Heather: A FILM FOR VETERANS
DAY AND ONE FOR CHRISTMAS ON
AREA SCREENS THIS WEEK.
Tim: HERE TO REVIEW "MIDWAY"
AND "LAST CHRISTMAS" ARE FILM
CRITICS CHUCK KOPLINSKI AND PAM
POWELL.
WELCOME BACK.
Guest: THANKS.
Tim: WE'RE STARTING WITH
"MIDWAY" TODAY.
Guest: VISUAL, VISUAL.
YOU CAN TELL "INDEPENDENCE DAY"
AND OTHER DISASTER FILMS HE MADE
FROM 2012 AND OTHERS, IS A WARM
UP FOR "MIDWAY".
MOST OF IT COMPUTER-GENERATED
AND SPECTACULAR.
THE MOVIE STARTS WITH PEARL
HARBOR.
IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN A
THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF THE FIRST
YEAR OF THE WORLD WAR II IN THE
PACIFIC.
WE START WITH PEARL HARBOR AND
GO INTO DOOLITTLE'S RAID ON
TOKYO.
AND LEADING TO THE BATTLE OF
MIDWAY.
ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING
THINGS ABOUT THE FILM IS HOW
CONCISE IT IS IN EXPLAINING HOW
EVERYTHING LED TO THIS
SITUATION.
WE SEE PATRICK AS EDWARD, THE
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FIGURING
OUT WHAT THE JAPANESE ARE UP TO.
YOU'LL SEE WOODY HARRELSON IN
THERE AS A COMMANDER.
AND SKRINE AS RICHARD BEST, ONE
OF THE BEST PILOTS THAT
PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE AND
NICK JONAS AND DENNIS QUAID.
Tim: I WAS WONDERING WHO
THAT WAS.
Guest: HE WAS INCREDIBLE.
Guest: EVERY CHARACTER IS
BASED ON A REAL PERSON.
THERE ARE NO COMMENDATIONS OF
CHARACTERS.
WE SEE THEM WHEN THE CREDITS
ROLL.
WE SEE WHAT THEY DID.
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM
AFTERWARDS.
THIS IS VISUALLY DYNAMIC AND IT
HAS A LOT OF HEART.
IT STOPS AND PAYS ATTENTION AND
GIVES A VERY SINCERE TRIBUTE TO
THESE MEN.
GREAT HISTORY LESSON.
EXCITING.
I WAS GENUINELY SURPRISED BY
THIS MOVIE.
Heather: PERFECT FOR
VETERANS DAY.
Guest: IT PAYS HOMAGE TO THE
BRAVE HEROS DURING WORLD WAR II
AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE
ACTUAL PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED
IN THIS EPIC, EPIC TURN OF
EVENTS IS INCREDIBLE.
SO HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING TO SEE
THAT.
THERE'S SOMETHING TO SAY FOR
EVERYBODY BEING LEGIT.
Guest: GIVES CREDENCE TO THE
WHOLE THING.
Heather: I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE
FANS OF "LAST CHRISTMAS".
Guest: WHY WOULD YOU SAY
THAT?
Heather: IT LOOKS CHEESY
MYSELF.
Guest: YOU THINK?
Heather: I DO.
I DON'T THINK THEY LOOK LIKE
THEY WOULD BE A GOOD PAIR.
Guest: CHEMISTRY, YEAH.
IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT.
GO, PAM!
[LAUGHTER]
Guest: WE'VE GOT "LAST
CHRISTMAS".
IT STARS EMILIA CLARK, WHO YOU
KNOW FROM "GAME OF THRONES".
THIS IS CO-WRITTEN BY EMMA
THOMPSON, AN EXTRAORDINARY
ACTRESS AND IN THE FILM.
EMILIA STARS AS KATE, DOWN ON
HER LUCK.
SHE'S STUBBORN AND SELFISH.
THERE'S A REASON SHE'S DOWN ON
HER LUCK.
LAST CHRISTMAS SHE WAS FACING
SOME ILLNESSES THAT WERE
LIFE-THREATENING.
SHE'S NOW WORKING IN A SANTA
SHOP PLAYED BY MICHELLE.
MICHELLE IS FANTASTIC IN THE
FILM.
THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL
ROMANTIC COMEDY.
IN FACT, I REALLY ENJOYED MOST
OF THIS.
IN FACT, AT THE END, THE RUG GOT
PULLED OUT FROM UNDER ME, THAT
EMOTIONAL RUG AND I HAD TEARS.
GET!
Heather: REALLY?
[LAUGHTER]
Guest: YOU'VE GOT TO BE IN
THE RIGHT FOOD FOR THE FAN.
IT'S NOT NICHOLAS SPARKS.
[SIMULTANEOUS SPEAKING.]
Guest: WHAT HAPPENED?
Guest: CAN I GET MY
STETHOSCOPE OUT?
Guest: IT'S LIKE A PEA,
REMEMBER.
I'M THAT GUY.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE WAS NO
CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THESE TWO AT
ALL.
THEY DON'T GO TOGETHER AT ALL.
I DON'T MIND BEING CRYING OR
MANIPULATED, BUT DO IT MORE SU
SUBTLY.
Heather: SO IT'S NOT GOING
TO BE A GO-TO CHRISTMAS MOVIE?
Guest: NO!
Guest: IT'S NOT "IT'S A
WONDERFUL LIFE".
[SIMULTANEOUS SPEAKING.]
Tim: TALK ABOUT THIS.
Guest: WE HAVE A GREAT
GIVEAWAY FROM THE SEQUEL TO THE
"SHINING" STEPHEN KING'S BOOK.
WE HAVE TWO MAJOR PRIZE WINNERS
WITH THE STUFF YOU SEE HERE,
INCLUDING TWO TICKETS TO SEE
"DR. SLEEP".
THOSE WINNERS ARE JENNIFER AND
LINDA.
YOU GET ALL OF THIS STUFF.
WE'LL SEND IT OUT TO YOU.
AND WINNERS OF TWO TICKETS ALSO,
CHUCK, THANK YOU FOR MODELLING
THAT FOR US.
Tim: HE'S NOT VANNA WHITE.
BUT HE'LL DO IT IN A PINCH.
Guest: THANKS, EVERYBODY,
FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE
CONTEST.
Heather: YEAH, MIGHT NEED
THE EYE PATCH FOR "LAST
CHRISTMAS" SOUNDS LIKE.
Tim: HAVE A SEAT.
PUT IT ON.
Heather: ALL RIGHT.
DEFINITELY HEAD TO
www.CILiving.tv TO CONNECT WITH
REEL TALK WITH CHUCK AND PAM,
THE WEBSITE.
GIVE THEM A LIKE ON OF COURSE.
LOOK AT ALL THE WINNERS WE'RE
SCROLLING THROUGH.
Guest: TEN EXTRA WINNERS.
Heather: CONGRATS TO ALL OF
YOU!
TIME FOR TODAY'S ciGIVING