Find out what movies HELLO!'s film critic jameskingmovies thinks you should add to your must-watch list
February 21, 2020 - 11:07 GMT James King Did you see Billie Eilish perform her James Bond theme tune No Time to Die at the BRITs a few days ago? Having met up with her just before the big performance - and loving how enthusiastic she and her producer brother Finneas are about the new movie - it only seemed right to include the trailer here for those who’ve yet to check it out.
ON THE BIG SCREEN If Marley & Me was too modern for you and Isle of Dogs too odd, look no further than the charmingly old-fashioned THE CALL OF THE WILD, a canine caper based on the classic story by Jack London and starring Harrison Ford. Telling the story of Buck, a loveably clumsy St Bernard/Scotch Collie who gets taken from his comfortable home in late nineteenth century California, THE CALL OF THE WILD is a love letter to the wonder of the wilderness.
It takes a little while to get used to the CGI in THE CALL OF THE WILD but all those gorgeously sunlit plains and bright, icy streams of rustic Canada soon make up for it. Harrison Ford - a former carpenter - looks very much at home as a man of the woods too. All he needs is Buck, a bed, and bacon and eggs for breakfast to make him happy. When dastardly Dan Stevens turns up as a tartan-clad gold prospector it’s clear he doesn’t stand a chance against Harrison and his faithful hound.
Dodgy cops aren’t exactly a new thing in movies but a strong woman in the lead role is something to celebrate. BLACK AND BLUE also carefully explores tensions in the ‘Big Easy’ - between the law and the locals, men and women and different ethnicities. With a story that centres on footage from police body-cams - a somewhat contentious bit of technology - it’s also on-the-nose plotwise too.
Whilst the dialogue is a little unimaginative, Alicia and her old shopkeeper friend Mouse make an interesting couple; both worn down by the negativity of the city but trying to remember the bonds that connect them. So having been wowed by Naomie’s convincing turns as a drug addict in Moonlight and a sea goddess in Pirates of the Caribbean , we can now add big-hearted law enforcer to the list too.
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