Female Film Critics 24/375
Everyone needs an Aunt Helen…especially if she’s played by Jamie Lee Curtis. Good thing Ella McCay has one…to keep her in check when her fast-paced life starts to unravel. Emma Mackey is Ella, a 34 year old go-getter who’s already the Lt Governor of her home state and in the pole position for political stardom…until she gets her shot at the top job too soon.
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If you enjoy sitting on the edge of your seat, heart-racing, biting your nails with anxiety about what will happen next, Last Breath is for you. Based on a true story, it’s about a diver performing routine pipeline repair work 300 feet below the surface of the North Sea when the cable attached to his diving bell snapped, leaving him stranded in the dark with his oxygen running out.
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Last Breath‘s opening titles impressively set the stage for the heart-stopping thriller that follows. They state that “2,000 miles of pipeline sprawl across the ocean maintained by saturation divers working at depths up to 1,000 feet. It is one of the most dangerous jobs on Earth.” That alone gives any average individual pause. Next, in stark contrast, the establishing shot of a beautiful green landscape and a calm sea at Aberdeen Harbor belies the danger posed by the North Sea job undertaken by dive team A comprised of Chris Lemons, Dave Yuasa, and Duncan Allcock, September, 2012. Truth-based Last Breath provides a fascinating glimpse into the rare world of deep sea repair work and rescue.
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Last Breath is the true story of deep sea divers tasked with repairing an underwater gas pipeline off the coast of Scotland when a mishap occurs. The rig is on the floor of the North Sea and there’s a terrible storm and a computer malfunction on the ship and only minutes of air left in the diver’s backup tank and…like the lamp oil lasting an extra 8 days in the Jerusalem Temple commemorating Hanukkah, a miracle occurs.
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Based on a 2018 Spanish film called Campeones, Champions is basically A League of Their Own. After a series of indiscretions, a minor-league basketball coach (Woody Harrelson) is fired and ordered by a judge to carry out community service as the manager of The Friends, a team of hoops players with intellectual disabilities. Some critics are saying the film is patronizing and making a mockery of the disabled community, but that’s not the case. The cast brings out the best in each other and all are true champions.
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I was stunned that Ruben Ostlund’s tedious Triangle of Sadness not only won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival but went on to snag three Academy Award nominations for Picture, Director and Original Screenplay. The Swedish writer-director begins this gross social satire by introducing two vapid, if photogenic models, an amiable elderly English weapons-dealing couple and a Russian oligarch, among others, aboard a doomed luxury yacht that is captained by a drunk Marxist (Woody Harrelson). Triangle of Sadness is smug and self-indulgent. But, obviously, my negative opinion is in the minority on this one.
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The Triangle of Sadness perfectly captures the balance of power and how it can shift. It all comes down to what you know, what you can do and what you cannot. Humans are corrupt, whether rich or poor. And when the poor gets a chance to stand out, they’re abused, taken advantage of, and the actual humiliation starts. Is the story about the poor going rogue? No. But it shows how we people do not realize one thing – for a better outcome, collaboration is required. And when we don’t work together but instead try to overpower each other, the result will be the exact the same – good or bad, wealthy or poor, we all become as corrupt as everyone else.
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is going to be a major consideration during awards season. Critics Choice, Golden Globes, Oscars. Frances McDormand, the leading actress is probably going to win the Best Actress Oscar. The story is about a women, played by Frances McDormand, whose daughter has been brutally murdered. It has been seven months, but police have not done much to solve the crime.
Read moreBased on Daniel Clowes’ 2010 graphic novel, this dark comedy revolves around an eccentric, middle-aged misanthrope who lives in a
Read moreOne thing’s for certain: “Wilson” is unlike very many other films out there. Oh, yes, its titular character is a
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