Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to do a high five! Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about “Young Werther’s” study of complicated friendships, the end of life drama “The Room Next Door” and the audacious “Nickel Boys.”
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I join CP24 to talk about the big movies hitting theatres and streaming this week, including “Young Werther’s” study of complicated friendships, the end of life drama “The Room Next Door,” the audacious “Nickel Boys” and the diamond heist movie “Den of Thieve 2: Pantera.”
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I joined CP24 Breakfast to have a look at new movies coming to theatres, including the audacious “Nickel Boys” and the diamond heist movie “Den of Thieve 2: Pantera.”
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I join the CTV NewsChannel to talk about “Young Werther’s” study of complicated friendships, the end of life drama “The Room Next Door,” the audacious “Nickel Boys” and the diamond heist movie “Den of Thieve 2: Pantera.”
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I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with host Bill Carroll to talk the new movies coming to theatres including “Young Werther’s” study of complicated friendships, the end of life drama “The Room Next Door,” the audacious “Nickel Boys” and the diamond heist movie “Den of Thieve 2: Pantera.”
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SYNOPSIS: Set in 1962 Florida, “Nickel Boys,” a new drama from visionary director RaMell Ross now playing in theatres, sees Elwood, a young African American man sentenced to the brutal Nickel Academy reform school after being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Inside he survives with a guidance and friendship with the cynical Turner.
CAST: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. Directed by RaMell Ross.
REVIEW: Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, “Nickel Boys” uses a unique style to tell the story of oppression, trauma and resilience.
Director RaMell Ross shoots the film in the first person, from the perspective of his characters. In other words, we see what Elwood is seeing, but only catch a glimpse of him in the odd mirror or reflective surface he may encounter. The perspective changes from time to time, depending on who is the focus of the action.
It takes a moment to get used to, but once acclimatized the POV camera immerses the viewer in the story, allowing them to take note of the details that create the character’s situational awareness. It is a beautiful and audacious method that generates understanding and empathy through observation.
A sensory experience as well as a narrative one, “Nickel Boys” captures and even heightens the themes of its Pulitzer Prize winning source material. Racism hangs like a shroud over the reformatory scenes, and there are some vicious examples of inhumanity on display, but Ross makes sure to highlight Elwood and Turner’s humanity in the face of adversity.
“Nickel Boys” is an emotional work of art that bends the form to create an audacious and powerful film.
