US.
ALL RIGHT, LOCAL FILM CRITIC DALE POLLOCK IS BACK IN THE HOUSE WITH US.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING MEREDITH GOOD TO SEE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MOVIES.
WE HAVE QUITE THE SELECTION TODAY, BUT FIRST, LET’S TALK RHYTHM SECTION FEATURING A VERY FAMOUS ACTRESS BLAKE LIVELY WHO WE GOT TO KNOW FROM GOSSIP GIRL.
I THINK SHE DID LIKE FIVE OR SIX SEASONS ON THAT AND HER FILM CAREER HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN IN GRADE B MOVIES LIKE THE SHALLOWS.
WELL, WHAT A SURPRISE IN THIS FILM SHE IS A TERRIFIC THICK CHARACTER WHO STARTS OUT AS A JUNKIE WHO’S PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WERE KILLED IN AN AIRPLANE BOMBING AND THEN SHE
GETS PULLED IN BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO BEGIN TO HUNT FOR THE KILLERS AND SHE TRANSFORMS HERSELF.
AND IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT BLAKE LIVELY WAS CAPABLE OF A PERFORMANCE ON THIS LEVEL.
I WOULD HAVE SCOFFED BUT SHE DELIVERS IN THIS FILM.
SHE HAS REALLY MULTI VERY CHARACTER.
PLEX INDIVIDUAL AND SHE ACTS THE HECK OUT OF IT.
SHE REALLY DOES.
ALL RIGHT.
I LOVE WHEN DALE GETS STUNNED.
IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD DAY.
ALRIGHT MOVING ON.
WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT A MOVIE THAT A LOT OF US HAVE HEARD THE TITLE, BUT NOWHERE NEAR WHAT THE PLOT IS.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT LES MISERABLES, RIGHT?
THIS IS NOT THE MUSICAL AND IT’S NOT VICTOR HUGO’S 19TH CENTURY PARIS.
THIS IS A STORY OF A COP WHO TRANSFERS FROM THE PROVINCES INTO ONE OF THE TOUGHEST SECTIONS OF PARIS AND HE FINDS OUT THAT HIS PARTNERS ARE NOT THE CLEANEST COPS ON THE BLOCK
AND WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO?
AND THIS IS A REALLY TERRIFIC POLICE THRILLER.
WE IDENTIFY WITH THIS CHARACTER BECAUSE WE LEARN AS HE LEARNS AND WHAT HE LEARNS IS REALLY DISCOURAGING AND DISAPPOINTING AND EVENTUALLY PUTS HIS LIFE IN DANGER.
SO THIS FILM JUST REALLY KIND OF BLEW ME AWAY.
I HAVEN’T SEEN A COP DRAMA THAT WAS THIS EFFECTIVE IN A LONG TIME AND YOU JUST INTO THESE CHARACTERS AND YOU GO ALONG FOR THE RIDE AND IT’S A WILD ONE SOMETHING THAT I SAW RECENTLY AT
ONE OF THE AWARD SHOWS WAS THE NEXT ONE.
WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PARASITE AND THE TALK THE TALK ABOUT THE 1 INCH WALL THAT CAN REALLY BREAK DOWN BARRIERS BETWEEN US AND FILM COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT SAID THIS
MOVIE WHICH IS SOUTH KOREAN THAT LEADING SOUTH CAREER DIRECTOR, JUNE BOOM DONG.
HO DIRECTED IT.
HE DID SNOWPIERCER.
HE ALSO DID A KOREAN HORROR FILM CALLED THE HOSE.
BUT THIS IS REALLY HIS MASTERPIECE.
IT’S THE STORY OF A GROUP OF SOUTH KOREAN FAMILY THAT ARE CON ARTISTS AND THEY CON PEOPLE ON EVERY DIFFERENT LEVEL PERSONAL SITS IDLE FINANCIAL AND WE SO IDENTIFY WITH THEM BECAUSE ALL
OF US KNOWS SOMEONE WHO’S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THIS FAMILY AND THAT’S WHY THIS FILM HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS INTERNATIONAL HIT IT IS GROSS OF OVER DOLLARS.
THAT’S NEVER INTO A KOREAN FILM BEFORE AND IT’S GOTTEN A MAJOR CRITICAL RECEPTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT IS NOMINATED FOR SIX ACADEMY AWARDS.
NOT JUST BEST FOREIGN FILM BUT BEST DIRECTOR BEST SCREENPLAY BEST ART DIRECTION BEST SOUND.
THIS IS A SUPERLATIVE MOVIE FROM A DIRECTOR AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME.
I LOVE IT.
SO DON’T BE AFRAID OF THOSE SUBTITLES.
YOU’VE GOT TO GO SEE THESE MOVIES.
ARE IT QUICKLY.
WE GOT TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE POPCORN RATINGS.
ALRIGHT, SO RHYTHM SECTION THREE POPCORNS ON THE STRENGTH OF BLAKE LIVELY’S PERFORMANCE, WHICH WAS VERY GOOD AND THEN I DON’T GIVE OUT FIVE POPCORNS TOO OFTEN.
WE’VE GOT TWO OF THEM THIS WEEK.
SO THESE WERE TWO OF MY TOP FIVE FILMS OF THE YEAR.
SO THEY’RE BOTH GETTING FIVE POPCORNS.
WELL, WE KEEP IT STRAIGHT AND RIGHT TO THE POINT DALE WAY TO GO.
PTHAT’S IT.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I’M EAGER TO SEE THOSE MOVIES.
ALL RIGHT, AND YOU KNOW ONE WEEK UNTIL THE OSCARS, BUT IF YOU NEED MORE MOVIES REVIEWS, WE’VE