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t reimburse him for the lost barcode scanner nor pay for his recovery an injured ricky drives off the van to continue work ken loach s penultimate film social drama sorry we missed you is almost a shock therapy to all those idealized hollywood films showing middle class work as pleasant and comfortable the protagonist ricky assumes he will get an easy job as a delivery driver but he suddenly faces sobering problems along his way a customer says he didn t order anything a parking enforcement officer threatens to write him a fine for parking with his van in the middle of the street ricky has to urinate in a bottle because he has nowhere to stop with his van he works 14 hours a day six days a week loach simply poses an uncomfortable question is there any dignified type of work left for the ordinary middle class the film is a bit didactic and too schematic presenting everything a bit too rigid and standard since loach often avoids cinematic technique or some more creative style to focus on the sole story and present reality as grey as it is without any make up but the insight it shows into work over exploitation and lack of any social welfare or solidarity creates some strong messages that make you think loach luckily never preaches and instead just let s the story take its flow some of the best bits are when the characters personalities come across as more important than the theme in the best moment of the film parents ricky and abby are arguing in their bedroom during the night while all of a sudden they hear the knock on their door it s their daughter liza jane who tells them stop it no fighting grade posted by marin mandir at 12 36 pm no comments sunday april 19 2026 the impossible the impossible disaster film spain 2012 d j a bayona s naomi watts tom holland ewan mcgregor samuel joslin oaklee pendergast geraldine chaplin december 2 0 0 4 maria bennett travels with her husband henry and three children lucas simon and thomas to khao lak thailand for a vacation they enjoy their stay at the hotel and spend the christmas there on 26 december the indian ocean earthquake causes a tsunami which reaches the shore and sweeps away the hotel and the guests badly wounded maria is able to find lucas and a boy daniel and climb up a tree in case of another tsunami locals find them and transport them to a hospital henry finds that his mother s bed is taken over by another patient and cannot find her until the staff leads him to her who has undergone surgery but is stable henry simon and thomas also survived and manage to find and reunite with maria and lucas in the hospital they are then evacuated to singapore one of the first film depictions of the catastrophic 2 0 0 4 indian ocean earthquake and tsunami which killed 228 000 people along the wider area of the bay of bengal based on the real life experiences of survivor maria belon the impossible is an intense terrifying and strong blend of disaster and survival film the director j a bayona takes care of the authenticity allowing for the story to contemplate about the notions of fragility of life under threat from random disasters of the harsh cruel universe whereas the leading actress naomi watts is excellent as maria the film does not waste time the tsunami occurs already 14 minutes into the film and this segment is its most impressive accomplishment tourists are happily walking along the swimming pool when all of a sudden maria s paper is carried away by the wind and stops at a glass wall as she and others turn around to randomly see palm trees falling down along the horizon cue to a random 12 ft tall wave of dirty brown water which simply sweeps everything in sight from tourists to the hotel building it all just happens in 20 seconds and they simply don t have time to react at all maria hangs on to a tree and the water stream is all around her she let s go to try to swim after her son lucas but she is pierced when she is carried by the water into a random tree branch this whole sequence is incredible and one wonders how they managed to film it the rest of the film is the aftermath segment which encompasses the remaining 2 3 of the impossible s running time but it is of lesser intensity and falters a bit in interest having maria and lucas wait at the hospital is simply not that engaging which is why the director even uses the cliche of father henry almost not finding maria in her hospital bed and is just about to leave in the truck when something happens which is banal the storyline clearly needed some better written dialogue or cinematic inspiration for support in this post tsunami segment nonetheless the impossible is a valuable depiction of the disaster showing how it looked like and what its effects were if there is one villain here then it is chaos if there is one protagonist then it is life trying to survive and live in peace and stability grade posted by marin mandir at 2 09 pm no comments wednesday april 15 2026 21 grams 21 grams drama usa 2003 d alejandro gonzález iñárritu s sean penn naomi watts benicio del toro charlotte gainsbourg melissa leo danny houston jack a former convict who now turned into a christian preacher accidentally hits a man and his two daughters on the street with his car jack panics and drives off leaving the three there to die the deceased man s wife cristina is now both a widow and a mother who lost her two children her late husband s heart is transplanted into paul a mathematics professor paul finds out about the life of his donor and makes contact with cristina starting a relationship this however means the end of paul s relationship with mary who wanted to have a baby with him cristina persuades paul to kill jack but he let s him go jack later enters into their apartment and demands to be shot but in the chaos paul shoots himself and dies jack turns himself to the police claiming he shot paul but is let go because the investigation finds out it is a lie alejandro gonzalez inarritu s 2nd feature length film and his first in the us is a contemplative ambitious and artistic achievement but the problem is that it is basically a melodrama just with better cinematography and presented in nonlinear narrative the dialogue and plot points are bland and standard thereby making the storyline limited without much creativity another problem is that inarritu already used this trick of disjointed narrative with scenes being shown randomly out of order throughout the film in his better debut amores perros and peculiarly even in his next film babel the aesthetic images are thus applied as a make up to try to improve the routine story and this works actually however the main highlight are the three excellent lead actors who give outstanding performances playing their roles with enthusiasm even in the most pale scenes the standout among these three standout actors is naomi watts who gives another stunning performance as cristina finding herself in a peculiar situation where she has a relationship with paul who has the transplanted heart of her late husband the character of jack benicio del toro is also fascinating he was an ex convict reformed became a christian pastor who tries to convert juvenile delinquents he is even ready to engage in a physical fight with one punk to convert him and implement religious teaching literally when his son slaps his daughter jack forces her to turn her other cheeck i e allow her brother to slap her other hand perpetrated a hit and run accident and now lost his faith and purpose in life again the vague ending feels incomplete and unfinished leaving the whole point of 21 grams somewhat elusive yet inarritu shows his talent by making it more enlightened than expected grade posted by marin mandir at 6 04 pm no comments tuesday april 14 2026 dinosaurus dinosaurus science fiction adventure usa 1960 d irvin yeaworth s ward ramsey alan roberts kristina hanson gregg martell engineer bart and his team are triggering underwater explosions along the coast of a caribbean island to clear the seafloor to build a harbor accidentally they stumble upon a frozen brontosaurus and a tyrannosaurus rex in the sea and pull them out on the shore bad idea a lightning bolt hits and awakens said dinosaurs and they now roam the island a neanderthal is also awakened and becomes friends with kid julio the local island master hacker wants to kidnap the caveman and sell him to an exhibition the brontosaurus sinks in quicksand the caveman dies by holding up the beam of a collapsing mine while julio and betty bart s girlfriend escape bart uses an excavator to push the t rex into the sea dinosaurus once again proves that there are so few dinosaur movies and even fewer of them that are good a silly oddity irvin yeaworth s film is a harmless guilty pleasure that indulges the human fascination with giant monsters but it aligns with one unwritten rule in these kind of movies human characters are often bland and boring while only the scarcely shown dinosaurs are interesting indeed already in the opening the viewers sense that the main human protagonists are not only one dimensional but also wooden and stiff engineer bart and his team are launching underwater explosions off the coast while betty for some reason is heading with her boat right towards them even though they are waving a red flag to not go near them didn t she hear all those explosions just a minute ago why didn t they close the coastline around them while they are blowing up the seafloor when bart arrives with his boat towards her she suddenly starts taking her clothes off revealing a swimsuit saying i m going down to davy jones locker for my mother s portable icebox in which i had stashed all sorts of goodies for you guys to eat and which i intend to eat whether you re hungry or not whoever wrote this dialogue needs to have it read back to him would a woman really dive deep into the sea to get food from a sunk refrigerator on the seafloor is she that hungry how about going to a supermarket the rest of the movie is equally as strained and illogical but the dinosaur sequences created thanks to stop motion animation are a bit better at 28 minutes into the film there is an elegant camera pan from the head of a lying brontosaurus up to his tale which moves the battle between the t rex and bart operating the excavator is solid a forerunner to cameron s battle between the alien queen and an exoskeleton in aliens whereas the comical moments involving the caveman are at least partially amusing for instance the caveman sees food on a table through the window but is surprised that he cannot touch it because of glass and when a woman with a wacky facial mask sees him they are both scared from each other and run away grade posted by marin mandir at 4 49 pm no comments tuesday april 7 2026 the friend the friend drama comedy usa 2024 d scott mcgehee david siegel s naomi watts bing sarah pidgeon carla gugino bill murray noma dumezweni new york city iris a writer is surprised when she is informed that following the suicide of her mentor and ex lover walter she is assigned to take care of his giant great dane dog apollo iris is stressed because her superintendent doesn t allow dogs in her apartment so she wants to get rid of him but nobody is ready to adopt the dog walter s daughter val helps her out iris decides to drive apollo to michigan dog shelter but then changes her mind and decides to register it as an emotional support animal upon the advice of a psychologist she writes a story where she confronts walter about his suicide scolding him for not talking it through with others iris stays at walter s long island beach house for the summer with apollo based on the eponymous novel by sigrid nunez the friend is a peculiar film contemplation about suicide accepting loss and processing emotional turmoil in the allegorical depiction of the heroine iris taking care of a big dog it has several jokes based on suicide ranging from samuel beckett s quote the day you die is just like any other only shorter up to something a character who committed suicide walter bill murray said the more suicidal people there are the less suicidal people there are nonetheless except for that the friend is surprisingly measured respectful and emotionally honest showing the aftermath of friends of someone perpetrating suicide still the film doesn t have that much of an inspiration creative lift offs or ingenuity to justify this complex concept it is too light and thin but it once again confirms that naomi watts is an excellent actress who is able to carry a film and make something more out of it the highlight is definitely her emotional reaction in front of the psychologist in the finale where she processes her own grief and makes her own closure by writing a story where she confronts the dead walter about why he perpetrated suicide it is not clear if she had a more romantic or formal admiration towards walter which leaves the writing lacking still the dog bing is amusing he first starts out as a nuisance and troublemaker sleeping on her bed but then she realizes he is also in grief and thus becomes a comfort for her grade posted by marin mandir at 8 21 pm no comments monday april 6 2026 lone wolf mcquade lone wolf mcquade action usa 1983 d steve carver s chuck norris barbara carrera robert beltran david carradine dana kimmell l q jones daniel frishman jim mcquade is a texas ranger in el paso nicknamed lone wolf because he lives alone in a hut in the wilderness with a pet wolf ever since he divorced his wife his boss assigns him a new partner hispanic officer kayo and mcquade starts a relationship with lola mcquade is shocked to hear that his daughter sally was injured when her car was pushed off a cliff and her boyfriend was shot because they witnessed mexican mafia smuggling us army weapons across the border during the night mcquade investigates the dwarf mafia boss falcon discovers an arms depot in the desert controlled by wilkes who defies falcon and kidnaps sally in the shootout lola is shot so mcquade throws a grenade at wilkes hiding in a depot which explodes sally is saved one of chuck norris best films lone wolf mcquade is a surprisingly simple and effective action investigative film that defies clichés and was so influential and genuine that it even inspired the tv show walker texas ranger the director steve carver refuses to show the title hero as a one dimensional good guy mcquade has flaws is divorced and even scorns his lover lola for vacuum cleaning his home throwing away his beer and replacing it with vitamins but then apologizes one slow motion scene where they playfully embrace on the ground with the water hose running is even wonderfully romantic whereas the opening sequence where mcquade is observing horse thieves with binoculars from a cliff without any dialogue is so expressionistic and sharply focused that not even s peckinpah would have been ashamed of it naturally several cheesy 80s lines are amusing staying true to the...