Hi
Everyone,
Having
recently signed up to Twitter – with the account @Malsmovies –
for the main purpose of posting film reviews; I thought it would be
appropriate to clarify what I mean when I give a particular number
rating to a movie.
It's
obvious to say that different folks use different ratings systems.
For example, the guys at Schmoes Know usually award points out of
five (eg. "4.1 Schmoes"), while film reviewer Chris Stuckmann prefers school
style marking - giving films ratings such as C+ or A minus.
Broadly,
I have opted for a "points out of ten” system. However, I also
like to allow myself the further nuance of adding decimal points. So, in my
system, a movie might get a rating of 7/10 or 8.3/10 etc.
For
those who are interested, I have provided a chart that also gives a
summary of the kind of thing I'm thinking when I give a film a
particular rating. Please see below:-
I
also have a version of the above chart with emojis added to it. I am
also making that available to my readers; but please note that I
don't have any copyright to the emoji illustrations I have used –
so they're just added on a personal non-commercial basis and no
offence is meant by my use of the various images. For the emoji
version of Mal's ratings – please click here.
Before
looking at this month's cinema releases, just a quick word of tribute
to a number of significant movie and entertainment legends we lost
recently. R.I.P. Jerry Lewis, Ty Hardin, Glen Campbell, Robert Hardy,
Dick Gregory, Bruce Forsyth, Mireille Darc, Joseph Bologna, Thomas
Meehan, and Tobe Hooper.
Jerry
Lewis in the Paramount Pictures 1963 comedy The Nutty Professor.
The
big films released in the UK in September
2017 include
Stephen
King's It, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, The Limehouse Golem,
and The
Jungle Bunch.
Here's
a picture from each of those movies to
whet
your appetite:-
Kingsman:
The Golden Circle © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox. All Rights Reserved.
The
Limehouse Golem © 2017 Lionsgate Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
Here's
a comprehensive run down of the September 2017 new releases:-
The
major films are: American Assassin, Borg/McEnroe, Flatliners,
Goodbye Christopher Robin, Home Again, It, Kingsman: The Golden
Circle, mother!, Patti Cake$, Stratton, The Jungle Bunch, The
Limehouse Golem, Victoria & Abdul, and Wind River.
Limited
or “key cities” releases include: Back to Burgundy, Centre of
My World, Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast, Insyriated, Killing
Ground, Kills on Wheels, London Symphony, Manolo: The Boy Who Made
Shoes for Lizards, Moon Dogs, My Journey Through French Cinema, On
Body and Soul, Pecking Order, Primaire, Tramontane, The Lure, The
Road to Mandalay, and Zoology.
Other
limited releases given their “own spot” in the newsletter
include: Brimstone, Daphne, God's Own Country, Goon: Last of the
Enforcers, On the Road, The Case for Christ, The Vault, and Una.
Also horror film Eat Locals – which (since the magazine was
compiled) may have lost its theatrical release.
In
addition to all of the above, the classic movies Belle
De Jour (1967), Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Director's Cut
(1998), Lawrence of Arabia (1962),
and Young
Frankenstein (1974)
all
get
an airing in September
2017.
A
number
of other movies which haven't been noted in the September
magazine (or appear only in the Stop Press section) are:
Almost
Heaven, Exception, Inhumans
(episodes
from the new Marvel TV series), My
Pure Land, Never Say Die, Our
Last Tango and The Graduation.
Also
foreign language (subtitled) features such as Baadshaho, Na Maloom Afraad 2, Punjab Nahi Jaungi, Shubh Mangal
Savdhan,
and Volta.
Also
not
included in the magazine are this month's “Event Cinema”
entertainments
– most
of which are listed below.
As
usual, information sometimes differs when
comparing
various sources,
so
please take the details below
with
a large
pinch
of salt and do some further investigation if you are interested in
attending
any
of these events:-
-
3rd September 2017 – Call of Duty: WWII Beta Cinema Experience (Odeon?)
-
6th September 2017 – Slipknot: Day of the Gusano (MusicScreen)[Note: Some sources say 1st September 2017]
-
7th September 2017 – John Le Carré: An Evening with George Smiley (Trafalgar Releasing)
-
8th September 2017 – Jonas Kaufmann: My Italy (Independent)
-
13th September 2017 – Dave Gilmour: Live at Pompeii 2017 (Trafalgar Releasing) http://www.davidgilmourcinematickets.co.uk
-
14th September 2017 – Carmen on the Lake: - Bregenz, Austria 2017 (CinemaLive)
-
21st September 2017 – King Lear – Live from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (CinemaLive)
-
26th September 2017 – Exhibition on Screen: Canaletto and the Art of Venice (Seventh Art Distribution)
-
28th September 2017 – Black Sabbath: The End of the End (Trafalgar Releasing)
(In
addition, don't forget to look out for “Secret Cinema”
presentations if these are of interest to you).
https://www.secretcinema.org/
Here
is the link to my latest newsletter (which is a download of
approximately 65.5MB):-
You'll
think I'm crazy, but next week I'm off to see Beauty
and the Beast (2017) in the cinema
for the 25th
time. I can't get enough of this wonderful masterpiece of Disney
family entertainment. By far the best film of the year, in my view. Well, whatever you
choose to go and see in the month of September – I hope you have a
great time. Happy viewing!
Trailers for most of the major films mentioned above follow:-
American Assassin
Borg/McEnroe
Brimstone
Daphne
Eat Locals
Flatliners
God's Own Country
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Goon: The Last of the Enforcers
Home Again
(Stephen King's) IT
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
mother!
On the Road
Patti Cake$
Stratton
The Case for Christ
The Jungle Bunch
The Limehouse Golem
The Vault
Victoria & Abdul
Wind River
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