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80 FILM REVIEWS 81 NEW THIS MONTH 82 MOVIES 84 TV SHOWS 86 AUDIO/RADIO 87 FROM THE Entertainment PRODUCER’S CHAIR © 2019 WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. TOY STORY 4 _Oct 2019_GPE.indd 79 18/09/2019 1:29 PM FILM REVIEWS WANT HELP WITH WHAT TO WATCH THIS MONTH? FILMMAKER AND DIRECTOR KAM RASLAN MAKES THE CASE FOR THESE MOVIES. GODZILLA: KING OF THE goingplacesmagazine.com MONSTERS From anime to Pokémon to karaoke, TOY STORY 4 Japanese popular culture has fuelled global From Toy Story to Toy Story 4, audiences entertainment for decades, but nothing grips have been taken on a 24-year emotional the world’s imagination quite like Gojira, rollercoaster by a bunch of ageless toys. Who better known as Godzilla. In his first Japanese STUBER! could forget that heart-wrenching scene in movie in 1954, Godzilla was 50 metres tall, From Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Toy Story 3 when they all hold hands while as tall as Tokyo’s tallest buildings, but by the to Zootopia, the ‘buddy movie’ has been | falling into the furnace? That’s right, 24 time he made his American movie debut in a staple genre of Hollywood movies. 80 years. Much has changed since then: children | October 2019 1956, he had grown to 122 metres, because Two people are thrown together, have an who saw the first Toy Story are now in their things have to be bigger in America. Now he adventure, and find friendship along the way. 30s and cowboys are not popular toys is much, much bigger. It’s such an old story that it can be endlessly anymore. But the makers of Toy Story 4 have played with or subverted. Stuber is a funny kept up to date. Voice actors from popular For centuries, Godzilla slept undisturbed updating of the buddy movie, where two 1990s comedy shows like Cheers and Home deep under the oceans that had always polar opposites are thrown together because Improvements have been joined by newer protected Japan, but then he was awoken one of them is a part-time Uber driver. stars likes Rashida Jones (who co-wrote the by radiation from the atomic bombs in film), Tony Hale and Jordan Peele. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since then, he has Kumail Nanjiani has become an unlikely crushed many cities in his battles against master of deadpan comedy, simply laying Toy Story 4 has a newer feel, and a slightly other huge monsters (including King Kong) out his lines with flat disbelief. In Stuber, he darker or more adult feel. One character (I without caring for humans but without plays a hardworking shop assistant who won’t say which one) has an existential crisis hating them either. Godzilla has just been is a part-time Uber driver. He needs the when he (or is it she?) suddenly doesn’t doing his own thing, just like planet Earth, money for an unrequited love, but he also know what purpose he serves in life (alright, which is why he has now become a powerful desperately wants to maintain his five-star it’s a he). And cowboys aren’t popular toys metaphor for global audiences’ fears about review status, so he’ll accept any humiliation. anymore. At the beginning of the film, environmental catastrophe. the toys are grateful to be reunited with a In a big step towards becoming the new child who wants to play with them but not Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the second Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul Bautista plays with Woody (Tom Hanks). Our old friend film in the new Hollywood series, and it’s what he is, a massive physical presence but Woody sits abandoned and ignored in a good because they finally get that Godzilla with comedic skill. He plays the hard-bitten cupboard. So, Woody embarks on a journey is a myth, a legend, a parable. Seen mostly cop who must take an Uber because he’s of rediscovery. through the eyes of the feisty young had a temporarily blinding eye surgery. An daughter of two scientists with opposing adventure follows. You might think you know Is this the last Toy Story? I hope not. These views on how to deal with the monsters, what’s going to happen, and you’ll mostly stories about the end of childhood are it tells of an epochal war of Titans where be right, but it doesn’t matter because these always touching, and there are also always humans are feeble and small, be they characters are refreshingly different. Check new childhoods just beginning. scientists, eco-terrorists, governments or out a funny scene when Nanjiani tries to the military. Godzilla is immensely powerful, work out Bautista’s ethnicity. but he is not a King Kong with spikes and scales. He has no conscience, no care but Stuber is a fun ride. And does Nanjiani’s no hate. We can awake him, but can we character maintain his five-star status? Of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Stuber and Toy Story 4 are playing onboard. Check your in-flight control Godzilla? course he does. entertainment system for channel information. _Oct 2019_GPE.indd 80 17/09/2019 11:58 AM NEW THIS MONTH HOLLYWOOD TOY STORY 4 STUBER GODZILLA: KING OF THE TOM HANKS, TIM ALLEN, ANNIE POTTS DAVE BAUTISTA, KUMAIL NANJIANI, IKO UWAIS, MONSTERS G / 100 mins / Family, Kids / E, E+ MIRA SORVINO KYLE CHANDLER, VERA FARMIGA, MILLIE BOBBY BROWN, R / / 93 mins / Action, Comedy / E, E+ CHARLES DANCE Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of PG-13 / / 132 mins / Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi / E, J, K, E+ the gang embark on a road trip with Mild-mannered Uber driver Stu is in for the Members of the crypto-zoological agency Bonnie and a new toy named Forky. night of his life when he picks up his next Monarch face off against a battery of The journey turns into an unexpected passenger, grizzled police detective Vic, who monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, reunion as Woody's slight detour leads is hot on the trail of a notorious drug lord and who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and him to his long-lost friend Bo Peep. As brutal killer but unable to drive himself after his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed Woody and Bo discuss the old days, they recently undergoing laser eye surgery. As Vic Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species soon start to realise that they are worlds takes the poor driver on a wild and harrowing rise again, they all vie for supremacy, apart when it comes to what they want ride through Los Angeles, Stu desperately leaving humanity's very existence hanging from life as a toy. tries to hold on to his wits, his life and his five-star rating. in the balance. | October 2019 MALAY CHINESE HINDI MALAYALAM 81 | goingplacesmagazine.com PULANG P風暴 / P STORM थे ताशकᴂट फाइल्स REMY ISHAK, PUTERI AISHAH, ALVIN WONG LOUIS KOO, KEVIN CHENG, RAYMOND LAM / THE TASHKENT FILES / KODATHI SAMAKSHAM PG-13 / / 120 mins / Drama / E+ PG-13 / / 96 mins / Crime, Action, Drama / C, E+ NASEERUDDIN SHAH, MITHUN CHAKRABORTY, SHWETA BASU PRASAD BALAN VAKEEL Set in the 1940s, fisherman After receiving a tip-off that PG-13 / / 121 mins / Drama, Thriller / E+ DILEEP, MAMTA MOHANDAS, SIDDIQUE, PRIYA ANAND Othman takes up a job as a Cao Yuen-yuen, the wealthy PG-13 / / 155 mins / Comedy, Crime, Mystery / E+ After signing the Tashkent sailor to travel the world in hopes son of a Chinese tycoon, had Declaration in 1966 to end a violent Balakrishnan is a struggling of finding riches and creating bribed officers of the Hong war between India and Pakistan, lawyer who has not been able a better life for his family. He Kong Correctional Services Indian Prime Minister Shri Lal to achieve much in his career makes a promise to his wife from inside a prison to secure Bahadur Shastri mysteriously due to a stammering problem Che Thom and their young son his early release, Independent dies. Authorities claim the cause and a past filled with guilt. Omar to return someday, but 61 Commission Against Corruption to be a heart attack but refuse to However, his life is about to years of separation, uncertainty investigator William Luk goes release a report, leading many take an interesting turn when and hardship take a toll on undercover as a prison inmate to believe conspiracy theories of his brother-in-law entrusts him the relationship between the to investigate the claim, while assassination. This drama follows with a complex case involving a ambitious sailor and his patient being assisted by his partner journalist Raagini Phule as she wealthy businessman, thrusting and loyal wife. Ching Tak-ming and Chief Inspector Lau Po-keung from seeks to uncover the truth after him into a conspiracy larger than Read our interview with Pulang the outside. being given access to the anything he is prepared for. producer Datuk Ahmad Izham Tashkent files. Omar on page 87 RATINGS: R Restricted. Not suitable for audiences under 17 years of age. LANGUAGES: G / U General audience. Suitable for all ages. NR Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. A Arabic / C Cantonese / D Danish / E English / ES Spanish / F French / PG Parental guidance recommended. Some content may not G German / H Hindi / I Italian / IN Indonesian / J Japanese / K Korean / Contains scenes or language that may be disturbing or be suitable for children. M Mandarin / ML Malay / T Tamil / TA Tagalog offensive. Viewer discretion is advised. PG-13 Par ental guidance strongly recommended.