b"18 JANUARY 13, 2023 The Great Eastern Mailmovie reviews www.waldowatches.comTHE HEIST PAYS OFF FOR SODERBERGHhim in a financial predicament.him later) having an endearing His brother, Clyde (Adamnature that has you rooting for Driver), is a bartender andthem the whole way. Ocean's Jimmy proposes they pull offwas representative of coastal the unthinkableexecutingelitism in the USLogan Movie Review byan elaborate robbery during aLucky is for the Midwest Michael Waldron big NASCAR race in Charlotte.and southern states without Working against them is thepunching down in any way.LOGAN LUCKYfamous family curse of beingThe star of the show isenough room to flourishMacFarlane plays a NASCARscream Southern United STREAMING NOW ON AMAZONa very unlucky family; JimmyDaniel Craig who provescomedically. driver but is completely andStatesat least to this Aussie. PRIME VIDEO blew his knee out after beinghe can play just about anyThe film has someutterly ineffective at causingIt's cut together well and has O CEAN'S 7-11? Thea National Football Leaguecharacterhere he is Joedownsides, most notably theany conflict, I spent timegood pacing, not outstaying it's Southern Steal?prospect and Clyde losing hisBang, known explosivessimilarities from a narrativeactively wishing the scenewelcome over the two-hour Steven Soderbergh'shand on the last day of his Iraqoperator who is in jail for,perspective. While the tonewould end whenever heruntime. It was also refreshing Logan Lucky draws manytour. well, making a bank vault goand aesthetics are wildlyappeared. Katie Holmes isto see Channing Tatum given comparisons to his Ocean'sSound familiar? That wouldbang. He makes you forget indifferent from Ocean's, theJimmy's ex-wife Bobbie Jo andan opportunity to play a role series for good reason, thebe because this is essentiallya heartbeat that he's Jamesactual story is not muchalso doesn't really fill that roleother than a classic doofus similarities smack you rightOcean's 11: Redneck Edition.Bond or Benoit Blanc fromdifferent and the differenceseither. It leaves the robbery asmeathead; say what you will in the face from the outset. It'sTo be fair to Soderbergh, thisKnives Out fame, he nails it allthat do exit are not positive.the sole motivation and for abut he can act a bit given the about time we dived in to finddoes have an entirely differentfrom the accent to the comedicOcean's worked because ofheist film to be truly great likeopportunity.out how this crime flick stackstone to his trilogythosetiming and delivers a greatthe conflict between DannyHeat, Thief, Ocean's 11 andThe film is a fun time and up. films leveraged the glitz andperformance. Some actorsOcean and Terry BenedictDog Day Afternoon, thereextremely well put together so Channing Tatum is Jimmyglamour of Vegas on a fightstruggle after playing roles like(Andy Garcia) that acted as aneeds to be more complexityplease don't let my criticism Logan, a divorced dad livingweekend and the undeniableBond, but Craig will have nosecondary target for the heist, aavailable. put you off. It's a perfect watch in West Virginia doing his bestcharm of Clooney and Pittsuch issues given his versatilitypotential spanner in the worksFrom a technical perspectiveover the Christmas break to to keep a job and spend timedoing what they do best. Thisand he was a pleasure toand ulterior motive for Ocean.this film is great, it's shot wellgive you a bit of a laugh in with his daughter where hefilm is much more wholesomewatch here. Riley Keough asIn Logan Lucky, there isn'tas we expect from Soderbergh,between the craziness!can. He gets fired due to nowith most characters (exceptMellie Logan is great as wellany decent antagonist to helpand the soundtrack is a great fault of his own which leavesSeth MacFarlane. more onbut is unfortunately not givendrive the narrative along. Sethcombination of tracks thatRATINGA RECIPE FULL the former delivering an intense showing and the latter commanding your focus every time she is on screen. The OF GREATsupporting cast is quite decent as well with John Leguizamo playing his role of actor who's mailing it in very well.INGREDIENTS Why isn't this 4.5 stars given I've just bloviated almost endlessly about it? Well, foreshadowing ineffectiveness aside, the narrative has some glaring problems. I always try to give films that try something different room to fail and Movie Review bywhile this doesn't fall over, Michael Waldron there's two key moments that make no sense. One is the THE MENU Anne character who seems IN CINEMAS NOW to catch possibly the largest stray in film history and the A NYA Taylor-Joy andother is Elsa, the Front of Ralph Fiennes in aHouse manager. Elsa is a thriller-y horror-ygood character well executed suspense-y creation aroundby Hong Chau however food? Yeah, sign me up. there's a line of dialogue Taylor-Joy is Margot, waitingregarding replacement that on a dock for a boat to arriveis so wildly out of place that to take her and her partner,it's disorienting. By this stage Tyler (Nicholas Hoult), to ain the film, you know what degustation experience. Thethe situation is, and it simply conductor of this experience isdoesn't add anything. If a Chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes),line in a script doesn't serve who is nestled away on ana purpose, it can probably be island and focuses on a farm todeleted. There's a lot of other table experience. As the mealmotivations in that scene that progresses, there are signs thatis happening, wonderingexaggerated (well, mostly)can guess the ending beforein the production as thewould have worked better.not all is it appears, and thingswhether this is just eccentricityversions of what's wrong withyou see it and while that makeshumour is on point at severalThis is a well put together start getting a little wild. gone mad or. just someonethe world and this had mewatching it no less satisfying,different stages. The otherfilm that earns it's 4 stars but From the outset, it's verygone mad. cheering for an outcome thatsome mystery goes a long way. problem the film presents isfalls short due to flaunting its clear that the film usesI will gladly admit I am likelycan hardly be consideredFrom a technicalthe trailerI do not watchultimate point in your face for the Chef's Table formatthe intended target for thismoral. perspective, the film istrailers however it wastwo hours without any real from Netflix as its creativescript and that alone will makeThe trap the film falls intogreatgreat atmosphereunavoidable here given theattempt to disguise it. The inspiration. The script veryit a tad polarising, I'm sure.is that it's too predictable.accompanying the great scoremarketing the film has. You'dcast does a good job of mostly directly addresses this later,The film has all the charactersPlain and simple, the trailermentioned earlier. The setthink this was a Delicious- being people you can't stand, but the format of the film ismost people find insufferable;combined with the first 30minsdesign is also great, makingstyle foodie film but really, it'sand the technical factors make a joy to watch and, muchcryptocurrency investors,reveal its hand early. Whileyou feel you are watching aa Thriller Horror-y flick thatit an aesthetically enjoyable like the TV show, it's visuallyfoodies that say creme fraichenot as on the nose as Don't3-star Michelin restaurant inhas some food in it. Unlessexperience. With some minor great. Classical music andlinguistically correctly whileLook Up was, the film has aaction. It's paced fairly wellyou know A24's penchant fortweaks to the story and script, crisp camera shots of the foodshaking their head in derisionmessage which it delivers withalthough unless you are athe uncomfortable, you couldthis could easily be a 5-star work together, each courseat you, self-absorbed actorsall the subtlety of a Mike Tysonfan of movies with a societaleasily be fooled into somethingfilm. If you like your films to introduced as it would in theand rich people with nothinguppercut. The message it hasstatement, you may find it ayou aren't prepared for. have a little intensity, this one show. All of this happens whilebetter to do with their endlessfalls a little flat because of thislittle long in the tooth by theFiennes and Taylor-Joyis for you.you, and the dinner guests,wealth.because, put simply, you aren'tend. It comes with no surpriseput in the shifts that we've try to figure out what on earthThe characters are allon the hook long enough. Youthat Adam McKay is involvedcome to expect from themRATING"