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WE ARE BACK WITH OUR
ENTERTAINMENT EXPRESS.
IT IS TIME FOR A REVIEW WITH OUR
FILM CRITIC, STEPHANIE COOK.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE REVIEW,
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEEKEND BOX
OFFICE.
IN THE THIRD SPOT, IT WAS LAST
WEEK'S REVIEW, ANGEL HAS FALLEN
STARRING GERARD BUTLER AND
MORGAN FREEMAN.
IT TOOK IN $4.4 MILLION THIS
WEEKEND.
BEATING ANGEL
HAS FALLEN, INTO
THE SECOND SPOT THIS WEEK, IS
HUSTLERS, STARRING JENNIFER
LOPEZ.
IT SNAGGED 33.2 MILLION DOLLARS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT TO SEE THAT
THIS WEEKEND IN THEATERS.
AND, FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A
ROW, THE TOP SPOT BELONGS TO THE
SCARY CLOWN SEQUEL, IT'S,
CHAPTER TWO.
STEPHEN KING'S CHARACTER, PENNY
WISE, PULLED
IN $40.7 MILLION.
IT JUST KEEPS CASHING IN.
THE MOVIE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO THE
TOP 10.
COMING IN AT NUMBER EIGHT, IT IS
THE GOLDFINCH.
IT'S $2.6 MILLION BOX OFFICE
TAKE WAS BELOW EXPECTATIONS.
IT IS ONE OF THE WORST
OPENINGS
EVER FOR A WIDE RELEASE.
IT WAS ON NEARLY 3000 SCREENS.
TO ONLY TAKEN THAT MUCH IS
CRAZY.
WHAT DID I THINK?
HERE WE GO.
IT IS BASED ON A NOVEL.
IT WAS A GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND
WON A 2014 PULITZER PRIZE FOR
FICTION.
THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD ELEMENTS
TO MERIT A FILM ADAPTATION.
THE STORY IS THE THING.
HOW WILL IT PLAY OUT?
WHEN HE WAS 13, THEO DECKERS
MOTHER WAS KILLED IN A TERRORIST
BOMBING AT THE METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART THANKS TO A RANDOM
ENCOUNTER,
THE STORY IS OFF AND
RUNNING.
THE ORPHANED 13-YEAR-OLD, THEO,
INS UP STAYING WITH THE FAMILY
OF A CLASSMATE AND FRIEND, WHOSE
STOIC RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS
MOTHER BEGINS TO THAW.
WE INTERSECT WITH THE ADULT
THEO
AND HE HAS KEPT THE SECRET
OF
THE PAINTING AND WORKS CLOSELY
WITH A MAN PLAYED BY JEFFREY
WRIGHT.
PLEASE TELL ME IT ISN'T TRUE.
YES.
DO YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF
THAT PAINTING?
DID YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS
HIS
LAST PAINTING BECAUSE HE DIED IN
AN EXPLOSION
HIS
LAST PAINTING BECAUSE HE DIED IN
AN EXPLOSION AND A STUPID
ACCIDENT?
AND, SOMEHOW, MIRACLE AFTER
MIRACLE, HE -- IT SURVIVES
THROUGH CENTURIES.
UNTIL YOU.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS AT
FIRST.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHY I KEPT IT.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT
SAFE.
IT WASN'T YOURS TO KEEP!
JEFFREY WRIGHT IS JUST GREAT
IN THIS MOVIE.
THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER ACTORS
WE SHOULD
MENTION.
THE O'S THAT IS PLAYED BY LUKE
WILSON.
--
THEO'S DAD IS PLAYED BY LUKE
WILSON.
IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO BUY INTO
EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
THE STORY FROM THE NOVEL IS VERY
LAYERED AND VERY RICH.
TRANSLATION, TOO MUCH STUFF T
ROWN INTO THE MOVIE -- THROWN
INTO THE MOVIE TO MAKE IT WORK.
I LOVED
THE SCREENPLAY SOLDIERS
SPY.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED ABOUT HOW
THIS FILM PLAYED OUT.
IT WAS DIRECTED BY JOHN CROWLEY,
WHO GAVE US THE AWESOME FILM,
BROOKLYN BACK IN 2018.
A LOT OF PERFORMANCES WERE
LACKLUSTER TO ME.
I HAVE TO MENTION THE CHOICES
WERE BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS SHOT BY ONE OF THE BEST
IN THE INDUSTRY, ROGER DEAKINS,
WHO DID NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN,
SHAWSHANK AND BLADE RUNNER.
IT WAS LIKE WATCHING ART.
AND THE EXPLOSION SCENE WAS
UNBELIEVABLE.
THERE ARE SO MANY PERFECT
ELEMENTS AT WORK IN THE
GOLDFINCH.
JUST THE CAST ALONE, YOU THINK
ON PAPER WOW.
CROWLEY IS DIRECTING IT AND HE
DID BROOKLYN.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THERE.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE NOVEL
SPENT 30 WEEKS ON THE NEW YORK
TIMES BESTSELLER LIST, YOU WOULD
HAVE TO EXPECT CROWNING
ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE MOVIE.
ONLY 2.5 OUT OF FIVE
COOKIES?
2.5 OUT OF FIVE COOKIES.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
IF A MOVIE LOOKS LIKE IT IS A
GREAT MOVIE AND IT COMES OUT IN
SEPTEMBER, IT WILL NOT DELIVER.
TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
IT.
TWEET ME AT HR
SHOW STAFF.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO CATCH A
MOVIE, DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT
CINEMA CAFE.