the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases is mark kermode. so, mark, what do we have this week? a very mixed bag, we have logan, a superhero movie that is not really a superhero movie that is not really a superhero movie. viceroy‘s house, a handsome period drama from gurinder chadha. and certain women, the latest low key chadha. and certain women, the latest low key offering from kelly reichardt. so wolverine, back with us. reichardt. so wolverine, back with us. in a way, that missiles it, so this is basically a superhero movie that isn t about superheroes, it is about ageing and arthritis and growing old. wow, i am already surprised! it is an x-men movie for people who prefer westerns to comic book adaptations. dead in a not too distant future in which the hugh jackman character, will bring, is making a living as a limo driver. he is looking wretched, bloodshot eyes, and he is looking at their patrick stewa rt‘s charles and he is lookin
who works on mood, long shots, you believe in these characters absolutely, and the story is not evident immediately you have to give it time, let it settle. it is a film i want to see again. the performances are fantastically naturalistic you do believe in the characters, sometimes to the point where you think, i am going to stay with them for a while, even though i am not entirely sure where the narrative thread is going. over the course of the drama, it does have a cumulative affect, but so much of it is to do with the tone of the atmosphere, you know, the way in which people look at each other, the environment in which they find themselves, the isolation, and the way in which they do or do not relate to the other characters around them and the landscape. that is a very hard sell, because you are not going to put that on a movie poster a film about the way you may or may not relate to the people and the landscape around you! but it is a film that you have to meet half
franchises, you know exactly where you are. this is such a different beast the plot involves a young girl who logan finds himself having to take care of, although initially he doesn t want to. he is forced to do so by circumstances. the real themes of the film are violence and redemption as i said there is a big western theme. it refers again and again to shane, and i m thinking of movies like clint eastwood s unforgiven. there is a line that recurs time and time again, there is no living with the killing. some of the violence does involve a young child, it is bloody and brutal and genuinely properly shocking. like deadpool this is a 15 certificate it is not a film for kids. but unlike deadpool, it is played completely straight it is not played for goofy laughs. it is played as a film about what happens when you get old, when you are looking back and trying to make sense of your life, when you are trying to find some kind of redemption in a world which is fundamen
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is making a living as a limo driver. he is looking wretched, drinks, has bloodshot eyes, and he spends his time looking after patrick stewart s charles xavier, who now has what is descibed as a degenerative brain disease in the most dangerous brain in the world. they are living off the grid, trying to stay under the radar, keep themselves to themselves or at least that is what they re trying to do. here s a clip. hey, carl, it looks like mr munson hired some muscle. looks that way. he s a friend of mine. friend with a big mouth. i hear that a lot. then you probably hear this too. rifle cocked more than i d like. now, the interesting thing about the film is often count to three and start walking away. i have a lawyer in our! one, two, three. you know the drill. get the hell out of here. now, the interesting thing about the film is often with the superhero comic book franchises, you know exactly where you are. this is such a different beast the plot involves a young girl wh