Hi
Everyone,
As
I sit down to write this blog page, I've just heard that the Amy
Adams sci-fi film Arrival
is at 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes website, and is being described as
“...ambitious, accomplished filmmaking that deserves an audience”
on www.rogerebert.com.
Obviously,
that's a brilliant score on Rotten Tomatoes. It's
early days and (in the
weeks to come) that
number could slip a little. But
this bodes well for Arrival
(which opens on 10th
November in the UK). I'm happy to report that Doctor
Strange (which I
have seen twice already) is at a very healthy 90% on Rotten Tomatoes
at present.
Thinking
about Rotten Tomatoes (or RT) ratings,
perhaps it might be interesting
to select a few recent titles and see how they're doing on the site.
Could be fun. As
you're probably aware, their percentages basically
represent the proportion of critics out there that have given a film
“the thumbs up” rather
than a thumbs down. A
film is regarded as “Fresh” - i.e. good - if it manages to reach
60%. But, with a score of 59% or under, a film is deemed to be “Rotten”.
At 75% (or more) a
title is regarded highly – and is given the epithet “Certified Fresh”.
Here's
a look at the
several dozen major
films released in
September and October in the UK, and their RT scores (as of lunchtime
on 29th
October 2016 - when I compiled the list). As you
will see, the movies have received a very
differing range of
receptions, as follows:-
American
Honey = 81%
Anthropoid
= 66%
Ben-Hur
= 26%
Blair
Witch = 36%
Bridget
Jones's Baby
= 77%
Blood
Father = 89%
Brotherhood
= 67%
Café
Society
= 69%
Captain
Fantastic = 82%
Deepwater
Horizon = 83%
Doctor
Strange = 93%
Don't
Breathe = 87%
Free
State of Jones = 47%
Hell
or High Water = 98%
Hunt
for the Wilderpeople = 98%
I,
Daniel Blake = 92%
Inferno
= 20%
Jack
Reacher: Never Go Back = 38%
Keeping
Up with the Joneses = 21%
Kubo
and the Two Strings = 97%
Miss
Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children = 65%
Morgan
= 39%
Ouija:
Origin of Evil = 81%
Queen
of Katwe = 93%
Sausage
Party = 83%
Storks
= 64%
Swiss
Army Man = 67%
The
Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years = 95%
The
Girl on the Train = 44%
The
Infiltrator = 69%
The
Magnificent Seven = 63%
The
Girl with All the Gifts = 83%
Trolls
= 84%
War
on Everyone = 65%
I
don't
agree with every rating listed above, but these do give a good
general idea of how a film is being perceived. In a way, it's a blunt
instrument – as 100% doesn't mean a movie is a “ten out of ten”
film. It just means all
the critics polled gave it a thumbs up. And, worryingly, too low an
RT score is, these days, putting a lot of people off seeing a
movie – even me! But this shouldn't be the case. If you want to go
and see a particular film – you should just do it. Don't let anyone put you
off! lol.
There
are some really interesting movies out this month; from the haunting
Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender drama The
Light Between Oceans
to the Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard war drama Allied.
But
perhaps the biggest highlights of the month are the thoughtful sci-fi
movie
Arrival (mentioned above),
the
Ben Affleck action crime-thriller The
Accountant,
and (of
course) J. K. Rowling's Fantastic
Beasts and
where to find Them.
It's great to have some really interesting and entertaining movies on
the horizon.
Arrival
© 2016 Paramount Pictures and Entertainment One. All Rights
Reserved.
The
Accountant © 2016 Warner Bros. Ent. Inc. and Ratpac-Dune
Ent. LLC. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. All
Rights Reserved.
Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them © 2016 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Photo by Jaap Buitendijk.
Here's
a comprehensive run down of the November 2016 new releases:-
For a playlist of the November 2016 major movie trailers click here:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYUdbbOZ_YU&list=PLsYqS17xRd6caihR3LgzJXjYfVSH9BKTK
For a playlist of the November 2016 major movie trailers click here:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYUdbbOZ_YU&list=PLsYqS17xRd6caihR3LgzJXjYfVSH9BKTK
Note: It seems there are previews of Sully: Miracle on the Hudson in selected cinemas on 17th November 2016.
The major films are Allied, Almost Christmas, American Pastoral, Arrival, A Street Cat Named Bob, A United Kingdom, Bad Santa 2, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Indignation, Mum's List, Nocturnal Animals, Paterson, The Accountant, The Edge of Seventeen, and The Light Between Oceans.
Limited
or “key cities” releases include Chaar
Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur, Chocolat, Creepy, Dennis
Viollet: A United Man, Francofonia, Girl's Lost, I Olga Hepnarova,
Kahaani
2, Magnus, My Feral Heart, Revolution: New Art for a New World,
Panic, Rock On 2, The Darkest Universe, The Incident, The Innocents,
The Music of Strangers, The New Man, The Search for Simon, The
Wailing, The White Knights, United States of Love,
and We Are the Flesh.
Other
limited releases which have been given their own little spot in the
magazine are
100
Streets, Dog Eat Dog, Gimme Danger, Richard Linklater: Dream is
Destiny, Rupture, Your Name (aka
Kimi no Na wa),
and You've
Been Trumped Too.
In
addition to the above are two classic
movies being showcased theatrically, and these are
Napoleon (1927),
and In
the Heat of the Night (1967).
Also
not
included in the magazine are this month's “Event Cinema” special
screenings and the like. This, however, is what's happening in
November
2016:-
-
3rd November 2016 – Exhibition on Screen: The Curious World Of Hieronymous Bosch – Seventh Art Distribution
-
4th November 2016 – Bright Stream – The Bolshoi Ballet 2016 – Picturehouse Entertainment
-
11th November 2016 – Les Contes D'Hoffmann – Royal Opera, London 2016/17 – Royal Opera House
-
16th November 2016 – Alan Bennett's Diaries Live – Picturehouse Entertainment
-
18th November 2016 – Andre Rieu's Christmas Concert 2016 - CinemaLive
-
18th November 2016 – Cinderella – Australian Ballet 2016, Fairytale Series - CinemaLive
-
27th November 2016 – Tristan und Isolde – Teatro Dell'Opera Live 2016 (Opera) - Soda Pictures
-
28th November 2016 – I am Bolt – Usain Bolt Documentary Live - Picturehouse Entertainment
Here
is the link to my latest newsletter (which is a download of a little
under 26MB):-
Well
if you've getting into the Halloween spirit and watching horror
movies this week, or going to the pictures to see other kinds of
movies – I hope you have a great time. Happy viewing!
Here are trailers for most of the above mentioned films:-
Allied
Almost Christmas
American Pastoral
Arrival
A Street Cat Named Bob
A United Kingdom
Bad Santa 2
Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur
Chocolat
Creepy
Dennis Viollet: A United Man
Dog Eat Dog
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Francofonia
Gimme Danger
Girls Lost
Indignation
I, Olga Hepnarova
In the Heat of the Night
Kahaani 2
Magnus
My Feral Heart
Napoleon
Nocturnal Animals
Panic
Paterson
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny
Rock On 2
Rupture
The Accountant
The Darkest Universe
The Edge of Seventeen
The Incident
The Innocents
The Light Between Oceans
The Music of Strangers
The New Man
The Search for Simon
The Wailing
The White Knights
United States of Love
We Are the Flesh
Your Name (aka Kimi no Na wa)
You've Been Trumpted Too
Almost Christmas
American Pastoral
Arrival
A Street Cat Named Bob
A United Kingdom
Bad Santa 2
Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur
Chocolat
Creepy
Dennis Viollet: A United Man
Dog Eat Dog
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Francofonia
Gimme Danger
Girls Lost
Indignation
I, Olga Hepnarova
In the Heat of the Night
Kahaani 2
Magnus
My Feral Heart
Napoleon
Nocturnal Animals
Panic
Paterson
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny
Rock On 2
Rupture
The Accountant
The Darkest Universe
The Edge of Seventeen
The Incident
The Innocents
The Light Between Oceans
The Music of Strangers
The New Man
The Search for Simon
The Wailing
The White Knights
United States of Love
We Are the Flesh
Your Name (aka Kimi no Na wa)
You've Been Trumpted Too
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