I sit with NewsTalk 1010 host Deb Hutton to talk about Nathan Fielder look-a-likes, getting the ball (or sphere) rolling with Rush, some honors for Paul Anka and David Foster and I review the John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell film “Wild Horse Nine.”
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I join “CTV News Toronto at Five” with guest anchor Sean Leathong to talk about the the biopic “Being Heumann,” the dark comedy “Wild Horse Nine” and the epic “Godzilla Miinus Zero.”
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I join CP24 Breakfast anchor Nick Dixon toi talk about the biopic “Being Heumann,” the dark comedy “Wild Horse Nine,” the historical Crave soap opera “The Gilded Age” and the Appple TV series “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars.”
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I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with host Bill Carroll to talk about the biopic “Being Heumann,” the dark comedy “Wild Horse Nine” and the epic “Godzilla Minus Zero.”
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Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to wind your watch. Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about the biopic “Being Heumann,” the dark comedy “Wild Horse Nine” and the epic “Godzilla Minus Zero.”
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SYNOPSIS: In “Wild Horse Nine,” a new black comedy now in theatres, John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell star as CIA operatives on vacation on Easter Island shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup d’etat. “They got all these big stone heads here,” says Lee (Sam Rockwell). “They remind me of you actually, except they’re quiet.”
CAST: John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, Parker Posey. Written and directed by Martin McDonagh.
REVIEW: Writer director Martin McDonagh specializes in finding the absurdist black comedy in the stories of odd couple male relationships. His new film, “Wild Horse Nine,” a tale of two longtime CIA partners nearing the end of their time together, sits on the shelf beside “In Bruges” and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” capturing the complicated affection that comes with years of shared history.
John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell are CIA officers Chris Carlisle and Lee Chesterfield. Chris is the veteran with a checkered past that may, or may not, include an involvement with the Kennedy assassination. “I’ve killed people in countries you can’t even spell,” he says.
He has terminal cancer and is working on a memoir, much to the consternation of CIA bureau chief MJ (Steve Buscemi) who urges Lee to keep Chris from sharing delicate agency secrets by any means necessary.
The freewheeling Chris has loose lips. At the airport in Santiago he chats up two women, college student Monica (Mariana di Girolamo) and her friend Alicia (Ailín Salas), admitting to being a CIA agent.
When word gets back to MJ, the urgency to silence Chris intensifies.
“Wild Horse Nine” is, first and foremost, about the relationship between Chris and Lee. These two eccentric characters are given life by Malkovich and Rockwell, who play them without a hint of caricature. Instead, they provide a portrait of a lived-in friendship, complete with unspoken affection, loyalty and the kind of good-natured bickering that can typify male friendship.
It’s the platonic love story that’s ultimately more important than the political backdrop, or the exotic location. Once again McDonagh, with the help of two award-worthy performances, finds the humanity of fringe characters and allows us to bask in it for the 119-minute runtime. It’s more of a hang-out movie than either “In Bruges” and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” but the pitch-black humor and back-and-forth banter make it time well spent.
“Wildwood” is in theatres this weekend! “A visually ambitious movie, the stop motion animated Wildwood is a hand-crafted movie of uncommon beauty.” I spoke with Laika stop-motion animation supervisor Brad Schiff and Jacob Tremblay who voices the character Curtis in the film.
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I join CTV NewsChannel anchor Renée Rodgers to talk about the origin story “Clayface,” the stop-motion animated “Wildwood,” the documentary “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” and the adult fairy tale “Wicker.”
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I sit in with CKTB morning show host Steph Vivier to have a look at movies in theatres including the origin story “Clayface,” the stop-motion animated “Wildwood,” the documenary “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” and the adult fairy tale “Wicker.”
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