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In the photo above, I’m not sure if he’s carrying her or strangling her - you know how competitive movie stars can be - but there’s no doubt Lil Bub is photogenic from any angle.Ĭo-director/producer Juliette Eisner said, “Lil Bub played it cool the entire time. Last week at the film’s premiere, the adorable kitty graciously shared the red carpet with Robert De Niro. Online viewers voted for the Best Feature Film award. The feature documentary about Lil Bub was directed by Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner. She took home the Best Feature Film Award (online) for “Lil Bub & Friendz” at the Tribeca Film Festival. Lil Bub, the Internet cat sensation - think of her as a sort of feline “Gagnam Style” Psy - is now a movie star. A hearty 3.5 Stars.Robert DeNiro and Lil Bub at the Tribeca Film Festival | Getty Photo Based on historical facts, loosely assembled, the uplifting story of the first ‘computers’ at NASA, the African-American women who knew their math and helped get the US into space. Plenty to feel good about in this traditional Hollywood quest with radical and such surprising outcomes. Naturalistic dialogue sometimes hard to understand, but feelings unmistakable. It’s no American dream and it finds a role model where you’d least expect to, a bit of a stretch. It finds something lyrical, beauty and poetry, in coming-of-age for a young man who is gay, black, poor and without prospects. Although some improv work needed a stern edit, it is funny, sad, touching, and one of the most unusual films you’ll see all year.
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Goofball, unhinged antics abound from a dad desperate to re-connect with his daughter, a corporate professional who has lost touch with him, and herself. Occasional voiceover directs us towards the big finish, with ‘you can do anything’ lyrics over final credits, but the doco seems put together as a crowd-pleaser rather than for the authentic deal. It’s a grand vision, but let down by clumsy handling.
3.5 StarsĪ tale of equal opportunity for Kazakhi girls set against the beautiful Mongolian steppe stretching to infinity. Inarticulate or reticent characters aren’t always compelling on screen, but the loving couple whose story this is based on never wavered, finally won the day, and it’s moving and impressive. If US civil rights history makes us think only of freedom marches and passionate speeches, then this understated story of an interracial couple in 1950s Virginia makes us think again. Over-produced, and not as good as its original, the animated version from 1991. 3.5 StarsĮverything has been thrown at this, but for all the talent, the SFX and CGI, and motion capture to nail the Beast’s facial expressions, it isn’t as thrillingly entertaining as it should be.
Cutting across genre boundaries, it’s witty, clever and really different. Improbable at the very least, but it works. The premise that underpins this tale of small-mindedness in small town America, gets a bold workout here, weaving the lives of a bunch of slackers with the supernatural threat in a foreign city.
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Sweet characters with sharp dialogue plus some British farce at its silly best, and one for the forgotten women who helped win that war. 4 StarsĪ spirited romantic comedy set during the London blitz when scriptwriters at the Ministry for Information ( read propaganda) had to deliver movies the British public could feel good about despite being down to the wire. It relates the events that led to Australia’s commission into child sexual abuse within institutions, like the church, that tried to blame a few bad apples, but didn’t own the problem and tried to cover it up. 4.5 StarsĪ modest drama, with a compelling central performance from Sara West. Two young women are co-opted to help out and nearly steal the show, but Bening, sunshine and showers, holds her own. 3.5 StarsĪn utterly charming film about messy ordinary lives, gifted with a delicious performance from Annette Bening as a single mum whose teenage son at 15 is at a dangerous age. Not exactly informative, but a fictitious, bumbling assassin in hot pursuit is a clever device that points to future real-life events. 3.5 StarsĪ playful, stylish portrait of the Chilean hero, poet and politician who led the authorities a lively fandango when he found himself an outlaw.
Romantic obsession has been plausibly updated, as a young man who is used to male company – Sam Clafin excellent in the role – falls hard for the allure of the unknown. Handsome, lush, gorgeous to look at and not nearly as over the top as the trailer suggests.