COMING SOON
Guru and his puppet give lesson in life
a pariah. But before we get to the Games, Eastwood lets us get to know his unlikely hero.
After we see him manhandling a student, he is sacked as a security guard on a college campus but he manages to land a temporary gig at the Olympics.
When he’s arrested by John Hamm’s FBI agent,
Jewell asks a former boss, maverick lawyer Watson Bryant, for help and the pair form a darkly funny double act.
Bryant is furious with the way the investigation is being handled.
Richard is his own worst enemy. He’s so keen to ingratiate himself with the FBI, he seems determined to fit himself up. Kathy Bates, who plays his mother, gets some devastating moments.
One minute she’s bursting with pride, the next she’s being accused of raising a murderer.
The only misstep is Olivia Wilde’s annoying reporter Kathy Scruggs.
She was a real person
QUEEN & SLIM (15) ★★★ “WELL, if it isn’t the black Bonnie and Clyde”, someone says halfway through this stylish crime thriller. Sadly, this entertaining yarn doesn’t quite live up to that deliciously pulpy tag line.
Its two unnamed outlaws – played by British actors Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith – begin the film on a blind date.
He’s a God-fearing family man, she’s a cynical defence lawyer. too, but here feels like a caricature – a tool for the Republican director to bash the media.
But Hauser paints Jewell with finer strokes.
This strange man is an honest fantasist who is admirably selfless and head-slappingly stupid.
He’s heart-breaking and hilarious at the same time.
While driving her home, he’s pulled over by a racist white cop.
The officer discharges his firearm when she reaches for her phone. A scuffle ensues and the officer is shot dead.
The couple then go on the run and become unwitting folk heroes.
After this intriguing set-up the movie, also starring Bokeem Woodbine and Indya Moore, morphs from gritty crime flick into an overlong pop video. returns as
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A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (PG) ★★
TOM Hanks has been Oscar-nominated for his convincing performance as US children’s presenter Fred Rogers.
As “Mister Rogers” never made it to Britain, I don’t expect this schmaltzy drama will be so warmly received over here.
The late Presbyterian minister was beamed into the homes of generations of American children where he taught them life lessons through song and puppetry.
Here we view his saintliness through the jaded eyes of magazine journalist Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys).
Vogel strings his interview out over weeks after the guru-like TV star decides to help him find a way to forgive his terminally ill, estranged father.
If you’re into selfhelp platitudes you might get something out of his lesson about confronting death.
“If it’s mentionable, it’s manageable,” he says slowly.
Catchy but I’m not buying it. The Ikea Bror Shelving Unit with cabinets. There, I’ve mentioned it but I bet I still couldn’t manage to put the bloody thing together.