Are we living in a golden age for the Blockbuster? Week after week, the biggest movies of the summer get good reviews, and it’s really surprising. I guess Marvel have upped the standard of the blockbuster in general, but there is another option that we can’t rule out, and that’s that critics are getting dumber! Yes, I know I’m a critic (kinda).
This week we get a new Michel Gondry. I’ve basically enjoyed everything he’s ever made, even when the critics haven’t so I’m looking forward to some sweetness and amazing visuals! Guardians of the Galaxy will also have to be seen at some stage. Not a bad haul, all in all. Note: I’m ignoring the existence of the latest ‘Step up’ movie, you should to.
Hide your smiling Faces – After a neighborhood tragedy, two adolescent brothers confront changing relationships, the mystery of nature, and their own mortality.
Director: Daniel Patrick Carbone
Writer: Daniel Patrick Carbone (screenplay)
Stars: Ryan Jones, Nathan Varnson, Colm O’Leary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF_h0DX46qo
A Night at the Cinema in 1914 – BFI present A Night at the Cinema in 1914 – A collection of short silent films from 100 years ago with a new score by composer Stephen Horne.
“With feature films still rare, the programme was an entertaining, ever-changing roster of short items with live musical accompaniment.”
The Nut Job – An incorrigibly self-serving exiled squirrel finds himself helping his former park brethren raid a nut store to survive, that is also the front for a human gang’s bank robbery.
Director: Peter Lepeniotis
Writers: Lorne Cameron (screenplay), Peter Lepeniotis
Stars: Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson
5.8/10-IMDb
10%-Rotten Tomatoes
37%-Metacritic
Guardians of the Galaxy – In the far reaches of space, an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an orb coveted by the villainous Ronan.
Director: James Gunn
Writers: James Gunn, Nicole Perlman
Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper
9/10-IMDb
90%-Rotten Tomatoes
Mood Indigo – Wealthy, inventive bachelor Colin endeavors to find a cure for his lover Chloe after she’s diagnosed with an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
Director: Michel Gondry
Writers: Michel Gondry (scenario), Luc Bossi (scenario)
Stars: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh
6.6/10-IMDb
57%-Rotten Tomatoes
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