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ISLE OF DOGS – Review

ISLE OF DOGS is a treat for fans of director Wes Anderson, who makes a welcome return to stop-motion animation ten years after THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX. Anderson’s new film looks raggedly beautiful, is hilariously off-balance, warm-hearted, and perfectly composed and detailed – much like every other Wes Anderson movie. The title is a reference to Trash Island, a mountainous accumulation of garbage where, in the near future, the canine population of Megasaki City in Japan is banished by cat-loving Mayor Kobayashi (voiced by Kunichi Nomura). This is after a plague of Snout Fever (also known as the Dog Flu) has broken out, endangering both dogs and humans. The pooches are dropped from planes onto the island where they battle over maggot-infested food scraps plucked from piles of trash. Mayor Kobayashi’s 12 year-old nephew Atari (Koyu Rankin) commandeers a small airplane and crash-lands it on Trash Island in hopes of finding his cherished pet Spots (Liev Schreiber), who’d been dropped there six months earlier. Atari is aided in his search by a motley band of alpha hounds including tough stray Chief (Bryan Cranston), leader Rex (Edward Norton), former dog food commercial star King (Bob Balaban), gossipy Duke (Jeff Goldblum), and former sports mascot Boss (Bill Murray). Their journey leads them across the island, where word has it that Spots may be among a savage pack of feral dogs and they soon discover that the enclave is not only a trash heap, but also a dumping ground for a failed nuclear plant. Back in Megasaki, tenacious (and freckled ) American foreign exchange student Tracy Walker (Greta Gerwig) leads a pro-dog resistance movement against Kobayashi’s government after discovering, with the help of scientist Yoko Ono (Yoko Ono), a conspiracy to suppress a found cure for Snout Fever.

Original, eye-popping, and somewhat topical in its story about a shady government fabricating its own truths to feed fear and prejudice, ISLE OF DOGS is essentially a Wes Anderson movie with eccentric humans replaced by eccentric stop-motion mongrels. Anderson’s clever script (co-written by Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman) is casually but meaningfully voice-acted by a stable of Anderson stalwarts who deliver their lines with the same cadence that makes his live-action films so endearing (Scarlett Johansson, F. Murray Abraham and Tilda Swinton are also on board). The cool pauses, the dry wit and clever humor are all in full effect and the way this movie comes together is a testament to Anderson’s distinctive abilities (the sushi prep bit is pure Anderson). It all plays out under another of Alexandre Desplat’s terrific, off-beat scores. Anderson is clearly enamored of Japanese cinema and culture and while much of the dialogue is spoken in Japanese without translation (though sometimes explained in narration by Frances McDormand’s ‘Interpreter Nelson’), there’s never doubt as to what is going on in the story. There’s a lot to take in a second viewing is likely mandatory to absorb all of the detail and personality. It may be slightly over-extended and the standard complaint about Wes Anderson that his visuals are so colorful and characters so whimsical that the story often takes a back seat to the quirk could apply (but not enough for me to dock it any points). ISLE OF DOGS isn’t a movie that will appeal to children or tweens looking for a more energetic animated film and I’d say it’s even less kid-friendly than THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX, but it’s a genuine charmer and deserves a prominent spot in the run for this year’s best-animated feature Oscar.

5 of 5 Stars

ISLE OF DOGS opens exclusively in St. Louis March 28th at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Theatre

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ISLE OF DOGS opens in theaters March 28, 2018.

ISLE OF DOGS tells the story of ATARI KOBAYASHI, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.

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(From L-R): Edward Norton as “Rex,” Bob Balaban as “King,” Liev Shreiber as “Spots,” Bill Murray as “Boss,” Jeff Goldblum as “Duke” and Bryan Cranston as “Chief” in the film ISLE OF DOGS. Photo Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved

Watch The Trailer For AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

Watch the new teaser trailer for Marvel Studios’ AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, which debuted this morning during Good Morning America.

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos.

A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment – the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR opens in U.S. theaters on May 4, 2018.

ROUGH NIGHT – Review

*Zoe Kravitz, Ilana Glazer, Scarlett Johansson, and Jillian Bell star in Lucia Aniello’s bachelorette party comedy ROUGH NIGHT, Photo by Macall Polay. Courtesy of Columbia/Sony Pictures.*

Scarlett Johansson leads a cast of raucous women characters in a comedy that does more than just flip the usual bachelor party trope on its head, in ROUGH NIGHT. The result is a refreshing take on buddy comedy that not only turns the tables on gender but completely nails how women really interact with each other, in a fitfully funny comedy.

Besides a strong female lead cast, ROUGH NIGHT is directed by a woman, Lucia Aniello, who also co-wrote the script and is one of the producers. Unlike the typical male-written script, these female characters are spot-on and interact like real women do, even if the situation is over-the-top comedy. While the women characters and how they interact is refreshingly accurate, the humor is sometimes uneven. Still, the film has much to recommend it – including not being another Bridesmaids wanna-bee.

Not surprisingly, the humor is on the raunchy side and leans a bit dark, although it mostly skips the potty humor, a nice change from many recent comedies. The plot follows the general outlines of other bachelor-party-gone-wrong comedies like THE HANGOVER, where one bad decision leads to another, with bits from WEEKEND AT BERNIES and VERY BAD THINGS as well.

Ten years after college, best buds Alice (Jillian Bell), Frankie (Ilana Glazer), and Blair (Zoe Kravitz) reunite with bride-to-be Jess (Scarlett Johansson) for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Alice has it all planned out, and the friends are set up in a beach-side home for the weekend, because just one day won’t be enough – at least for Alice. These four musketeers are joined by the bride’s Aussie pal Pippa (Kate McKinnon, sporting a wavering Australian accent but unerring comic instincts) who met Jess during a college study-abroad term but has never met her other college friends.

Although the women were inseparable pals and all wild partiers during college, each has gone her own way since. A flashback that starts the film shows us the college-aged characters that were, with best friends Jess and Alice teaming up to take on the frat boys at beer pong. Post-college, Jess has transformed into a sincere but awkward would-be politician, nervously shooting a political ad for TV, dressing perfectly, and constantly worrying about her image. Alice, meanwhile, is now a grade school teacher but she is always looking back to her college days with overwhelming nostalgia. The once inseparable friends and lovers Frankie and Zoe now are worlds apart, with Frankie an unconventional social activist and Zoe an wine-sipping, upscale urbanite mother, who is now separating from her husband.

Alice, who has orchestrated this whole weekend party, is determined to get the old gang back together, and particularly to rekindle her bond with best-friend Jess. Things go wrong when a male stripper they hired ends up dead. Although it was an accident, drugs and liquor lead to all the wrong decisions, and comedy chaos ensues.

Director Aniello and co-writer Paul W. Downs do more than switch the narrative around in this refreshingly real women-centric comedy. The comedy is built around the relationships between the women, not the men in the their lives, and many women in the audience will smile in recognition at several scenes. These women are smart, complicated and out for fun – until they are out to save their skins.

Setting the R-rated, sometimes dark comedy in brightly colored Miami adds the right touch of lightness to the mood, and also provides a fantasy-playground location, where the absurd can happen. One of the best comic bits is the concurrent bachelor party for Jess’ equally buttoned-down groom-to-be Peter (played by co-writer Paul Downs) – a wine tasting. Peter and his friends share their feelings about women while a sommelier serves them pinot noir in an elegant wood-paneled room. A comic bit that references a real-world incident with an astronaut is hilarious.

The film is R-rated, with plenty of raunchy humor, drugs and general misbehavior. Some of the humor around the dead body is a bit edgy, but this barrier has already been crossed in other comedies, including WEEKEND AT BERNIES. But there is nothing so off-putting that the absurd humor does not still come through.

The performers sparkle in this film, both in the comedy and in some dramatic scenes. Scarlett Johansson is terrific as the bride-to-be at the center of this mad weekend, whose mind is always working while just trying to go along with the fun and spirit of things. A running theme is built around her relationship with college bestie Alice. Although this is a comedy, it is also a film about women’s friendships. Both men and women will recognize the dynamic between Jess and Alice, the friend who is almost possessive and always pulling her friend back to the past “glory days.” Both Johansson and Bell portray the layers and the back-and-forth of this dynamic between them brilliantly, particularly in a later confrontation.

Meanwhile, McKinnon is fabulously funny as the crazy one in this group, as well as the unknown quantity as the new girl in the old crowd. McKinnon’s Pippa is endlessly upbeat, and ever ready with the next bad idea or even just the nerve to carry it out, the kind of character who might take to any bad suggestion with a “why not – I’m game” attitude. She’s always the most unpredictable and often the most hilarious in the group.. Her Aussie accent may be less than perfect but the non-American viewpoint is a nice addition to the humor.

Kravitz and Glazer are the other friends-at-odds pair, mirroring the dance between Alice and Jess, but with a different twist. Glazer and Bell also play the sex-obsessed and risk-taking pair contrasting to Johansson’s and Kravitz’s more cautious, are-you-nuts pair. Demi Moore and Ty Burrell add an extra comic twist playing a creepy-funny couple in the neighboring beachfront apartment, next to where the women are staying.

ROUGH NIGHT is just as it says a rough night for these friends but it is overall a refreshing kind of comedy, even if it is not non-stop hilarious. It certainly whets the appetite for more comedies with real women, a largely untapped well of humor just waiting for the next film to dive in.

RATING: 3 1/2 out of 5 stars

GHOST IN THE SHELL – Review

*Scarlett Johansson plays The Major in Ghost in the Shell from Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures in theaters March 31, 2017. © 2016 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.*

If you are going to re-make a classic, fan favorite film, you might want to keep the original story. Oddly, the live action remake of the anime classic GHOST IN THE SHELL, based on the Japanese manga of the same name, recreates several scenes, sometimes shot-for-shot and keeps some of the same characters. But the American live-action version ditches the mystery, the atmospheric moodiness, and the philosophical aspects in favor of a standard, less-interesting action film story line. That is a lot of changes, without even getting into the controversy of a largely non-Asian lead cast in this manga-inspired story set in futuristic Japan.

Fans of the 1995 Japanese anime original GHOST IN THE SHELL will be disappointed with this hollowed-out, less-interesting live-action American remake. Those who never saw the Japanese original are likely to wonder what all the fuss was about over such a standard if violent film.

Sure, the visual effects look good – impressively good – as does star Scarlett Johansson. Johansson plays the Major, an anti-terrorist specialist who is also a human-cyborg hybrid. Set in a futurist Japanese city and in a time when the line between humans and machine is increasingly blurred, Major and teammate Batou (Danish actor Pilou Asbaek, A WAR, LUCY) work for the anti-terrorist division Section 9. They are tracking an elusive terrorist called Kuze (Michael Pitt), who is attacking the Hanka Corporation, a private company that provides cyborgs and technology-enhancements for humans for government use. Major’s and Batou’s boss is Aramaki (Beat Takeshi Kitano), a Japanese government official attached to Hanka Corporation.

Unlike the Japanese anime GHOST IN THE SHELL, the live-action one begins with an origin story for Major. Major is a herself a new step forward in human-cyborg combinations: an entirely artificial body or “shell” whose human component, called a “ghost,” is only her brain. Major’s brain was salvaged from her original body, which was too damaged to repair. Because of the extent of the damage, Major’s ghost, her human spirit, retains only vague memories of her former life. A scientist, Dr. Ouelet (Juliette Binoche), helps keep her cyborg body in top shape, and also serves as a kind of combination friend and mother figure for her.

Both the 1989 manga and the 1995 original Japanese anime film were hugely influential, winning fans around the world and sparking sequels, movies and TV shows. The film influenced a lot of filmmakers, notably the Wachowskis. The story in this live-action version combines elements of the Wachowskis’ THE MATRIX, along with THE BOURNE IDENTITY, TERMINATOR and other films thrown in. The story is gone but oddly, entire scenes, including some action sequences, are recreated in the new version, sometimes shot-for-shot. the film works hard to incorporate little elements from the original, like the trash truck, the diving scene and the spider-like tank. The live-action film does keep the high level of violence in the anime original.

The new film’s strong point is its breath-taking special effects, and Johansson’s action character performance. A lot of care has been put into re-creating the visual aspects of the anime film, right down to Johansson sporting the same haircut. Johansson wears a form-fitting, flesh-toned body suit to represent the nudity of the original animated character, who despite the film’s gender-role questioning, seems to spend a lot of time nearly bare. Of course, all that questioning is absent in this film, but viewers get a good look at a very fit, curvy Johansson.

The futuristic seaside city where the story takes place looks even grittier and grayer, and all those visual details are skillfully done. A dash of color and Japanese flavor appears in an early scene, where high-powered businessmen and government figures at a corporate function are served by lavishly dressed cybernetic geishas, a sequence that evolves into one of the film’s most violent and visually complex, as the cyborgs, hacked by a terrorist, attack the guests.

In the Japanese animated original, the terrorist that Major and Batou were hunting was a hacker known as the Puppet Master, a figure so shadowy that the authorities were unsure if “he” was male or female, or even human. In the live-action version, that mystery is gone. They know they are hunting a man, who is bent on destroying the Hanka Corporation and their cybernetic work.

Of course, one of the things that made GHOST IN THE SHELL so interesting was the philosophical questioning it raised. Not just its cautionary tale about technology, the commentary on growing corporate power and its intertwining with government power, but about gender identity and sexuality, larger philosophical matters, and even life itself. In the live-action film, all those intriguing elements had been eliminated, reduced to a little commentary on technology in the action movie plot, making for a far-less interesting film.

The visual effects and action in the new GHOST IN THE SHELL are well-done, and Johansson, Asbaek and Binoche try to squeeze what drama there is out of the standard action story. But it is not enough to maintain interest and audiences may be forgiven for nodding off, only to be jarred awake by the film’s outbursts of gunfire and mayhem.

The live-action GHOST IN THE SHELL is a disappointment for fans of the anime original. The flashy special effects alone may satisfy some film-goers but the standard action film plot unlikely to garner any new fans.

RATING: 3 out of 5 stars

Win Passes To The Advance Screening Of GHOST IN THE SHELL In St. Louis

In the near future, Major (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world’s most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people’s minds and control them, Major is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major discovers that she has been lied to: her life was not saved, it was stolen. She will stop at nothing to recover her past, find out who did this to her and stop them before they do it to others. Based on the internationally acclaimed Japanese Manga, “The Ghost in the Shell.”

Directed by Rupert Sanders and stars Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt & Juliette Binoche.

See GHOST IN THE SHELL in theaters nationwide on March 31, 2017 in REALD 3D and IMAX 3D.

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This film has been rated PG 13.

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Directed by Rupert Sanders, the film stars Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbaek, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche and Michael Pitt.

When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people’s minds and control them, Major is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major discovers that she has been lied to: her life was not saved, it was stolen. She will stop at nothing to recover her past, find out who did this to her and stop them before they do it to others. (Trailer)

Based on the internationally acclaimed Japanese Manga, “The Ghost in the Shell.”

See GHOST IN THE SHELL in theaters nationwide on March 31, 2017 in REALD 3D and IMAX 3D.

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Scarlett Johansson Stars In First Superbowl TV Spot With GHOST IN THE SHELL

Everything they told her was a lie.

Get a first look at the new GHOST IN THE SHELL spot before it debuts in the Big Game on Sunday.

Based on the internationally-acclaimed sci-fi property, GHOST IN THE SHELL follows Major, a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, Section 9 is faced with an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotic’s advancements in cyber technology.

Directed by Rupert Sanders, the film stars Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt & Juliette Binoche.

GHOST IN THE SHELL opens in theaters nationwide on March 31, 2017 in REALD 3D and IMAX 3D.

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SING – Review

Hey gang, let’s put on a show! We can save the (school, rec center, etc.)” That’s been the rallying cry of many a movie musical, going back to the “Our Gang” comedies right up to the recent charmer SING STREET (the reason there was to impress a girl and tick off the school officials), but it’s usually associated with the squeaky-clean team-ups of Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney from the 30’s and 40’s. This old plot gives us a ragtag group of plucky “go-getters” joining forces in creating a spectacular that will “wow” the masses. And there’s usually lots of backstage drama and romance as the clock ticks down to the big opening night (the best parody is probably Christopher Guest’s “mockumentary” WAITING FOR GUFFMAN). Could this type of tale be told with animation? In a world of talking, dancing, singing animals, perhaps? That’s what the fine folks at Illumination Entertainment (the DESPICABLE ME flicks, MINIONS, and the big hit from this past Summer THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS) decided to explore. C’mon you menagerie you, get out there and SING!

As a lil’ koala bear, Buster Moon is in love with live theatre, so when he grows up he becomes the owner/operator/manager of the golden palace he adored. But the gold is starting to tarnish, and the stage shows just aren’t bringing in the crowds (plus the bank is threatening to foreclose). Luckily Buster (voice of Matthew McConaughey) comes up with a plan to save his beloved theatre: a musical talent show. Everyday folks will sing and dance before a set of judges, all for a big cash prize. Hmmm, about that prize…Buster has his trusty, but somewhat addled, assistant, an elderly lizard named Miss Crawly (Garth Jennings), whip up the promotional flyer. But the grand prize amount is accidentally changed from one thousand bucks to a hundred thousand. And a gust of wind sends them gliding through the city! They attract the attention of many, many aspiring performers. There’s Rosita (Reese Witherspoon), exhausted momma pig to countless piglets, whose marriage has gotten into a rut. Singing on the streets is the ultra-cool mouse Mike (Seth MacFarlane), a real “rat pack” wannabe with a taste for the high life. Rock and roll porcupine queen Ash (Scarlett Johansson) is part of a struggling duet with her less talented, arrogant beau. Maybe it’s time to go solo? A teenage gorilla named Johnny (Taron Egerton) yearns to croon pop ballads rather than drive the getaway car for his dad’s outlaw gang. And the family of the shy elephant Meena (Tori Kelly) thinks that this contest will let the world experience her gorgeous voice. Buster panics when he learns of the prize snafu, but somehow, with the help of his best pal Eddie (John C. Reilly), he’ll scrape together the cash and make everyone’s dreams come true.

You may get an idea what the film’s biggest problem is from the preceding paragraph. There are far too many subplots! The main story would have been much better served by limiting the focus to three or four contestants. As it plays, the whole movie seems bloated. I prefered the story of Johnny and those gangster gorillas (maybe a spin-off?). As it is, many of the “side tails” are beefed up with pointless “side tracks”(what was the point of Rosita’s grocery number? McConaughey tries to bring some energy (he’s usually a reeeaaall “laid-back” dude) to the big furry producer, but the character’s just not interesting. Bland really. Unlike his work sidekick Miss Crawly. There’s some funny slapstick business involving her fake eye, scenes that really inject some life into the flick (it figures that the writer/co-directer Jennings would lend his voice to her). The character design is inventive, but the tendency in CGI animation to “over-render” can often be distracting. Did we need to see every hair strand, or in Ash’s case, every quill? Another overused effect is the rapid “camera pans” zipping through the city streets to stop just inches from another contestant. It’s as though we’re strapped to one of Hawkeye’s trick arrows.Some trims to the initial auditions would’ve helped a great deal. After seeing three or so unlikely animals singer/pop song pairings, the gag becomes tiresome. The whole film suffers in comparison to this year’s other movie set in a city populated by human-like animals of all types, ZOOTOPIA (going back even further, there’s the still-entrancing 1980’s cartton classic ANIMALIPICS). And the notion of a mixed menagerie putting on a big revue was more engaging in the 1930’s theatrical shorts such as the “Silly Symphonies” and the “Merrie Melodies”. “American Idol” ended a couple of years ago (although “The Voice” is going strong), so the main plot feels a bit played out. SING has lots of talent at the keyboards (musical instruments and computers), but it hits far too many wrong notes . “Pitchy”, indeed!

2 Out of 5

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SING opens in theaters on December 21 and WAMG has your passes to the advance screening in St. Louis!

Illumination has captivated audiences all over the world with the beloved hits Despicable Me, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Despicable Me 2 and Minions, now the second-highest-grossing animated movie in history. Following the release of this summer’s comedy blockbuster The Secret Life of Pets, Illumination presents SING this holiday season.

With its highly relatable characters, heart and humor, the first collaboration between writer/director Garth Jennings (Son of Rambow, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri marks the sixth fully animated feature from the studio.

The event film stars Academy Award® winners Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, alongside Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton and Grammy Award-nominated Tori Kelly.

Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Sing stars Buster Moon (McConaughey), a dapper koala who presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal—some might even say delusional—optimist who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now faced with the crumbling of his life’s ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest singing competition.

Five lead contestants emerge: Mike (MacFarlane), a mouse who croons as smoothly as he cons; Meena (Kelly), a timid teenage elephant with an enormous case of stage fright; Rosita (Witherspoon), an overtaxed mother run ragged tending a litter of 25 piglets; Johnny (Egerton), a young gangster gorilla looking to break free of his family’s felonies; and Ash (Johansson), a punk-rock porcupine struggling to shed her arrogant boyfriend and go solo.

Each arrives under Buster’s marquee believing that this is their shot to change the course of their life. And as Buster coaches each of his contestants closer and closer to the grand finale, he starts to learn that maybe the theater isn’t the only thing that is in need of saving.

Featuring more than 65 hit songs, SING is produced by Meledandri and his longtime collaborator Janet Healy. Together, they have produced all of Illumination’s films since the studio’s inception.

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