Margaret
Today was another day that hasn't gone as planned. Which is not good.
I have managed to see two movies.
At home i watched 'Maximum Risk' a Jean Claude Van Damme actioner directed by Ringo Lam. Once again he plays a twin, only this time one of them has died at the start of the movie. The twin that is alive happens to be a French copper, who didn't know he had a twin. The murderers of the dead twin didn't know he had a twin. Cue identity confusion.
At the heart of the movie is the story of FBI corruption and them working with the russian mafia.
As befits this sort of film it is a tad silly but competently made. The action is of a decent standard.
It is not one of JCVD's best, but nor is it one of his worst.
I feel a little bit for JCVD because he isn't a bad actor, but very few action stars can move from that genre into mainstream work. So action it is for JCVD.
The movie I saw at the cinema was 'Margaret' starring Anna Paquin. I have no idea why it is called 'Margaret' - none of the characters are called Margaret, at least not that I can remember or can see from IMDB. Paquin's character, Lisa Cohen, is a precocious, and frankly, quite unlikeable teenager (while she may look too old for the role it is time she stopped playing teens - but she gets to wear short skirts so I am not complaining) who inadvertenlty causes a bus to run over and kill a pedestrian.
When questioned by the police she, and the driver, lie.
The story spins off from there.
Lisa's attempt to find redemption, or admit her guilt, spirals outward affecting many of the people she knows and gets to know.
It is an odd film in that in her quest to have the driver punished she has either had to tell the whole truth (which implicates her) or she has told a half-truth (which just blames the driver) - we are never really sure of just how much she has told to all the other people.
It is a character driven film and all the main cast get a chance to shine, though Paquin does a fine turn, she is matched by J. Smith-Cameron, who plays her mother.
it is well worth seeing.
(And the 'Margaret' in question seems to be a character from a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins).
While writing at the computer this evening I have listened to Jon Lord's 'Windows' - not as impressive as I remember it when I first bought it as an lp years and years ago from Selanby. It still has its moments and besides I am a sucker for concept lps and anything that verges on prog.
That was followed by Rick Wakeman's 'Past Present and Future' - I listened to the past disc. This is Wakeman doing solo piano, It is nice and melodic. None of the prog pomp that was the hallmark of Wakeman.
I have managed to see two movies.
At home i watched 'Maximum Risk' a Jean Claude Van Damme actioner directed by Ringo Lam. Once again he plays a twin, only this time one of them has died at the start of the movie. The twin that is alive happens to be a French copper, who didn't know he had a twin. The murderers of the dead twin didn't know he had a twin. Cue identity confusion.
At the heart of the movie is the story of FBI corruption and them working with the russian mafia.
As befits this sort of film it is a tad silly but competently made. The action is of a decent standard.
It is not one of JCVD's best, but nor is it one of his worst.
I feel a little bit for JCVD because he isn't a bad actor, but very few action stars can move from that genre into mainstream work. So action it is for JCVD.
The movie I saw at the cinema was 'Margaret' starring Anna Paquin. I have no idea why it is called 'Margaret' - none of the characters are called Margaret, at least not that I can remember or can see from IMDB. Paquin's character, Lisa Cohen, is a precocious, and frankly, quite unlikeable teenager (while she may look too old for the role it is time she stopped playing teens - but she gets to wear short skirts so I am not complaining) who inadvertenlty causes a bus to run over and kill a pedestrian.
When questioned by the police she, and the driver, lie.
The story spins off from there.
Lisa's attempt to find redemption, or admit her guilt, spirals outward affecting many of the people she knows and gets to know.
It is an odd film in that in her quest to have the driver punished she has either had to tell the whole truth (which implicates her) or she has told a half-truth (which just blames the driver) - we are never really sure of just how much she has told to all the other people.
It is a character driven film and all the main cast get a chance to shine, though Paquin does a fine turn, she is matched by J. Smith-Cameron, who plays her mother.
it is well worth seeing.
(And the 'Margaret' in question seems to be a character from a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins).
While writing at the computer this evening I have listened to Jon Lord's 'Windows' - not as impressive as I remember it when I first bought it as an lp years and years ago from Selanby. It still has its moments and besides I am a sucker for concept lps and anything that verges on prog.
That was followed by Rick Wakeman's 'Past Present and Future' - I listened to the past disc. This is Wakeman doing solo piano, It is nice and melodic. None of the prog pomp that was the hallmark of Wakeman.
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