Cinema - Comments / Reviews by Juke Jules

Cinema - Comments / Reviews by Juke Jules

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Juke Jules SUBS 3rd Jun 2024		Cinema Werk Ohne Autor (Never Look Away) (2018) (2018)	Trailer, accompanied by Klaus Nomi singing "Cold Song" (Purcell), on a forgotten island [YouTube Video]
Juke Jules SUBS 29th Mar 2024		Cinema Wicked Little Letters (2024) (2024)	Review In a small English seaside town beset by xenophobic prejudice, Irish woman Rose arrives with her fatherless daughter and black boyfriend, but her outgoing friendly personality soon endears her to her neighbours, until some start receiving insulting and obscene letters. The offences are referred to the police, who are at the heart of all the prejudices, including against one of their own staff who is not only of Indian origin but worse, a woman. Woman Police Officer Gladys Moss becomes the 'Harry Bates' of the story, contesting the injustice of the accusation. Will justice prevail? Tension to the very end, concluding with a glorious outburst of very wicked words. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Juke Jules SUBS 31st Jan 2024		Cinema Poor Things (2023) (2023)	Review If you enjoyed the riddle that was Cronenberg's "Crash" you should get the same sort of enjoyment from Poor Things. Everything seems to be some kind of a metaphor, around the nature of love, control, and ageing. As in Crash there is a lot of "strong sex" throughout the story but non is pornographic, it is there to serve some intellectual purpose. No spoilers, but the final dénouement is amusing enough, though probably not worth sitting through the previous two hours for. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Juke Jules SUBS 7th Dec 2023		Cinema Wish (2023) (2023)	Thanks - Loughrey is more accepting of the 'Frozen' side of Disney, but she also pays credit to their classics style that I applaud.
Juke Jules SUBS 26th Nov 2023		Cinema Wish (2023) (2023)	Review Had an hour to kill today so I stopped by a cinema and chose "Wish" as I often like a bit of Disney. I didn't really enjoy it for two reasons: it was excessively "cutesie", nearly all its characters, especially the animals and the heroic little emoji-"Star" were insufferably cute. The only characters I found remotely credible were King Magnifico and Queen Amaya until they went downhill and were deemed 'baddies'. Second, the storyline didn't engage me, just as the storyline of "Phantom of the Opera" didn't; I just didn't care what happened to any of them. Pity really, and I was pleased to leave early to meet my friends. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Juke Jules SUBS 12th Jun 2021		Cinema Frances Ha (2012) (2012)	Black&White film, genre "mumblegrime" apparently I couldn't find anything to engage with. A story-free romp through late adolescence, like Happy-Go-Lucky but without the genius of Mike Leigh to make it work. No bicycles.
Juke Jules SUBS 27th Feb 2020		Cinema A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood (2019) (2019)	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was the TV series on which the film was based, as shown in your link For the film starring Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys, see A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Juke Jules SUBS 23rd Feb 2020		Cinema A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood (2019) (2019)	True story of the journalist who interviewed Mister Rogers about his "Beautiful Neighborhood" TV Series
Juke Jules SUBS 10th Sep 2019		Cinema Rooftops (1989)	Title track performed by Etta James and David A. Stewart - I wouldn't want to get in a streetfight with her [YouTube Video]
Juke Jules SUBS 27th Apr 2018		Cinema Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) (2008)	Of course Poppy was irritating. Under Lee's direction everybody was portrayed life-like, but a little more so! I can relate to Scott's frustrated obsession with Poppy, and was quite horrified at his racist outburst. The Flamenco-teacher's OTT outburst against her cheating man was spectacular and very funny. Above all I felt for the submissive man in the group who had been pulled by the smart girl and ended up with the height of suburban domestic sophistication but not being allowed to be himself with his old friends: it was so accurate a portrayal of someone we all will have known in real life.
Juke Jules SUBS 16th Apr 2015		Cinema Låt Den Rätte Komma In (Let The Right One In) (2008) (2008)	Superficially a "Swedish contemporary teenage vampire movie", dripping with gore and ghastly facial prosthetics. Love slowly grows between the boy and his new friend the girl vampire, but can never be fulfilled. This should delight the uncritical viewer yet encourages the analytical audience to consider the abusive and mutually dependent relationships between vampire and victim. The merciless Nemesis of the boy's tormentor is a further delight of this story.