27/04/2013 The Film Review


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review on BBC news. We will go through this week's cinema releases.

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What is on this week? We have Robert Downey Jnr getting back into

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the iron suit for film'. We have a Jack Black Comedy studying check

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back in 'Bernie'. We have 'The Look Of Love', Steve Coogan plays the

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former king of Soho. Let's start with 'Ironman 3'. Have you seen

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either of the other one's? At the beginning of iron man did you see

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the Avengers assembled. At the end of the Avengers assemble, he saves

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the world. A vortex goes through into another dimension. This has

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now left to him with their dreams. This is not surprising. He is now

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attempting to settle down with Gwyneth Paltrow, who was originally

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the Secretary, she is his love interest. Out there in the world

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there is an evil man who is threatening the world played by Ben

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Kingsley to whom he offers an ultimatum. His -- here is a holiday

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greeting I wanted to send to the Mandarin. My name is Tony and I am

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not afraid of you. I know you are a coward I have decided that you just

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died. I will come and get the body. There is no politics, just good

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old-fashioned revenge. There is no Pentagon, just you and me. Here is

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my home address. 10880 Malibu point. I will leave the door unlocked.

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That is what you want? surprisingly, having issued the

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ultimatum, they come looking for him. They find his house and he is

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trying to hide and rebuild himself meanwhile, Gwyneth Paltrow is safe

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but not really. And there is a search for the Mandarin. It is

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directed by Shane Black who previously worked with Robert

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as a screenwriter. He had a line in very quotable often very rude one-

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liners. He is a very sharp screenwriter. The thing with the

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series is the central character is known for doing these very sharp

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self- aggrandising one-liners. That is a marriage made in heaven. All

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this stuff is to do with Robert Downey playing the character in

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that way. You also have to have lot of special effects. The suit now

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works under his command. Bits of the suit flying on to him as he

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commands of. He has a range of other suits which work without

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people inside them. As the drama progresses, we move towards a

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Transformers type showdown which is the least interesting part of the

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film. It also has a good villain in the part of Ben Kingsley. He shows

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a very great sense of humour about his own reputation. It is one of

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those films when you think you see him, what is that voice he is

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doing? As far as to be a hero movies are concerned, it was one of

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the better. It is messy and scrappy and too long, and for the finale

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when it is robots hitting each other there is a lack of interest.

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But the Ironman series has proven to be more interesting than any of

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us expected. It is well directed and has a good script. And Robert

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Downey Jnr it is good at doing that self-confident and sassy one liner

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stop. This works well with this particular directive. Moving on to

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'Bernie'. I am intrigued by the jack Black Thing. There is

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something about him? In the case of Jack Black when he is properly

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directed he is a very good actor. You have a story about a mortician

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who befriends a lady played by Shirley Maclean who is not popular

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with the community. They have become very close, almost unusually

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close. Then his thoughts turn to murder. The interesting thing is,

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when you watch a week Jack black movie you expect this some kind of

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comedic turn. Jack Black during a larger than life, loud and

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aggressive comedy. With this you get something different which is

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home raining everything an playing a strangely up tight and precise

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character and behind his smile, has an unexpected darkness lurking.

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This film is based on a real-life case. It takes a lot of risk to

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tell their story which is a more that black comedy about death. This

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story is fictionalised but broad and comedic. That works and it

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works because the director can get the best out of Jack Black. We have

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seen too many Jack black films where he is the annoying Jack Black.

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This is a strange and creepy can't quite get the measure of Jack Black.

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That is a small movie but it works because of his performance. 'The

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Look Of Love' has had a lot of publicity during the past weeks. It

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is a biopic. It is not a standard biopic. That is the story of Paul

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II was the king of Soho. He was the richest man in Britain and a huge

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property magnate. He made his money with sexy shows and then became a

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property magnate. Would you like a seat at the table? �12,000 for you.

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I tried to do a magazine in the 60s. We will persuade readers that by

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buying the magazine they are buying into your world, the world of

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cigars and exotic holidays and luxury cars. This will take the

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world of Paul Raymond out to the nation. They will be lots of Gill's

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beautifully photographed. We have as the face of the magazine, a hot

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female car tester and she road tests the men of Europe. When

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people were first talking about this, you thought Steve Coogan is

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very clever, casting him as Paul Raymond is very clever. Because

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there is a touch of Alan Partridge about him. That is a very

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affectionate portrait. There is a tragic story of his daughter. One

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of the problems of the film, and there is much to enjoy, Steve

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Coogan's performance is very funny. It is clearly made with enthusiasm.

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But it never gets below the skin of the central character. It seems to

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be scared to delve into the seedier and dark side. If you have that

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kind of tragic narrative arc as the central backbone, you do end up

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wondering why the rest of the film was based on the surface. That is

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not to say the surface is not good. There is a lot of wig wearing and

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stick-on moustache wearing and fun period detail. I wanted more

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investigation of the characters and more investigation of the livestock.

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I interviewed Paul Raymond and he was not as funny as the Steve

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Coogan character. But this plays more is a broad comedy. You said

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biopic. It is not really a biopic that is like a cabaret act based on

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the life of Paul Raymond, which is OK but sits slightly oddly with the

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tragic story and the fact that it is such a controversial area,

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nudity and the obscene Publications Act, you want more depth. You get a

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lot of weeks and have moustaches and very broad Alan Partridge

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humour but not much else. Is that not film of the week? The film I

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really like at the moment is 'Love Is All you Need'. It is a Pierce

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Brosnan movie. It has been described as mum and me without

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songs as done by his then trooper who brought us films like anti-

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Christ. This is a romantic comedy made with real people. If you took

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the romantic, the structure and said this is fine, what if this is

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real people with real problems. went in been very cynical having

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seen the post and thought really? Became a out a convert to Pierce

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Brosnan and thought it was my money without songs and it works really

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well. You have sold it to me. If I do not want to go out, what about

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DVDs? There is pitch perfect. This is a really funny snappy teen

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comedy about the world of competitive aka palace singing. It

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does not sound like the easiest sell, really funny and smart and a

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good cast. Lots of bits and mean kill stop humour. Done with real

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