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“Easy Virtue” Different from You and Us
Jul 2nd
Different from You and Us
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
EASY VIRTUE is one of those films that sound better when you hear about them or read about them than they are when you actually see them.
That could be because it is based on a 1924 play by Noel Coward, the English playwright who was best known for his witty, brittle, and sophisticated comedies about the British upper class.
Yes, this film is witty, brittle, and sophisticated, and it is about the British upper class, but unfortunately it is just not very enjoyable.
The story takes place in the Twenties in England. Jessica Biel stars as Larita, an American free spirit. She has married John Whittaker, an English upper-class twit, and the story involves John bringing Larita home to meet his family.
In anticipation of the meeting, John’s mother, Veronica, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, says to her husband, Jim, played by Colin Firth, “Please try to make an effort to be civil.”
Now, there are some delightful sight gags, but they seem to have been thrown in by the filmmakers in an attempt to spice up the weakness of the overall movie more than anything else.
John and Larita plan to stay at the Whittaker estate only a few days, which upsets Veronica, because she expected them to stay much longer, even though she has developed an obvious dislike of Larita.
Larita, however, tells John in private that she doesn’t think she will manage to make it to breakfast.
Veronica has a little Chihuahua named Poppy who is always barking at Larita, and an unfortunate accident causes even more difficulties for Larita.
Something mysterious seems to be going on with Jim, who indicates that he doesn’t care at all for the upper-class life he has, and he also seems to just barely tolerate his wife, Veronica.
There are visits from neighbors, including John’s old girlfriend, a fox hunt that Larita disapproves of, a revue at which one of John’s two sisters scandalizes the audience, and a painting that Larita presents to the Whittakers which scandalizes Veronica.
F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that the rich are different from you and me, to which Ernest Hemingway responded, Yes, they have more money.
The upper class are different from you and me, because they all believe that their lives mean something.
EASY VIRTUE is different from you and us.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
Public Enemies – Movie Trailer
Jul 1st
Based on author Bryan Burrough’s ambitious tome Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43, director Michael Mann’s sprawling historical crime drama follows the efforts of top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale ) in capturing notorious bank robber John Dillinger. A folk hero to the American public thanks to his penchant for robbing the banks that many people believed responsible for the Great Depression, charming bandit Dillinger (Johnny Depp) was virtually unstoppable at the height of his criminal career; no jail could hold him, and his exploits endeared him to the common people while making headlines across the country. J. Edgar Hoover’s (Billy Crudup) FBI was just coming into formation, and what better way for the ambitious lawman to transform his fledgling Bureau of Investigation into a national police force than to capture the gang that always gets away? Determined to bust Dillinger and his crew, which also included sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi), Hoover christened Dillinger the country’s very first Public Enemy Number One, and unleashed Purvis to take them down by whatever means necessary. But Purvis underestimated Dillinger’s ingenuity as a master criminal, and after embarking on a frantic series of chases and shoot-outs, the dashing agent humbly surmised that he was in over his head. Outwitted and outgunned, Purvis knew that his only hope for busting Dillinger’s gang was to baptize a crew of Western ex-lawmen as official agents, and orchestrate a series of betrayals so cunning that even America’s criminal mastermind wouldn’t know what hit him. Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, and Stephen Dorff co-star.
The Hurt Locker – Movie Trailer
Jun 26th
Based on the personal wartime experiences of journalist Mark Boal (who adapted his experiences with a bomb squad into a fact-based, yet fictional story), director Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War-set action thriller The Hurt Locker presents the conflict in the Middle East from the perspective of those who witnessed the fighting firsthand — the soldiers. As an elite Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team tactfully navigates the streets of present-day Iraq, they face the constant threat of death from incoming bombs and sharp-shooting snipers. In Baghdad, roadside bombs are a common danger. The Army is working to make the city a safer place for Americans and Iraqis, so when it comes to dismantling IEDs (improvised explosive devices) the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) crew is always on their game. But protecting the public isn’t easy when there’s no room for error, and every second spent dismantling a bomb is another second spent flirting with death. Now, as three fearless bomb technicians take on the most dangerous job in Baghdad, it’s only a matter of time before one of them gets sent to “the hurt locker.” Jeremy Renner, Guy Pearce, and Ralph Fiennes star.
