and it is absolutely nothing but escapist fun. but, hey, if that s what you want from the cinema, this will give it to you. it s a big sugar popcorn, sweetness episode. that s it. i feel as if i ve seen it already. i know what you re getting at. we all love lesley manville. however, let s move on. 0k. the woman king. so this opens on tuesday, on the 4th. it s been generating a lot of awards buzz since it played at.i think it was toronto. a lot of that buzz is for viola davis, who plays nanisca. she is the general of the agojie, an elite force of female soldiers guarding the dahomey kingdom in west africa in the 1820s. the plot involves conflict with neighbouring warlords, portuguese slave traders. there is plenty of spectacle, plenty of action. there is an extraordinary cast, including john boyega in his best role yet, i think lashana lynch, sheila atim. very solidly directed
but it s just the strange thing about seeing them together on screen in this, these two enormous titans of acting just having a good time, just. 0k, fine, it s a nice, fanciful. so if we want a bit of escapist fun, and people need that. yes. and it is absolutely nothing but escapist fun. but, hey, if that s what you want from the cinema, this will give it to you. it s a big sugar popcorn, sweetness episode. that s it. i feel as if i ve seen it already. i know what you re getting at. we all love lesley manville. however, let s move on. 0k. the woman king. so this opens on tuesday, on the 4th. it s been generating a lot of awards buzz since it played at.i think it was toronto. a lot of that buzz is for viola davis, who plays nanisca. she is the general of the agojie, an elite force of female soldiers guarding the dahomey kingdom in west africa in the 1820s. the plot involves conflict with neighbouring warlords, portuguese slave traders. there is plenty of spectacle, plenty of action.
it is absolutely unashamed aboutjust ladling the schmaltz on. there s no point at which you think, oh, this is going to be a tough drama about tough issues. and i would watch lesley manville in anything. i would watch isabelle huppert in anything. but it s just the strange thing about seeing them together on screen in this, these two enormous titans of acting just having a good time, just. 0k, fine, it s a nice, fanciful. so if we want a bit of escapist fun, and people need that. yes. and it is absolutely nothing but escapist fun. but, hey, if that s what you want from the cinema, this will give it to you. it s a big sugar popcorn, sweetness episode. that s it. i feel as if i ve seen it already. i know what you re getting at. we all love lesley manville. however, let s move on. 0k. the woman king. so this opens on tuesday, on the 4th. it s been generating a lot of awards buzz since it played at.| think it was toronto. a lot of that buzz is for viola davis, who plays nanisca. she is
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