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let us move on now to something very different. the lost city, with a bit of harry potter, a bit of brad pitt. yeah. so, daniel radcliffe is in this as a sort of megalomaniac billionaire. so, he kidnaps loretta, who s played by the wonderful sandra bullock. loretta is a romantic novelist. she s actually an academic, but she s sort of fallen on hard time and she s writing steamy novels, and she does these sort of public book launches with her cover model played by channing tatum, who s really sending himself up this as the handsome himbo, and they re just at the end of a book launch when daniel radcliffe s character kidnaps loretta and takes her off to the jungle, where he thinks that she can help him find some hidden treasure. this is a classic kind of hidden treasure story. think of films like romancing the stone from the 805. this is the kind of flavour that we re looking at, something we haven t seen too much of until recently, and i actually think this genre is coming back, and i
from a feminist perspective, i m sure many religious people will have problems with it, but it is interesting film making. it s going to be offensive? i think if you think it s going to be offensive to you, you ll know and you won t go to see it. i don t think anyone that goes to see this, knowing paul verhoeven and knowing what we ve just seen, is going to be surprised by what they see. they re going partly for shock value, but also, charlotte rampling s in this. it s a great exploration of power dynamics as well. i mean, you know, i definitely have my issues with it, but still really glad i saw it. found it very entertaining. and i do think it s worth watching if you re interested in cinema. and also, that story. it does look, as i said, visually very, very stunning, doesn t it? another movie that we re coming onto, murina, also looks beautiful. i went to see this again last night in the cinema because i d only ever seen it on the small screen and i wanted to see it on the big screen
it s very sympathetic towards her and it s never looking at her through their eyes. we re seeing the world through her eyes and she s trying to figure herself out. but she s got quite a lot of agency and is getting more and more as the film carries on. and it s emotionally intriguing. it s emotionally intriguing. it s almost like a mystery thriller drama of a woman trying to operate in a patriarchal society, but also kind of having more opportunities than her mother did. so, it s fascinating. definitely one, again, i am very keen to go and see. flea. now, i ve heard amazing things about this. flea s a fantastic film. many people will have seen it already, but it s out on dvd now, so worth revisiting. it was nominated for three oscars, which actually was ground breaking at the time, for doc, animated and internationalfilm, and it s mostly animated. and it s a man narrating the story, a very emotional story about the fact that he was a refugee when he was a child from afghanistan, and he
to the subject matter. but i think if you just want to know how the story played out, it s all in there. and, politically, is it coming from one particular point of view? well, it s a very patriotic british film, i would say. this isjohn madden, who gave us shakespeare in love, i mean, the producers of the king s speech, it s that sort of flavour. i wouldn t say it s up there with those kind of awards worthy films, but it s a very safe bet if you like this kind of subject. and i think he s playing to the right kind of crowd with this film. because we ve seen darkest hour. we saw the king s speech years ago. i mean, these films can really take off, and it sounds like maybe this one doesn t quite? i think it will play well in certain cinemas. i think for an older crowd, i think it s got a lot of appeal. i certainly found it pleasant viewing, interesting viewing. i thought sometimes when it attempted comedy, it didn t quite work cos it is tough subject matter to mine for comedy, but i thi