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DUNKIRK H
istory lessons were a long time ago for me, but one of the one-or-two things that I remember
learning about was the battle of Dunkirk. For those of you who can’t remember your school days, the short version of the battle of Dunkirk is that during WWII on 26 May 1940, Allied forces landed on the beach in France only to be surrounded by the German army. Te subsequent defence and evacuation of the Allied soldiers (Operation Dynamo) is one of the most widely known battles of the war, and now acclaimed auteur Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, Dark Knight) is bringing this story to the big screen. And this is a good thing, because he has a knack for the spectacle, and a solid CV of making big money. As such Warner Bros have reached down into their deepest pockets and spent a large fortune on this movie. How much exactly? Don’t know, but it’s a lot. $5 million-on- one-plane-alone type money. And studios don’t spend that kind of bank on a movie that isn’t a remake these days unless they’re pretty damn sure it’ll be a success.
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And they haven’t stopped with expensive props either, the casting department seem to have got their share. Cillian Murphy (Inception), Tom Hardy (Baaaaane), Kenneth Branagh (Shakespeare) and Mark Rylance (BFG) co-star. Tere was even enough money left to let Harry Styles (New Direction) have a go at acting, although whether he sinks or swims if you’ll pardon the pun is yet to be known. Trow in long-time Nolan collaborator Hans Zimmer to provide the score, and Hoyte van Hoytema’s stunning skills with cinematography and it certainly seems like Christopher has all his ducks in a row.
Dunkirk promises to be a gritty, brutal account of one of history’s darkest times, but also a time when duty, desperation, and determination shone through. If badly handled, this could be a clichéd, flag waving disaster of a movie. But it won’t be. It’ll be an intense, moving, masterpiece of cinema. Definitely the biggest thing on the big screen so far this year, so make sure you check it out.
SMILEY
Every once in a while a horror film comes along leaving a trail of perfect scores and quotes of being “the best horror in years”, or “redefining the genre” in its wake. Scream, Te Blair Witch Project, Ring, Saw and many others earned their place in horror history by showing us something totally original, sometimes even spawning sub genres of their own. Get Out arrived on a similar wave, garnering attention at film festivals and preview screenings. So, with only a hint of trepidation, I knew it had to be worth checking out.
Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) is a young African- American man who goes away for the weekend with his white girlfriend to stay at her idyllic, rural family home and meet her parents for the first time. Although seemingly friendly and welcoming, Chris start to notice some odd behaviour amongst the townsfolk. Tat’s all you’re getting from me.
I’ll get it out of the way now. Get Out doesn’t do anything new, no new genres are created, there’s not really anything I haven’t seen before (this is the second film I’ve seen this year where a car hits a deer) but the fact that it didn’t disappoint me is a testament to just how good it is. It balances comedy, social
commentary and US race relations perfectly whilst a paranoid tension builds up in it until the beautifully paced story reveals its truths.
Te dialogue is brilliantly written and performed perfectly by all of the cast, with some of the finest drunk acting I’ve ever seen, and a standout turn from Daniel Kaluuya who we’ll undoubtedly see a lot more of.
Don’t believe the hype - this isn’t a game changer (it’s hard to even think of it as a horror) but it’s easily one of the most enjoyable and engaging yet unnerving film I’ve seen in a long while.
DREW
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