“Have courage and be kind” For anyone who cannot stand singing, Disney’s latest iteration of the timeless Cinderella is catered to you. I know Chris Weitz and the other screenwriters on the project before him poured through the fairy tale’s vast lineage for every detail they could cull together into what they surely believe to be the definitive version, but what I saw onscreen is the same thing I saw as a child in cartoon form. Just without the sing-songy “Bibbidi Bobbidi Boos”. There are a couple spoken ones for…
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TIFF14 REVIEW: The Riot Club [2014]
“People like us don’t make mistakes” Iâll bet Laura Wadeâs 2010 play Posh is something special to see on stage. A fictionalized take on Oxford Universityâs exclusive Bullingdon Clubâsons of wealthy Brits who attended the best boarding/prep schools before following in their patriarchyâs footsteps to enjoy vandalizing college rooms as an initiation ploy and restaurants as part of their yearly evening of hedonistic excessâitâs debaucherous centerpiece of a banquet has to be an invigorating experience live. I say this because its depiction in Lone Scherfigâs film The Riot Club (adapted…
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