Of course, it's not much of a stand - alone movie; viewers who haven't seen
the previous couple of films will be lost, and much depends on the breathlessly - awaited, two - part conclusion (to be released in 2010 and 2011).
Not exact matches
Kidman's
previous films with husband Tom Cruise (Days
of Thunder and Far and Away) had been forgettable studio fare but for their third
film together the
couple took an entirely unconventional route.
It includes brief but welcome footage
of the real people and even excerpts a
couple of the cast's
previous Weinstein
films (Blue Valentine, Mrs. Henderson Presents), but sadly The Prince and the Showgirl goes unlicensed (even its trailer would have been fitting).
Copying the model
of many
of his
previous vehicles with Seth Rogen — who has the supporting role
of a baffled script supervisor — Franco plays up the odd -
couple bromance between Wiseau and Sestero, which gives him the like - hate - love trajectory an audience can find reassuring, and equips the
film with a ready - made happy ending.
It's been a
couple of years since the
previous installment, due to injuries star Dylan O'Brien sustained while
filming, but thanks to his strength and confidence to jump back on the saddle, Maze Runner: The Death Cure has been completed, and it's quite enjoyable.
Mr. Stan had spent the
previous couple of months obsessively researching Mr. Gillooly, finding on YouTube a television interview that Mr. Gillooly had given several years ago, and also listening to the audiotape
of a three - hour interview Mr. Gillooly had given to Steven Rogers, the
film's screenwriter.
It's worth discussing that the
film has been released a
couple of times on Blu - ray before, including a
previous release by VCI themselves.
Like Ade's
previous film, Everyone Else (2009), which traces the expanding fault lines in the relationship
of a vacationing
couple, Toni Erdmann remains constantly absorbing through its precise examination
of even the most mundane interactions.
Gosling's
previous film with writer / director Derek Cianfrance,
coupled with the aforementioned echoes
of Drive, places him front and centre here.
But Luca Guadagnino's moving romance Call Me By Your Name also picked up a
couple of major wins: Costar Timothée Chalamet received the Breakthrough Actor award, and the
film claimed the top prize
of Best Feature, increasing its chances
of an Oscar nod, à la
previous winners Moonlight, Spotlight, and Birdman,
Much like Only Lovers Left Alive, his exquisite
previous film about a vampire
couple, Jarmusch's Paterson is a quietly romantic
film, indebted as much to the power
of a strong better half as to the power
of expression.
This
film reunites most
of the characters from the
previous films, like the last
couple of successful entries in the series has done, so the cast is a large one.
Richard Linklater once again directs and like the
previous films brings out the beauty
of Jesse and Celine's surroundings, without ever letting it overwhelm the
couple.
Summer blockbuster season rolls on as June brings sequels to
previous box office successes, a few new comedies, and a
couple of films that look to start franchises
of their own.
Disc two houses a rather large assortment
of supplements: two theatrical trailers (notice how Sarandon's last name is misspelled in one), alternate takes, two deleted musical numbers; interviews with cast members taken from VH1; a
couple of karaoke segments; and a documentary on the
film taken from a
previous laserdisc release.