At the Movies - 2009-05-10 (partial)

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[0:06] >> James T. Kirk was a great man, but that

[0:09] was another life.

[0:11] >> This week on Happy Movies, one of the

[0:13] most anticipated movies of the year. JJ

[0:15] Abrams Star Trek.

[0:17] >> Can Can I say one thing?

[0:18] >> What?

[0:19] >> I like your outfit. You look very nice.

[0:21] >> Can Mo most and Donald Faison deliver in

[0:24] next day?

[0:25] >> You just might be the sweetest man I've

[0:27] ever met. He must have been a very good

[0:30] boy.

[0:30] >> Michael Keaton stars in his directorial

[0:32] debut, The Merry Gentleman.

[0:34] >> This man is a genius.

[0:37] >> Plus, from vampire to Salvador Dolly,

[0:40] Twilight's Robert Patson takes on a very

[0:42] different role in Little Ashes.

[0:50] >> Are you afraid, aren't you? I will not

[0:52] allow you to lecture me. Then why do you

[0:54] stop me?

[0:58] Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock make a

[1:00] comeback to the big screen. Hey

[1:02] everybody, I'm Ben Lions from E

[1:03] Entertainment and I'm Ben Manowitz from

[1:05] Turner Classic Movies coming to theaters

[1:07] this weekend. Star Trek, a film we had

[1:10] first with an early review last week.

[1:12] Like Wolverine, this 11th rendition of

[1:14] Star Trek starts at the beginning

[1:16] telling a story Trekies or Trekers,

[1:19] don't want to offend anyone, have always

[1:21] wanted how the crew of the original

[1:23] series first got together. Here's a

[1:26] particularly good scene at Starfleet

[1:28] Academy. James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard

[1:31] Bones McCoy first meet.

[1:33] >> I may throw up on you.

[1:35] >> I think these things are pretty safe.

[1:37] Don't pander to me, kid. One tiny crack

[1:39] in the hall and our blood boils in 13

[1:41] seconds. Sold flare might crop up, cook

[1:43] us in our seats, and whale you're

[1:45] sitting pretty with a case of Andorine

[1:47] shingles. See if you're still so relaxed

[1:49] when your eyeballs are bleeding.

[1:51] >> Real credit to the casting here. Chris

[1:53] Pine, without much of a resume, is an

[1:55] intriguing young Kirk. Carl Urban is

[1:57] consistently funny and earnest as

[1:59] contankerous Dr. McCoy. Zachary Quinto

[2:02] really nails Spock. He even looks like

[2:05] him. But then, I've always thought all

[2:07] Vulcans look alike. Zoe Salana is smart

[2:10] and sexy as communications officer

[2:12] Lieutenant Uhura. And Simon Peg is

[2:14] wonderfully funny as the engineer.

[2:16] Scotty,

[2:16] >> are you a member of Starfleet?

[2:18] >> Um, yes. Can I get a towel? Under

[2:20] penalty of court marshall, I order you

[2:22] to explain to me how you were able to

[2:23] beam aboard the ship while moving at

[2:24] war.

[2:25] >> Well, don't answer him.

[2:26] >> You will answer me.

[2:28] >> What director JJ Abrams and writers

[2:30] Roberto Orsy and Alex Curtsman have done

[2:32] is deliver a thoughtful,

[2:34] character-driven science fiction picture

[2:36] about the Federation's battle with the

[2:38] Romulons that will appeal both to

[2:40] diehard Trekies and movie fans in

[2:42] general. See Star Trek.

[2:44] >> Casting and story really the key to this

[2:46] movie success. I'm going to start with

[2:48] the young ensemble cast. Not a bad

[2:51] performance in the movie. Where I had

[2:53] some issues with Watchmen, which I

[2:54] enjoyed, is that some of the

[2:55] performances dominated the others in the

[2:57] cast here. Everybody making the most of

[2:59] their screen time. You mentioned Chris

[3:01] Pine and Quinto really the core of the

[3:03] film. Their relationship develops nicely

[3:04] on screen, but also Anton Yelchin and

[3:07] John Cho and even Winona Ryder in a few

[3:09] moments as Spock's mother,

[3:11] >> human mother, right?

[3:11] >> Human mother. Really, really strong

[3:13] stuff from everybody in the cast. You

[3:15] know, there are sort of shoutouts to the

[3:18] original series here, a bunch of them.

[3:20] Uh, the Vulcan nerve pinch, Dr. McCoy

[3:23] coming into a room and saying, "Damn it,

[3:24] Jim. I'm a doctor, not a physician."

[3:26] >> Live long and prosper in the whole

[3:27] thing.

[3:27] >> Nice job there with that. Uh, even maybe

[3:29] the best one, the random crew member in

[3:31] the red shirt going down on a mission.

[3:33] You know, he's dead.

[3:33] >> I mean, I know you weren't as crazy

[3:34] about the visual effects as I was in

[3:36] this film. I think the movie did a great

[3:38] job of establishing itself on Earth and

[3:40] then taking it to outer space and that

[3:42] sequence uh on the jump down to stop the

[3:44] drill was just awesome

[3:47] off the screen.

[3:47] >> That was impressive. But none of those

[3:49] shout outs to the original series took

[3:51] away from it if you're not familiar with

[3:53] it. It was a very inclusive film which I

[3:55] think was a challenge for JJ.

[3:57] >> It's a pop culture movie and it really

[3:58] crosses over and satisfies those

[4:00] hardcore fans and appeals to a wider

[4:02] audience. Really easy to say to do but

[4:04] harder to execute and they were able to

[4:05] do it nicely. I'm going to say see Star

[4:07] Trek.

[4:07] >> Our next film marks the directorial

[4:09] debut of actor Michael Keaton, who also

[4:12] stars in The Merry Gentleman. Katon

[4:14] plays Frank Logan, a lonely, conflicted

[4:16] hitman. After assassinating a man in an

[4:18] office from a nearby building, Katon

[4:20] decides to kill himself by jumping to

[4:22] his death. But from the street below,

[4:24] Kate, played by Kelly McDonald, sees him

[4:26] and she screams, causing Frank to

[4:28] stumble backwards to safety and also out

[4:31] of his funk. He wants to thank her, so

[4:33] he tries to track her down. And when he

[4:35] finds her, their encounter is an odd

[4:37] one.

[4:39] >> Hello.

[4:41] >> You need help?

[4:43] >> Yeah. Thanks again.

[4:45] >> Found a girl under a tree.

[4:46] >> Sorry.

[4:47] >> You find presents under a tree. I found

[4:49] a girl under a tree.

[4:50] >> You must have been a very good boy.

[4:52] >> McDonald is the second of the three

[4:54] leads in the film, and she is terrific.

[4:57] >> An abused wife hiding from her husband.

[4:59] She's scared and lonesome, but credibly

[5:01] cheerful. The third principal character

[5:04] is a cop investigating the murder. A

[5:06] recovering alcoholic played with gentle

[5:08] intensity and warm humor by Tom

[5:10] Bastonis, a Chicago second city veteran

[5:13] who needs to work more. Both men have

[5:15] feelings for Kate and their subtle

[5:17] confrontation is a particularly strong

[5:19] scene.

[5:20] >> I met her just before Christmas. She

[5:21] ever tell you about that deal?

[5:24] >> Really? Yeah. She saw a guy on the roof

[5:26] of a building. You know, she thought he

[5:28] was a jumper. Turned out he just killed

[5:31] someone.

[5:33] I can't believe she didn't tell you

[5:34] about this.

[5:35] >> Well, she must not have known you then.

[5:37] >> A lot goes on in this film without much

[5:39] being said. A credit to Katon, who

[5:41] shoots it deliberately and thoughtfully

[5:43] in a film demonstrating there should be

[5:45] a lot more work on both sides of the

[5:46] camera ahead for Michael Keaton. This

[5:49] film is out now in limited release, but

[5:51] make an effort and go see it.

[5:53] >> Kelly McDonald is tremendous in this

[5:55] movie. Last we saw her was in No Country

[5:57] for All Men, playing Josh Brolan's wife,

[5:59] and she's got that quality on screen.

[6:00] and we say, "Who is that? I want to

[6:02] learn more about her." And here she is

[6:04] playing a woman trying to start her life

[6:05] over in a film that almost feels like

[6:07] from another era. This is something that

[6:09] could have been in the 1970s. Stripped

[6:11] down, character-driven. Michael Keaton

[6:13] stars and directs, but this is not his

[6:14] movie by any means.

[6:15] >> He gets out of the way for Bestunis and

[6:17] Kelly McDonald.

[6:18] >> Absolutely. Baston is also a producer on

[6:19] the film. It's obviously a labor of love

[6:21] for Michael Keaton getting this smaller

[6:23] film made, but an interesting film with

[6:25] some really wellthoughtout and

[6:26] well-grounded characters, and I was

[6:28] surprised by it. I enjoyed it. You know,

[6:30] Katon lets silence tell a lot of the

[6:32] story here, both in his character, when

[6:33] he's acting and as he's directing. There

[6:35] are moments when nobody says anything

[6:37] and and those moments, they don't lag.

[6:39] >> Sometimes that's the most effective

[6:40] means for telling the story, and it

[6:42] really works here in the Mary.

[6:43] Gentlemen, I'm going to say you should

[6:44] see it.

[6:45] >> Coming up next, Most Depp and Donald

[6:47] Faison deliver a life-changing package

[6:49] in next day air.

[6:51] >> And later, Robert Patson breaks away

[6:53] from Twilight in Little Ashes.

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[8:28] >> Mom, don't mommy me.

[8:30] >> From firsttime feature director Benny

[8:32] Boom, best known for his work in the

[8:33] world of hip-hop music videos, comes

[8:35] Next Day Air, starring Donald Faison,

[8:38] Wood Harris, and Mike Eps. Faison works

[8:40] for his mother, playing a lazy delivery

[8:42] boy at a shipping company alongside the

[8:44] talented actor Most Depp.

[8:46] >> How you going to get fired?

[8:47] >> I wish they would. I'd be on Lion King

[8:49] crime. this terrible discrimination.

[8:51] >> He mistakenly delivers a box filled with

[8:53] cocaine to a group of delighted

[8:55] criminals.

[8:56] >> I know this ain't what I think it is.

[8:58] >> IT IS. YES.

[8:59] >> HOLY. HOLY. AM I DREAMING?

[9:01] >> YES.

[9:03] >> NO. NO. NO. NO. This is too much like a

[9:04] dream. Where did this come? God sent

[9:05] that.

[9:06] >> Mike Epson and Wood Harris play the

[9:07] small-minded criminals who quickly try

[9:09] to arrange a deal with a local kingpin

[9:11] to sell the drugs before they get

[9:13] caught. Eventually, all those involved

[9:15] converge in a bloody shootout that

[9:18] attempts to connect the interwoven plot

[9:19] lines that have been established

[9:21] throughout the film.

[9:22] >> Yo, what's up? I dropped the box off

[9:23] here. It's the wrong address. Uh, so do

[9:26] you have it?

[9:27] >> Well, we we did have it.

[9:29] >> Say what you want about the movies of

[9:31] Tyler Perry or even the recently

[9:33] released Obsessed. But those films, for

[9:35] the most part, at least project positive

[9:37] images of intelligent, powerful, and

[9:39] sophisticated minority characters. While

[9:42] Next Day Air is just another silly hood

[9:44] comedy that isn't really that funny. Why

[9:46] this is being released in theaters and

[9:48] not on DVD, I don't understand. From the

[9:50] actors on screen to the filmmakers

[9:52] behind the scenes, seems everyone is

[9:54] just trying to make a quick buck. Save

[9:56] your money and skip it. I think it's

[9:58] being released Ben into theaters because

[10:00] I think it's funny and I think people

[10:02] will by and large like it. I mean, yeah,

[10:04] these aren't particularly uh positive

[10:06] images of of blacks or Latinos, but the

[10:09] fact of the matter is it's a movie about

[10:10] black criminals and Latino criminals.

[10:12] >> This movie so many times, the dim-witted

[10:14] criminals who are smoking and drinking

[10:16] and cursing. This time it's excessively

[10:18] violent. Somebody gets their tongue cut

[10:20] out. All the gunshot wounds are done

[10:22] without the tongue getting done without

[10:24] that, right? And it's not that funny.

[10:26] I've seen much funnier films from Mike

[10:28] Epson.

[10:28] >> I don't see what your problem is. If

[10:30] it's a movie about black criminals, it's

[10:32] going to have it's not witty. It's not

[10:34] sharp. The supporting characters beyond

[10:36] Wood Harris are just thrown in the mix

[10:38] to add more cursing and violence and and

[10:41] sex in the movie. Just just a

[10:42] ridiculous.

[10:43] >> I like movies about smalltime crooks,

[10:46] and this did have to me kind of a Guy

[10:48] Richie feel. I mean, Rock and Roll, one

[10:50] of my favorite movies of last year. It's

[10:52] not that good, but you know, like Snatch

[10:53] and Lockstock and Two Smoking Barrels, I

[10:55] thought this was sort of an amusing tale

[10:57] of incompetent criminal. Guy Richie is

[10:59] great is because he finds the humor in

[11:00] the underworld and his movies are

[11:02] gangster movies but they're stylized and

[11:04] I was expecting that from Benny Boom a

[11:06] video director. You think Francis

[11:07] Lawrence, Spike Jones, FG Gary Gray, so

[11:10] many directors Brett Ratner come out of

[11:12] the world of music videos take that next

[11:13] step to film making. He doesn't take it

[11:15] with this one.

[11:16] >> I thought this was a commendable first

[11:17] effort and I think you should go ahead

[11:19] and see next day air.

[11:20] >> Coming up next, Twilight's Robert Patson

[11:23] takes on a completely different role in

[11:24] Little Ashes. And on next week's show,

[11:27] we'll review Tom Hanks in Ron Howard's

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[13:23] >> Set in Spain during the 1920s and 30s,

[13:26] Little Ashes tells the story of the

[13:27] intimate relationship between artist

[13:29] Salvador Dolly and poet Federico Garcia

[13:32] Lurca. The story begins in Madrid at the

[13:34] university where Dolly first meets

[13:36] Lurca, played by Javier Beltran, as well

[13:38] as filmmaker Luis Bunell, played by

[13:40] Matthew McNelte. interests,

[13:43] affiliations,

[13:46] >> only data, anarchy, and the construction

[13:49] of genius.

[13:51] >> Who's genius?

[13:52] >> My own

[13:55] bra.

[13:56] >> Yep. Believe it or not, that's Twilight

[13:58] star Robert Patson as the young Dolly in

[14:01] a film that was shot before his star

[14:03] making role. The three men form a click

[14:05] of the most modern forward-thinking

[14:07] intellectuals of their day. Connected by

[14:09] a shared drive to be creative and think

[14:11] freely in the face of Spain's ever

[14:13] growing fascist regime. When Bunell

[14:16] decides to take his work to Paris, thus

[14:17] leaving Dolly and Lurca on their own,

[14:19] the two form an intimate trust as

[14:21] confidants and lovers. Even then I

[14:24] realized that if I'm going to be

[14:26] anything more than than average, if

[14:30] anyone is going to remember me, then I

[14:33] need to go further in everything in art,

[14:35] in life.

[14:36] >> The engaging subject matter is not fully

[14:38] brought to life in large part due to a

[14:40] daring yet uninspired turn as Dolly by

[14:42] Patson. He plays the role at Polar

[14:44] Opposites, too sheepish and distant at

[14:46] the beginning and far too flamboyant and

[14:49] over the top towards the end. Beltran

[14:50] does deliver a solid performance, but

[14:52] filmmaker Paul Morrison's attempts to

[14:54] stylize certain key scenes such as Dolly

[14:57] gallivanting through Paris feel forced

[14:59] and inconsistent. A noble effort that

[15:02] ultimately left me disappointed and

[15:03] unfulfilled. I'm going to say skip it.

[15:05] Man, I was a lot more impressed with Rob

[15:06] Patson in this movie uh than you were,

[15:08] particularly the scenes that I would

[15:10] think might actually be tougher. Those

[15:12] tender moments, those love scenes that

[15:13] he had with Javier Beltron. Uh I I

[15:16] thought those were very good from both

[15:18] of them, by the way. And you might think

[15:20] that those scenes would be difficult for

[15:21] an actor. Whereas the sort of more

[15:23] grandiose scenes, for example, when

[15:25] Patson uh quits the university in

[15:27] Madrid, when Dolly quits the university

[15:29] because the professors there uh aren't

[15:31] they're not worthy to judge his work.

[15:33] He's supposed to be over the top. That

[15:35] worked for me less.

[15:36] >> I never lost the fact that I was

[15:38] watching Robert Patson. Also, the wig

[15:41] and iconic mustache look ridiculous on

[15:43] him. He doesn't age himself. I know he

[15:46] looked ridiculous in real life, but here

[15:48] it never became part of who he was

[15:50] playing. It was definitely an added-on

[15:52] feature to him that was distracting

[15:54] throughout.

[15:54] >> You know, this is an interesting story

[15:56] because we of course don't really know.

[15:57] There's a lot of debate about whether

[15:59] Dali and Lurca had an affair. And I I

[16:02] like the conflict inside the two men. We

[16:04] got Lurca sort of who is clearly gay but

[16:07] is sort of really confined by the

[16:09] restrictions of his devout Catholicism.

[16:11] Dolly on the other hand, he's like

[16:12] essenti