of the book, which was most famously brought to the screen in the 1963 classic by peter brook .
sofia coppola' s latest film, the beguiled, has been receiving a whirlwind of fanfare for its historic win at cannes, bewitching air, and slew of strong female performances from nicole kidman, kirsten dunst, and elle fanning. but like any hollywood figure in the spotlight, the director has also faced a few waves of criticism surrounding the thrilling southern gothic drama — namely, the all - white casting and the report that she asked her friend and star dunst to lose weigh t for the role. so, in a new interview with the u. k.' s stylist, coppola took the opportunity to address those controversies head on .
this unclassifiable debut from montreal - based filmmaker ian lagarde, who worked as a cinematographer on visually delightful features such as denis cote’s vick and flo saw a bear and ryan mckenna’s sabali, seduces here too with numerous surface pleasures, though it is harder to pin down what exactly it is trying to say. all you can eat premiered at the toronto film festival in the discovery program and should find more time under the sun at other festivals and at cinematheques with a taste for eccentric new talent, though for any type of traditional commercial release this will be a tough sell .
the inciting incident of
win it all
occurs when a scary gangster - type named michael (josé antonio garcía) asks eddie to hold onto a duffel bag for him while he does a stint in prison. he' ll pay eddie $ 10, 000 just for keeping the bag safe. however: eddie is not allowed to look in the bag. eddie agrees to this condition, assuming it will be the easiest money he ever made. michael has to know that eddie will not be able to resist looking in that bag, right? michael has to know that if, for example, there happened to be wads of cash in that duffel bag, then leaving it in eddie' s care would be the same thing as throwing the money away ?
eddie is such a hapless loser that throughout the film, you side with those who caution eddie to stop gambling. there' s his brother, who gets him a job in the family landscaping business. eddie actually starts to enjoy the work. then, on a night out carousing with friends, he meets eva (aislinn derbez). eddie is at his charming expansive best that night, and she' s attracted to him. eva' s a nurse and a single mother. she leads a serious life and is cautious about whom she allows into it. but eddie makes her laugh. he' s a gentleman. he' s inspired to get his act together because of her. there' s no teeth in any of this .
win it all
flops around in generalities .
six months after that awkward introductory dinner with the tough and workaholic father of his girlfriend ginnie, martin, a talented but broke banjo musician, finds mr gallo knocking on his door looking for his daughter. still heartbroken after breaking up with ginnie, single and clueless, martin will have no other choice but to hit the road and form an improbable search party with his ex - father - in - law, in an all - night adventure all over west hollywood. eventually, by the end of the night, the team will learn how to leave the past behind, move on, and most importantly, open their eyes and live. nevertheless, where could ginnie be ?
tanner and matt are two midwest men in their late twenties savoring the scotch and entertainment of their beloved hometown of waterloo, iowa. tanner has to decide to accept a job offer in... see full summary »
lakeith stanfield and his sorry to bother you crew reveal their most soul - crushing jobs in our freewheeling interview .
november 22, 1963. president john f. kennedy has just been assassinated and vice president lyndon johnson is now president. one of his first acts as president is to reaffirm the us government' s intention to pass the civil rights act. this act was drafted while jfk was in office and gives people of all races the same rights, including voting rights, access to education and access to public facilities. however, he faces strong opposition to the bill, especially from within his own party. he will have to use all his political will and cunning to get it through .
the chick flick hauled in $ 100. 1 million domestically and $ 109. 9 worldwide. (universal pictures )
megehee added that they were “taking the opportunity to tell it in a way it hasn’t been told before, with girls rather than boys, [ which ] shifts things in a way that might help people see the story anew. ”
a military veteran and former mercenary named frenchy is haunted by his childhood, as well as his past in the military .
some people wrote that one cannot expect
hard target
- like quality from an aged van damme. well, i agree that it' s difficult to work with a small budget. a small budget film won' t look like a marvel production, period. why don' t the people involved focus on fight choreography instead? i don' t get it. jcvd' s age shouldn' t matter. fighting is where the film crew could score points but they don' t. it seems like very few people in hollywood actually get what a beautiful fight could look like. in the words of america' s orange clown: sad! please watch some old jackie chan movies and make fighting visually entertaining again. nobody cares about a story in a b - movie. not really, anyway. we, the old fans of jcvd, just wanna see him perform martial arts. that' s it !
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a thousand years ago, one boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior is abducted with his sister and taken to a land far away from home. thrown into a world where greed and injustice rule all, bilal finds the courage to raise his voice and make a change. inspired by true events, this is a story of a real hero who earned his remembrance in time and history .
every year, sarah boyd hosts a series of influencer marketing conferences for aspiring instagram stars and digital marketers. in her seven years of
the best scenes are eddie' s meet - ups with his ga sponsor gene, played by keegan - michael key as perhaps the worst
sponsor
in the history of sponsors. eddie tells him his struggles, and gene bursts out laughing. he calls eddie an
idiot
over and over again. later in the film, he makes a suggestion so inappropriate that you can tell that gene is on the edge of a relapse himself. key was wonderful in last year' s
don' t think twice
as the improv comedian who made it big, and here he' s hilarious, bold, specific. these scenes spark with an unpredictability and energy that many of the other scenes lack .
a military veteran and former mercenary named frenchy (jcvd) is haunted by his childhood, as well as his past in the military .
as a young girl, alicia
ace
anderson (swain) had been taught the fine art and the mathematical probabilities of texas hold - em poker by the father she adored. but that world came to an end when her father was taken from her in a fatal auto accident. years later, as she enters medical school, she will need to call upon the skills her father taught her as she struggles with the rigorous medical training, mounting financial pressures and the seamier side of medicine. her friends and fellow students combine their unique talents and skills to produce a team who may well be the ultimate poker machine. but as the stakes in both the casinos and the operating room continue to rise, ace comes to understand what her father taught her: in order to really live, you need to go all in .
a distinct “as iff buzz” surrounding each festival generates discussion, laughter, and debate. at the end of the evening, viewers vote on the “audience choice award” for their favorite. a number of directors travel to irvington for each festival and participate in lively discussions after the screenings. the buzz continues at a festive after - party where audience members can chat with directors and actors. filmmakers value this rare opportunity to see their work on the big screen alongside a thoroughly engaged, film - loving audience. we are accepting films for the fall 2018 festival that can be as short in length as one minute (or less) - - but not to exceed 24 minutes (including opening and closing credits) in narrative, animated, and documentary genres .
a woman becomes immersed in a brutal love triangle when an unwelcomed admirer kills her abusive husband even though she' s already having an affair .
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roger ebert was born on this day in 1942, and died a little over five years ago. i owe a good part of my success…
scarlett johansson is joining forces (again) with ghost in the shell director rupert sanders, according to the hollywood reporter. sanders is teaming up
when suzanne is interviewed by the fbi, her tape says it is sunday august 15, 2016. in 2016, august 15 was a monday .
in the first poker scene, after the wife breaks up the game, no one bothers to count the chips / money that was won or lost .
a man' s heroic attempt to help a woman in distress ends up with him waking up the next day without a kidney and plotting his revenge .
roger ebert' s speech on empathy for the
11th hour
series on april 9th, 1994, being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .
jada pinkett smith (rt .), queen latifah, regina hall, and tiffany haddish (lt .) in girls trip (2017. (universal pictures )
when a young drifter is forced to stay the winter in a small seaside town, he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for deceit, double crossings and murder amongst the locals .
sometimes when you don' t know where to go, you go where others tell you to because knowing something is much better than staying in nothing... .
the feature fiction debut from french - canadian cinematographer - turned - director ian lagarde was shot in cuba and stars french actor ludovic berthillot (' the king of escape') .
the commendable chick flick follows the misadventures of four college friends — aptly named the flossy posse — who travel to essence fest in new orleans and have the time of their lives .
in st. jude, drug dealers and corrupt cops have destroyed an urban neighborhood. but newcomer, hong, has the fighting skills and moral vision to save this town from itself .
i wanted to focus on the dynamics between male and female and not include racial politics – i didn’t want to treat it lightly. i didn’t want to have a token slave character without really going into the story of what that was like and there wasn’t room to tell that whole story .
the director added ,
i don’t want to represent an only - white world and it’s something we talk about and are conscious of. but i also thought it wasn’t nice for young women to see the only ethnic person in a film to be portrayed as the servant – even if that would be accurate .
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peter malota makes his directorial debut and is a long - time friend of jean - claude van damme. he was involved in double impact, universal solider, the quest and the order .
scott lang and hope van dyne may be the characters starring in ant - man and the wasp, out friday, july 6, but they’re not the first ant - man and wasp .
a documentary focusing on why one of america' s oldest games has had a renaissance in the past few years and why, for so many, poker is the way to chase the american dream .
with jurassic world: fallen kingdom now in cinemas, we take a look at how imdb users rated the films of the franchise. plus, browse exclusive lego® jurassic world playsets, presented by lego .
i recommend this movie to anyone that enjoyed the movie of the week about the alcoholic mother or the secretly bulimic high school girl. i kept looking for the lifetime logo on the bottom corner of the screen. i' m with the other guy that thinks all the other voters are crazy. i am almost positive that these people were part of the production and really hoped that imdb readers would watch the movie. i watched this on the movie channel last night. there is no way this played in any theater. the only thing cheesier than this movie is the set (hollywood park casino). this is madsen' s second bad poker movie, i believe. he was in tilt as well on espn, i think. i welcome any comments to the contrary. poker player? med student? who cares ?
after 11 - year - old gitty discovers a man who can grant wishes hiding in her family' s silo, she is forced to choose between saving the man' s life and protecting her family .
jimmy wayne collins finds himself adrift in memphis, tennessee. forced to return home to the piney woods of southeast texas, jimmy will face his imprisoned brother, his dying father and the demons he left behind .
“this has nothing to do with equality at all, ” he continued. “i think women are foolish to pretend they’re equal to men – they’re far superior, and always have been. but one thing you cannot do with them is take a bunch of them and boil them down into a set of little girls who would then become a kind of image of civilisation, or society. that’s another reason why they aren’t little girls. ”
coppola also responded to the reaction generated by this bit from her variety cover story with dunst :
when coppola suggested that dunst lose some weight for her role in beguiled, the actress pushed back. but she said her director was very understanding .
coppola told stylist ,
that comment was totally taken out of context. i don’t remember how it was said but i remember we talked about the role and i maybe said,' oh, it’s the civil war so they all have to look like they don’t have a lot,' or something .
she added ,
but i didn’t tell her to lose weight. i’ve known kirsten a long time – since she was 16. she’s like a sister to me and i trust her so much .
it wouldn' t be the first time something a star said during an interview was lost in translation (ha) .
after a massive shootout, a mysterious stranger (van damme) arrives at a local hospital on the brink of death. then, a foreign gang brazenly comes to the hospital to hunt him down. his nurse, the sole surviving witness to the follow - up shootout, must face an fbi interrogation that unlocks a plot of international intrigue and revenge. with enough twists and turns, kill' em all will keep you guessing until the final bullet is fired .
: shit! because it' s... it' s frustrating,' cause you don' t trust me like i trust you! because all you wanna do is sit around watching
game of thrones
and fantasize about jaime lannister! you do! you want to bang the shit out of jaime lannister! that' s fine! i don' t get mad at you, because i get it! even with one hand, he' s beautiful !
cj is a sexy, cold - blooded assassin who wants to quit the business. she agrees to carry out one last hit, but for the first time in her career as an assassin, she is unable to finish the job .
two
down on their luck
buddies are convinced by a third to take a vacation. only after landing in colombia, south america, do they realize that they are there to attempt to capture the... see full summary »
a workaholic father who attempts to visit his daughter during a layover in la, only to discover that she' s disappeared, is forced to team up with her awkward ex - boyfriend to find her over the course of one transformative night .
i left some things out from the original movie and book where they felt exploitative ,
coppola said of her decision to exclude the two black characters in the 1966 thomas cullinan novel (one of whom appeared in the 1971 adaptation) .
[ there ] was a very stereotypical' sassy' slave character that i didn’t want to spotlight... i didn’t want to talk about that aspect of the civil war because it’s such an important story to tell .
coppola explained that although she understands the backlash, she made her choice out of deference to the story she wanted to tell in this particular movie — and respect for the narrative she didn' t have the time or desire to do justice to here .
a 21 - year - old girl makes her way across an america scarred by the events of september 11 in the hopes of finding her father, who left when she was very young. along the way her adventures, ... see full summary »
two
down on their luck
buddies are convinced by a third to take a vacation. only after landing in colombia, south america, do they realize that they are there to attempt to capture the united states most wanted criminal - with no military training .
ray white plays senator everett dirksen (r - il), but has played the us president in command & conquer: red alert ii and its add - on sequel command & conquer: red alert ii - yuri' s revenge. both games from westwood / electronic arts
in the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. a hunter named cygnus is called to protect his people. he travels across a desert valley to protect his tribe against a band of heretics. cygnus must find a way for his tribe to survive .
since its debut in 2015, as iff has gained a worldwide following, with filmmakers and patrons traveling from abroad to attend. the selection process has grown increasingly competitive, and as iff is now recognized globally as a sought - after festival by both renowned and up - and - coming filmmakers .
the title already implies that eating is a major part of the story, with mike consuming plates and plates of food at each sitting and his “miracle” also related to food consumption. even when the resort empties out as a “change of administration” (read: a political revolution) seems to be coming, mike remains, looking for things to eat in the now - empty dining hall that slowly starts to be covered in mould and tropical plants. even mike himself, who has stopped taking his insulin shots, turns from sunburned to gangrenous, suggesting his body is going through its own kind of upheaval that parallels what may be happening on the island .
mike (french actor ludovic berthillot, from alain guiraudie’s the king of escape) is a corpulent diabetic visiting an unnamed island nation where they speak spanish. he’s welcomed to the el palacio resort by the mustachioed latin cliché that is valentino (sylvio arriol, perfection), who likes to practice his generic welcome speech in french before the shuttle from the airport starts spitting out guests. among them is mike, who travels alone and doesn’t do much else besides walk around the resort, stoically take in the evening entertainment and eating at the restaurant three times a day. but whatever his single facial expression might lead one to believe, clearly the tubby tourist is enjoying himself, as he decides to prolong his stay indefinitely .
this was surprisingly and unexpectedly much more entertaining than i expected! if you' re looking for an enjoyable funny' netflix and chill' type movie to watch on a lazy day, this movie will not disappoint! to be clear, it' s not a suspense type thought - provoking psycho - thriller drama, nor a top notch comedic production, but just simply an enjoyable mindless comedy that will entertain. the comedy was a little overboard at times, but there were * some * lol moments, and i caught myself having a permanent smile throughout most of the movie. it was stupid humor but it was executed properly. casper van dien was surprisingly comedic, and although eddie griffin seemed a little too much next to blake freeman' s somewhat stale comedic performance, the three together made it work! jon gries was on point as the psycho marine. there was a decent story - line. the location setting was great. there' s some action, suspense, gore, eye - candy, and pretty much all the elements to make this one of the more successfully entertaining b grade action / sitcom attempts i' ve seen in a while. i' m sure there will be other reviews dissecting and over - critiquing and low scoring this movie, but in my opinion, it was just simply an enjoyable, mindless form of entertainment with some hilarious characters and over - the - top comedy. enjoy it for what it is, a fun ride .
moonlight is the surprise contender in this year’s oscar race; directed by barry jenkins, and adapted from a play by tarell alvin mccraney, it’s the story of a black gay man at three different stages of his life. jenkins and two of his male cast, trevante rhodes and andré holland, talk about the issues surrounding black gay identity, while naomie harris explains how she got to grips with playing a crack addict .
the inevitable happens. (
oh no... oh no ...
eddie half - laughs half - moans, when he looks in the bag and sees the piles of money .) and of course, he decides to gamble just a little bit of it, so he can pay off some debts. this goes as well as can be expected and the situation very quickly careens out of control. (occasionally, a calculator counter shows up on the screen, showing how much he' s up, how much he' s down. )
in the third collaboration between joe swanberg and jake johnson (
drinking buddies ,
digging for fire
), chronic loser eddie (johnson) tries to get his act together, encouraged by his long - suffering brother, his gamblers anonymous sponsor, and a new romantic interest. eddie doesn' t have a job. he plays poker at night. he' s always strapped for cash. from the way his brother ron (joe lo truglio) treats him, you can tell that eddie has always been a problem, the guy who needs a loan, the guy with grandiose unrealistic plans, the guy who can' t settle down .
the early going illustrates mike’s daily routine at the resort, which is slightly odd — and therefore frequently chuckle - worthy — but not exactly out of the ordinary. but things start to shift into something much less realistic when an impressively sized octopus washes up on the beach and mike untangles it from a fishing - net and helps it back into the water. the tentacled entity then thanks him and explains in spanish (voiced by ruiz) that their destinies are linked. not much later, mike manages to perform a minor miracle when he gets an angelic girl with an eating disorder to eat again by whispering something into her ear. her anglophone father (richard jutras, enthusiastic) is over the moon, assuring mike he’ll not only never forget him but will tell everyone about the extraordinary thing he accomplished .
sporting slapstick farce. archie scott, well - meaning but foolish, owns a racing stable. how he loses the derby, finds romance and straightens his financial difficulties out, make up the farce .
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six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the world series of poker .
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as an ex - gambler teaches a hot - shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition .
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' swingers' meets' rounders': a friendly poker game gets ugly when the host raises the stakes and everyone' s dirty secrets are revealed .
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besides valentino, there’s also the chambermaid, esmeralda (yaite ruiz, maternal), who keeps an eye out for mike’s well - being. the french - canadian resort entertainer, jean - pierre villeneuve (david la haye, tragically hilarious), who looks like a tropical hipster and who’s amusingly rebaptized “j. p. newtown” for the english - speaking guests, tries to do the same but with less success, as mike isn’t much into his overly exuberant salsa lessons .
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at the end hirsch is playing the banjo on stage but is fingering notes and chords outside of the capo which is further down the neck of his banjo .
it' s harmless, but funny enough to keep, at least myself, entertained .
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the popular summer movie — produced by will packer, directed by malcolm d. lee, and starring regina hall, queen latifah, jada pinkett - smith and tiffany haddish — made $ 100. 1 million domestically and $ 109. 9 worldwide .
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lord of the flies follows a group of boys’ disastrous attempts at self - government after they find themselves stranded on a desert island. as their civilisation begins to dismantle, they resort to violence, savagery and murder, turning the book into a blistering, dystopic satire on the follies of mankind, the innate savagery of masculine culture, and government itself .
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all in is a 1936 british sports comedy film directed by marcel varnel and starring ralph lynn , gina malo and garry marsh . the owner of a racing stables has high hopes of winning the derby , but fate intervenes . it is also known by the alternative title tattenham corner . the film was made at islington studios by gainsborough pictures and based on a play by philip merivale and brandon fleming . 
all in is a 1936 british sports comedy film directed by marcel varnel and starring ralph lynn, gina malo and garry marsh. the owner of a racing stables has high hopes of winning the derby, but fate intervenes. it is also known by the alternative title tattenham corner. the film was made at islington studios by gainsborough pictures and based on a play by philip merivale and brandon fleming.
all in is a 1936 british sports comedy film directed by marcel varnel and starring ralph lynn, gina malo and garry marsh. the owner of a racing stables has high hopes of winning the derby, but fate intervenes. it is also known by the alternative title tattenham corner. the film was made at islington studios by gainsborough pictures and based on a play by philip merivale and brandon fleming.