fan, you re in luck we ve got the unbearable weight of massive talent, in which the actor plays a comical version of himself. next up, playground, which is a rather more serious belgian drama about bullied children that takes place within a school. and finally, happening an award winning french drama set in the 1960s. and the title alone of your first choice isjust so brilliant. tell us more. well, i loved the idea of this as soon as i heard about it. so two guys write a screenplay about nicolas cage, or a crazy version of him, and persuade him to star in it. the idea is that nicolas cage is down on his luck or this version of him, anyway. and he s ailing in his career, things aren t going well with his family. he decides to take an offer from an eccentric billionaire, played by pedro pascal, to appear at his birthday party. so he gets paid $1 million to appear at this guy s birthday party in majorca what could go wrong? turns out the guy is suspected of kidnapping by
but very, very striking. so, best out? i ve gone for something a bit lighter now. the lost city this is sandra bullock and channing tatum in a kind of jungle cruise style adventure. she s a romance novelist who s kidnapped, and he goes off to save her. he s actually her cover model who s a lot less intelligent than she is, and kind of ambles after her in a bumbling style. a lot of comedy ensues, various bits of action and brad pitt makes a very funny appearance. 0h, does he? he does. i haven t had a chance to see this yet, but i ve seen a few clips that left me bemused, really. i thought, ooh, i quite like sandra bullock, but i thought, i have no idea what this is really about, or what s going on. the plot isn t the main thing, it s more about the comedy, let s face it. but if you enjoyed films like romancing the stone back in the 80s, that kind of smart repartee between the warring couple, that works. and also, it sort of gender flips some of the cliches in that. so, you know
but it is very funny, meta, self referential hollywood comedy. and he is terrific at sending himself up in this. oh, well, that s good, he would need to be. interesting, thanks, anna. well, goodness, in the current climate, we all need something to laugh about, don t we? the second choice, my goodness, a very, very serious, very different. this is a very impressive, i think, debut from a belgian film maker, laura wandel. it s set in a school. it s about a young girl who starts going to her own brother s school. and they have a very sweet relationship at home, that s the impression we get. but at school, her brother won t speak to her. it turns out he ends up being bullied, and she is trying to protect him very sweetly from the bullies. she, being an innocent seven year old, thinks, i ll go to the teachers, i ll tell my parents. unfortunately, this only makes things worse for her brother, and a very complicated and difficult dynamic ensues in the school especially when she gets frie
it s very funny, i have to say that is one of the funniest scenes, but there are many. this is a movie in which i was consistently laughing. and it s either doing crazy comedy like that or, very often, it s riffing on movie cliches and more importantly, nicolas cage movies. so if you are a fan of things like face off, con air, moonstruck, even, there are lots of references, some explicit, some not explicit. even if you re not a fan, i have to say, this is just a funny movie about a hollywood star having a bit of a bromance. it s actually quite a sweet buddy comedy in the end. ok, i mean, iwas wondering, do you have to have encyclopaedic knowledge of his back catalogue to get all the jokes? i think it helps that he is a cult hero for a lot of film fans, and those are the people that are going to get the absolute most out of this. but still, i would say it s just a great comedy to watch in a cinema, laughing along with a lot of people. it s not maybe as clever as something like adapt
javi, buddy. hey. where d you come from? oh, yeah. ..turns out we could ve just walked around. - yeah, i guess so. what is going on? it s very funny, i have to say that is one of the funniest things, but there are many. this is a movie in which i was consistently laughing. and it s either doing crazy comedy like that, or very often, it s riffing on movie cliches and more importantly, nicolas cage movies. so if you are a fan of things like face off, con air, moonstruck, even, there are lots of references, some explicit, some not explicit. even if you re not a fan, i have to say, this is just a funny movie about a hollywood star having a bit of a bromance. it s actually quite a sweet buddy comedy in the end. ok, i mean, iwas wondering, do you have to have encyclopaedic knowledge of his back catalogue to get all the jokes? i think it helps that he is a cult