for good, agreed? set in some weirdly non specific future retro world and boasting appearances by quadrophenia stalwarts like leslie ash, gary shale and toyah, to be someone, which takes its name from a song by the jam, stars sam gittens as danny, a club running scooter enthusiast who unexpectedly finds himself in the middle of a zany, leery, drugs and geezers caper, that combines the hackneyed cockney shtick of a naff guy ritchie film with a plot that the creators of scooby doo would have rejected on the grounds that it was a bit implausible. i think i ve got a way to get those pills off the island. we re using scooters. are you serious? from the cringily cliched character names step up mad mike and sharp steve to the ear scraping dialogue, pantomime performances and ray burdis sub trainspotting directorial tics, not one note of this ill conceived botch job rings true. told you, mate!
one of the most intriguing releases of the week is tove, a finnish biopic about moomins creator tove jansson. alma poysti plays the swedo finnish author, painter, novelist and illustrator, in zaida bergroth s intelligent film which was finland s entry for best international feature at the recent 93rd academy awards. i m extremely happy. 0h! well, pardon me. are you all right? i thought finland was a quiet place. it s always like this. having failed to gain recognition for the paintings which she believes define her, sculptor s daughter jansson turns rather reluctantly to the strange doodles and secret languages of the moomins to earn a living.
where are your friends, huh? where are they hiding? where are your buddies with the cameras? mart calm out there with the film breaking news from wembley stadium, this is from the security team at wembley and they confirm we brought you some reports are suggesting there had been some scuffles as people have been trying to get into wembley who didn t have tickets. it turns out a number of them did indeed successfully get through security, got into the stadium. at the security staff, this was a statement issued at 8:34pm, said
fast forward several decades to peter meadows book to be someone, the cover of which boldly declared that jimmy s story continues, although as disappointed quadrophenia fans discovered, there s actually precious little connection between the two. nevertheless, we now have to be someone the movie, a film which joins the recent bowie inspired stardust and the morrisey approved trainwreck shoplifters of the world in the great pantheon of terrible modern pop movies. so, why are you so jumpy? i mjumpy, tommy, because we ve got problems. we ve got mad mike, we ve got the yardies, and we ve got bent coppers. and i think we have to get rid of them. get them off our backs for good, agreed? set in some weirdly non specific future retro world and boasting appearances by quadrophenia stalwarts like leslie ash, gary shale and toyah, to be someone, which takes its name from a song by the jam, stars sam gittens as danny, a club running scooter enthusiast who unexpectedly finds himself in the middl
an enjoyably eccentric supporting performance from alfred molino, as the local figure who accidentally inspires this incredible journey, adds to the film s offbeat charms. i just want to know if the water man s real. of course he s real. i went in knowing, and perhaps expecting, little, and came out very pleasantly surprised by what turned out to be a real treat for all the family. it s on netflix now. back in 1979, director franc roddam helmed the film quadrophenia, an impressively gritty adaptation of the who s 1973 rock opera, which has gone on to become something of a british cult movie classic. with an impressive ensemble cast and including upcoming talents like phil daniels, ray winstone and phil davis, alongside the likes of tori wilcox and sting, quadrophenia painted a brilliant portrait of timeless teen angst set against the mid 60s backdrop of warring mods and rockers.