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One To Watch – The Irishman

Thabiso Moloi — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 18:22:50 +0000

There is something special about old school feel movies that have a mafia and/or gangster narrative to them. They have a certain style and charisma that never gets old and today’s focus, The Irishman, has that and more. Despite competition from Apple TV, Disney, Amazon Prime etc, Netflix just continues to up the ante and without a doubt in The Irishman, the network has bagged another great coup. This flick has all the right ingredients from the director (the legendary Martin Scorsese), the plot (which we elaborate on further below) and of course a legendary cast in Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci who prove that they still got it.

Sitting at an absolutely out of this world rating of 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes rating scorecard, The Irishman is described as “an epic gangster drama that earns its extended runtime, The Irishman finds Martin Scorsese revisiting familiar themes to poignant, funny, and profound effect.” With a running time of 3h 30m this one isn’t exactly short not by any means and will require some effort to watch but there’s no doubt that dedicating over 3 hours of your life to watch it will be time well spent.

The plot for it sees an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century. Spanning decades, the film chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa, and offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries and connections to mainstream politics.

Already receiving fantastic reviews from international critics all over, there’s no doubt that The Irishman is a must see. It’s currently scheduled for limited theatrical release on 1 November and rolls onto Netflix on 27 November, mark the dates now, we already have.

Movie Preview – Joker

Thabiso Moloi — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:02:10 +0000

We watch a lot of movies, as you might have realised by now, but there are certain ones that standout the most, Avengers Endgame was one of these and now next in line is the upcoming Joker movie starring the always intense Joaquin Phoenix. We reckon this could be the best rendition of the character since the late Heath Ledger delivered a fantastic performance of the very same character in one of our all time movies, The Dark Knight. Such are our hopes for it that we reckon it could well be a contender for movie of the year as well as perhaps a strong contender for the upcoming Academy Awards.

It just has all the right ingredients to be a memorable classic..we just hope we are not wrong in this assumption. Over the past few months we’ve already had a few glimpses of Todd Phillips’ take on this one that displays how a man like the Joker could come to existence. We now have another trailer from Warner Bros that further gives insight into what to potentially expect and it’s quite special…

The latest trailer dives even further into the haunting downfall of Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck. Set as an origin story entirely separate from any previous cinematic iteration of Batman’s most enduring foe, the movie follows Fleck as the world around him begins to crumble, pushing stresses on the man that apparently lead to his complete undoing—and his rebirth as the cackling, calculated crown prince of crime.

We also see chance encounters with everyone from Robert De Niro as a mysterious TV host and perhaps even more intriguing, the Wayne family itself – with Brett Cullen’s Thomas Wayne briefly shown as he takes a swing at the Joker. For us the best thing about this movie and as the trailer showcases is we see Fleck rise from a man beaten down by the harsh world around him to the seeming catalyst for a clown-mask-clad revolution. A psychological thriller that is no doubt going to shake the movieverse in all the right ways (mark our words), Joker hits theaters on 4 October.