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Sunday, June 20, 2021
Movie Review: "RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON" Has Lovable Characters
TRASH IN MY EYE No. 41 of 2021 (No. 1779) by Leroy Douresseaux
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Running time: 107 minutes
MPAA – PG for some violence, action and thematic elements
DIRECTORS: Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada with Paul Briggs and John Ripa (co-directors)
WRITERS: Qui Nguyen and Adele Lim; from a story by Paul Briggs, Don Hall, Adele Lim, Carlos López Estrada, Kiel Murray, Qui Nguyen, John Ripa, and Dean Wellins
PRODUCERS: Peter Del Vecho and Osnat Shurer
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rob Dressel
EDITORS: Fabienne Rawley and Shannon Stein
COMPOSER: James Newton Howard
ANIMATION/FANTASY/FAMILY/ACTION/ADVENTURE
Starring: (voices) Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Izaac Wang, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong, Jona Xiao, Sandra Oh, Thalia Tran, Lucille Song, and Alan Tudyk
Raya and the Last Dragon is a 2021 computer-animated fantasy film from directors Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada and is produced Walt Disney Animation Studios. It is the 59th animated feature film in the “Walt Disney Animated Classics” line. Raya and the Last Dragon is set in a magical realm where a young princess searches for the whereabouts of the last dragon in order to save her world.
Raya and the Last Dragon opens in the realm of “Kumandra.” Five hundred years earlier, Kumandra was ravaged by the “Druun,” a mindless plague of evil spirits that consumed life and turned everything and everyone they touched into stone. Kumandra had been made prosperous by the presence of dragons, magical creatures who brought water, rain, and peace. The Druun manage to petrify all the dragons, except the last one, “Sisudatu,” who used a magical gem to banish the Druun. However, a power struggle for the “Dragon Gem” divided Kumandra's people into five tribes: Heart, Tail, Talon, Spine, and Fang.
Five hundred years later, Chief Benja (Daniel Dae Kim) of the Heart tribe trains his daughter, Raya (Kelly Marie Tran), in the fighting skills she will need in order to become a “Guardian of the Dragon Gem,” like her father. Benja also steadfastly believes that the five tribes can be united, so he decides to hold a feast for the leadership of all five tribes. During the feast, Raya is betrayed in a plot to steal the Dragon Gem, but this leads to the gem being broken into five pieces during the scuffle to possess it. The four other tribes each steals a piece of the gem, which reawakens the Druun, who promptly go on a rampage and begin turning people into stone.
For the next six years, Raya and Tuk Tuk (Alan Tudyk), Raya's best friend and trusty steed (a mix of an armadillo and a pill bug), continue their search for the resting place of Sisudatu, also known as “Sisu” (Awkwafina). After she finds Sisu, Raya must obtain the other four pieces of the Dragon Gem so that Sisu, the last dragon, can revive Kumandra. Joining Raya and Sisu are the boy captain, Boun (Izaac Wang); a warrior from Spine, Tong (Benedict Wong); and a toddler con artist, Little Noi (Thalia Tran), and her trio of monkey-like companions, the Ongis. But standing in her way is an old rival, Namaari (Gemma Chan), and the land of Fang.
Honestly, Raya and the Last Dragon would be little more than a version of The Lord of the Rings based on Southeastern Asian culture, myth, and religion … if not for this Disney's film's great characters. Every character, from Raya and her friends to her rivals and enemies, is honestly wonderful. I couldn't get enough of them. I think Namaari, both the child and older version, should have her own stories. I could see her as the star of her own movie. Little Noi and her Ongis are so cute that they make it impossible for me to really find fault with this movie. Noi and her monkey-like companions are the kind of great supporting characters that only the magic of Disney storytelling can create. Boun is also adorable and wholly capable of having his own stories. Benedict Wong gives the most layered and nuanced voice performance, in a film full of exemplary voice performances, in creating Tong as a fully developed, three-dimensional character.
Kelly Marie Tran, who was a social media punching bag over her role in the Star Wars “sequel films,” does as much as Raya and the Last Dragon's great animators in making Raya a believable hero on a journey of learning and of discovery. Tran transforms Raya into a great female hero, on par with the best live-action female action movie heroes.
Like the typical Walt Disney animated feature film, Raya the Last Dragon has gorgeous animation that moves in seemingly impossible ways, and the colors are dazzling. The themes of trust and hope permeate this film and feel genuine. I will say that Kumandra's basic concepts and myths feel contrived. I expected something different and more imaginative from a film inspired by Southeast Asia. Still, Raya and the Last Dragon is dazzling entertainment. And like the best Walt Disney animated classics, I see it having a long, long life, entertaining generations of movie audiences.
8 of 10
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Sunday, June 20, 2021
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Saturday, June 19, 2021
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from June 13th to 19th, 2021 - Update #23
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
BLM - From Variety: Ms. Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," and Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Pharrell Williams, talk about their fight for the "Juneteenth" holiday.
NETFLIX - From Deadline: Netflix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to a half-hour workplace comedy inspired by the front office of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. The project hails from Mindy Kaling, former star/executive producer of one of the all-time great workplace comedy series, "The Office;" "Modern Family" alumna Elaine Ko; Lakers’ President and Governor Jeanie Buss; and Warner Bros. TV.
MOVIES - From Deadline: "Mortal Kombat" actor Hiroyuki Sanada has joined "John Wick: Chapter 4."
TELEVISION - From Deadline: CBS latest "NCIS" installment, "NCIS: Hawaii," has begun production in Hawaii with a traditional Hawaii blessing.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Warner Bros. will finance the biopic of music legend, Marvin Gaye, entitled "What's Going On." At 80 million dollars, it will be the biggest budget for an American-African musical biopic. Allen Hughes will direct with Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine among the producers. The Gaye estate and Motown are also onboard the production.
CULTURE - From YahooNews: President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris have signed "Juneteenth" (June 19th) into a federal holiday - beginning immediately.
POLITICS - From APNews: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as "Obamacare," a third time.
LGBTQ - From Queerty: In honor of Pride Month, actor and Grammy-nominated recording artist Adam Lambert declares, "I like dick."
STAR TREK - From YouTube: Here is a new teaser trailer for "Star Trek: Picard" Season 2, which debuts next year.
From TrekCore: The site offers a breakdown of the new teaser trailer for "Star Trek: Picard" Season 2.
ANIMATION - From YahooNBC: Last week a Warner Bros. representative announced that “Scooby-Doo” character, "Velma Dinkley," would be reprised as East Asian in Mindy Kaling’s new adult HBO Max show. This article addresses the social media reaction (some of it racist) to the news.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Zoe Kravitz will make her directorial debut with the film, "Pussy Island." In this genre thriller, Channing Taturm will play a tech billionaire with a mysterious tropical island.
MUSIC - From RollingStone: Roger Waters has said that Facebook approached him about using the 1979 Pink Floyd classic song, “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2," which Waters wrote, in an upcoming advertisement for Instagram (which Facebook owns). Despite the offer of a "huge, huge amount of money," Waters turned down the offer - saying "Fuck You. No fuckin' way."
NETFLIX - From Variety: Jeb Stuart, who wrote such late 1980/early 1990s movies such as "Die Hard" (1988), "Another 48 Hours" (1990), and "The Fugitive" (1993), will write Netflix's "Assassin's Creed" TV series.
STAR TREK - From Deadline: Paramount+ and Nickelodeon's animated "Star Trek: Prodigy" reveals its cast and unveils some first-look images.
MOVIES - From Deadline: "Sideways" director Alexander Payne and star Paul Giamatti reunite for "poignant" comedy, "The Holdovers."
SCANDAL - From YahooNews: Exclusive: Saudi assassins picked up illicit drugs in Cairo to kill "Washington Post" columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, in 2018 in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey.
BOX OFFICE - From Variety: The winner of the 6/11 to 3/13/2021 weekend box office is "In the Heights" with an estimated gross of 11.4 million dollars.
From Variety: "A Quiet Place II" has become the first movie of the pandemic era to surpass $100 million in U.S. tickets sales.
NETFLIX - From Deadline: Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone’s Netflix comedy series, God’s Favorite Idiot," has wrapped up production earlier than expected in Australia, and "Deadline" explains why.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: The CW has rounded out the cast for its original made-for-TV movie "The Waltons’ Homecoming." The Waltons’ Homecoming marks the 50th anniversary of "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story" television movie, which aired December 19, 1971, and launched the long-running series "The Waltons," created by Earl Hamner.
OBITS:
From THR: The television actor and director, Frank Bonner, has died at the age of 79, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Bonner was best known for the role of "Herb Tarlek" on the former CBS sitcom, "WKRP in Cincinnati" (1978-82). Bonner was also a prolific director of episodic TV and directed all 105 episodes of the former NBC Saturday morning TV series, "City Guys" (1997-2001).
From YahooEntertainment: The stage, screen, and television actress, Lisa Banes, has died at the age of 35, Monday, June 14, 2021, a victim of a hit and run accident in New York City. She was hospitalized June 4th after being struck by a scooter or motorcycle while crossing Amsterdam Avenue at 64th Street, in a crosswalk, on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Her best known film work includes "Cocktail" (1988) and "Gone Girl" (2014). She appeared in numerous TV series, including "L.A. Law," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Murder, She Wrote," "Son of the Beach," and "Nashville," to name a few.
From Deadline: The prolific film actor, Ned Beatty, has died at the age of 83, Sunday, June 13, 2021. Beatty had more than 160 screen credits, so his "best known for" list his long. His most notorious role was probably as rape victim, Bobby Trippe, in 1972's Deliverance. He also had memorable turns in "White Lightning" (1973), "Superman" (1972), "Rudy" (1993), "Shooter" (2007), "Toy Story 3" (2010), and the 1979 TV movie, "Friendly Fire." Beatty was nominated for a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar for "Network" (1976). He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award, "Friendly Fire" and "Last Train Home" (1989).
Friday, June 18, 2021
Review: "THE BOSS BABY" is Boss Entertainment
TRASH IN MY EYE No. 40 of 2021 (No. 1778) by Leroy Douresseaux
The Boss Baby (2017)
Running time: 97 minutes (1 hour, 37 minutes)
MPAA – PG for some mild rude humor
DIRECTOR: Tom McGrath
WRITER: Michael McCullers (based on the picture book, The Boss Baby, by Marla Frazee)
PRODUCER: Ramsey Naito
EDITOR: James Ryan
COMPOSERS: Steve Mazzaro and Hans Zimmer
Academy Award nominee
ANIMATION/FANTASY/ADVENTURE/COMEDY/FAMILY
Starring: (voices): Alec Baldwin; Miles Bakshi, Tobey Maguire, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, James McGrath, Conrad Vernon, ViviAnn Yee, Eric Bell, Jr., and David Soren
The Boss Baby is a 2017 computer-animated comedy-fantasy film directed by Tom McGrath and produced by DreamWorks Animation. The film is loosely based on the 2007 picture book, The Boss Baby, by Marla Frazee. The film became the first installment in “The Boss Baby” franchise. The Boss Baby the movie follows the adventures of a suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby and his seven-year old brother as they try to stop a plot against the world's babies.
The Boss Baby begins with a man, Timothy Leslie Templeton (Tobey Maguire), telling the story of his childhood. He was simply Tim Templeton (Miles Bakshi), an imaginative seven-year-old boy, the only child of his parents, Ted and Janice Templeton (Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow). One day, Tim is surprised to see his parents bringing home a baby, which turns out to be an infant wearing a business suit. Tim's parents refer to the infant as Tim's little brother. Tim is immediately jealous of the attention the new baby receives. However, Tim is also suspicious because the baby exhibits strange behavior to which Ted and Janice are oblivious.
When Tim learns that the baby can talk, act, and move like an adult, the baby reveals that he is “The Boss Baby” (Alec Baldwin), and that he is a secret agent. Coming to a mutual agreement in order to get what they each want, Tim and Boss Baby must stop a conspiracy against the babies of the world created by Tim's parents' employer, Puppy Co. But can a child and an infant secret agent, who are rivals, come together long enough to save the day?
DreamWorks Animation has perfected a kind of high-concept comedy that seamlessly mixes fantasy, adventure, and action into a frothy brand of feature animation entertainment that is pleasing if not necessarily memorable. The films of Pixar Animation Studios are always seeking something deeper in terms of character arcs, personal development, and emotional journeys in which characters often discover that the things they most want have been right there in front of them all along … or at least nearby. This is why Pixar can tell the story of an old man who starts a new adventure in life by becoming a surrogate father to a lonely boy and a new owner to a bunch of misfit dogs, and the result is the Academy Award-winning Up. DreamWorks Animation gives us a story of a boy and a baby who save the world from a conspiracy of puppies and bitter, weird men. The Boss Baby gives empty affirmation to mainstream culture with its tired (white) nuclear family tropes, but at its heart, this film is merely escapist fantasy.
Like other DreamWorks Animation films, The Boss Baby's animation, visuals, and graphic design recall the television animation of the 1950s and 1960s, including Jay Ward Productions, Warner Bros. Cartoons, and Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc., to name a few. There is more than a touch of retro- Space Age, Atomic Age, and Googie influences.
Well, The Boss Baby isn't Pixar, and its visual style is retro, but I have to admit that this film is really entertaining. A lot of its concepts and especially its plot and story elements are ridiculous, silly, and too far-fetched, but the film's leads, Tim and Boss Baby, have screen chemistry. Miles Bakshi comes across like a veteran voice performer as Tim Templeton, and, of course, Alec Baldwin is a master of sly and droll comedy. Great actor that he is, Baldwin makes Boss Baby menacing and edgy and adorable at the same time. For the most part, I found them likable, even lovable, and I wanted to follow them on their breathtaking and ridiculous adventures.
Baldwin, Bakshi, and the voice cast make The Boss Baby succeed in spite of its contrived self. Also of note, Eric Bell, Jr. kills it as the voice of the “Triplets.” The Boss Baby's exciting adventure and intense action mostly overcomes the film's shallowness and absurdities. You might not watch it a second time, dear readers, but I think that there is a good chance that you will really enjoy The Boss Baby the first time you watch it.
7 of 10
B+
NOTES:
2018 Academy Awards, USA: 1 nomination: “Best Animated Feature Film” (Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito)
2018 Golden Globes, USA 2018: 1 nomination: “Best Motion Picture – Animated”
Friday, June 18, 2021
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Comics Review: THE SILVER COIN #3
THE SILVER COIN #3 (OF 5)
IMAGE COMICS
STORY: Ed Brisson
ART: Michael Walsh
COLORS: Michael Walsh and Toni Marie Griffin
LETTERS: Michael Walsh
EDITOR: Chris Hampton
COVER: Michael Walsh
VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Anand Radhakrishnan
28pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (Jun 2021)
Rated “M/ Mature”
The Silver Coin is created by Michael Walsh, Ed Brisson, Jeff Lemire, Kelly Thompson, and Chip Zdarsky
“Death Rattle”
The Silver Coin is a horror comic book anthology and miniseries published by Image Comics. It is the creation of artist Michael Walsh and writers Ed Brisson, Jeff Lemire, Kelly Thompson, and Chip Zdarsky. Each issue of this five-issue miniseries tells a tale of terror that is set in a supernatural world in which the mysterious “Silver Coin” changes the lives of those who take possession of it. The third issue is written by Ed Brisson; drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh; and colored by Walsh and Toni Marie Griffin.
The Silver Coin #3 (entitled “Death Rattle”) opens in 1986. Lisa, Bobby, and Vic broke into the home of a retired fireman. Now, their little home invasion has gone bad, and Lisa has found a mysterious coin that tells her it will help them outrun the law. But it's leading them down a path much darker.
THE LOWDOWN: As I wrote in my reviews of the first two issues of The Silver Coin, I am a big fan of horror comic book anthologies. That includes everything from the classic EC Comics titles to later titles like DC Comics' Ghosts and House of Mystery, Kitchen Sink Press's Death Rattle, and Approbation Comics' Amour, to name a few.
“Death Rattle,” the offering in The Silver Coin #3, moves away from ghost and slasher killer stories of previous issues. In this story, Ed Brisson offers a vignette really, one that is like an especially dark take on an episode of “The Twilight Zone.” I like “Death Rattle,” but as with the previous story, “Girls of Summer,” it is a shallow scare, a bit of horror fiction fluff to give the reader a momentary chill in the blood.
Once again, Michael Walsh's art and graphical storytelling is what really delivers unsettling moments of this tale. In the end, “Death Rattle” relies on the the creator of the art and graphics to make this short, short story work. I'll keep reading this series because of what Walsh can deliver.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of classic horror comic book anthologies will want to spend The Silver Coin.
B+
[This comic book has a five-page preview of Vinyl by Doug Wagner and Daniel Hillyard.]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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