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80 FILM REVIEWS 81 NEW THIS MONTH 82 MOVIES 84 TV SHOWS 86 AUDIO/RADIO Entertainment 87 ARTIST OF THE MONTH © 2019 WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. AVENGERS: ENDGAME _Aug 2019_GPE.indd 79 18/07/2019 11:41 AM FILM REVIEWS WANT HELP WITH WHAT TO WATCH THIS MONTH? FILMMAKER AND DIRECTOR KAM RASLAN MAKES THE CASE FOR THESE MOVIES. TOLKIEN Have you ever wondered where authors find their inspiration? How did the Oxford professor J.R.R. Tolkien create the legends goingplacesmagazine.com of Middle Earth with its Hobbits, elves, men, AVENGERS: ENDGAME Orcs, walking trees, dragons, Sauron, Mount SHAZAM! Since 2008’s Iron Man, there have been 22 Doom and so much more? How did an The greatest superhero war is the one movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe orphaned English boy with a German name being waged between Marvel and DC. DC (MCU) that have made a combined gross of grow up to create the entire fantasy genre movies have made a mere USD3 billion over USD20 billion (RM83 billion) at the global with his epic book The Lord of the Rings that (RM12.4 billion) worldwide, but it is finally box office. To put that figure in perspective, has inspired generations of nerdy teenagers, finding its mojo. it’s not even nearly the GDP of Wakanda. But rock bands like Led Zeppelin, and Peter | that’s not including toys and merchandise 80 Jackson who made the hugely successful Unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC (from which the Star Wars franchise had | August 2019 movie adaptations? If you’ve ever wondered Extended Universe has made some missteps already made USD30 billion [RM124 billion] by where authors find their inspiration, then over the years. The mood of 2016’s Batman v 2012), and product endorsements. Avengers: Tolkien holds the answer. It is through the Superman: Dawn of Justice was far too dark, Endgame looks set to be the most successful experiences of tragedy, friendship, a quest for completely forgetting the original appeal that Marvel movie yet – at over USD2 billion (RM8 knowledge, love and war. You know, regular movies inspired by comic books should be billion) – possibly beating Avatar to become everyday stuff. fun. Instead, we were suddenly shown that the most successful movie of all time, and it the wholesome Superman is so powerful that brings to an end MCU’s third phase (sort of, Tolkien is a rare film these days. It is he can destroy us all, and that Batman wants there’s still a Spider-Man movie to come). thoughtful, intelligent, understatedly moving to kill him. I mean, what?! DC movies were and visually beautiful. And, incredibly, it’s becoming humourless, violent, way too male With Avengers: Endgame, we tie up storylines about an author who was born in 1892. and way too dark. that have been bubbling away since Captain Orphaned at an early age, Tolkien became America: Civil War (2016) and beyond, we suddenly poor and was torn away from the Wonder Woman has successfully introduced see characters die (oops, spoiler alert) and English countryside idyll that remained an a female dimension (it even feels like Marvel we witness an epic rematch with the most inspiration throughout his life. But thanks has been playing catch-up with Captain powerful evil villain in cinema history: Thanos. to his beautiful mind, he found his way to a Marvel) but it’s really with Aquaman and now In fact, so much is brought to a head in this good school where he forged a fellowship with Shazam! that DC has decided that comic movie that I wouldn’t have been surprised if with three friends who were determined to book movies can be fun, even silly. Luke Skywalker turned up. change the world. You could call it their quest. Then the First World War intervenes, Shazam! is about troubled foster-child Billy The MCU is a dazzling achievement. Never and it is in the blood-filled trenches that Batson trying to find and always rejecting before has it been attempted to make movies Tolkien meets the Orc-like enemy armed with a home and a family. Oh, and he becomes that satisfy individually and also play their flame-throwers like dragons. But throughout a superhero with an adult’s body along the part in telling a much wider multi-movie his life on the knife-edge of poverty, through way. Shazam! succeeds because it doesn’t story arc. Time will tell if they can successfully school, at Oxford and at war, he never could labour to overly explain the bizarre new continue these cycles or if Avengers: Endgame forget his quietly burning love for fellow dimension in which Batson finds himself; it will become remembered as the highpoint. It’s foster-child Edith. just happens because of sheer desperation an amazing end, and it might be an amazing and now he has to find out what it means for new beginning. Obviously, Tolkien is a movie, so it contracts, him. Eventually he has to save the world, but compresses and fictionalises, but the essence first, he’s just a kid. So, what does he do with is believable and moving, and Nicholas Hoult his newfound powers? With his hands that is excellent as the young author. I really shoot lightning, he goes busking for pocket Tolkien, Shazam! and Avengers: Endgame are playing onboard. Check your in-flight entertainment enjoyed Tolkien. I hope you do too. money. Shazam! is fun. system for channel information. _Aug 2019_GPE.indd 80 18/07/2019 11:41 AM NEW THIS MONTH HOLLYWOOD AVENGERS: ENDGAME SHAZAM! TOLKIEN ROBERT DOWNEY JR., CHRIS EVANS, CHRIS HEMSWORTH, ZACHARY LEVI, MARK STRONG, ASHER ANGEL, JACK DYLAN NICHOLAS HOULT, LILY COLLINS, COLM MEANEY SCARLETT JOHANSSON GRAZER, DJIMON HOUNSOU PG-13 / / 111 mins/ Drama / E, E+ PG / 143 mins / Fantasy, Sci-Fi / E, E+ PG-13 / / 132 mins / Action, Adventure / E, J, K, E+ This movie explores the formative years After half of life is wiped out by Thanos, Billy Batson is an abandoned 14-year-old in of the renowned author Tolkien's life as he the remaining Avengers must work search of his real parents. Moving from one finds friendship, courage and inspiration together to reverse the damage and foster family to another, he is branded a from a group of fellow writers and artists at restore the universe to what it once was, nuisance until he meets the powerful wizard school. Their brotherhood strengthens as including bringing back their friends. They Shazam and takes up his mantle. Shazam they grow up and experience love and loss journey back in time to retrieve the Infinity bestows upon Billy the gift to become an together until the outbreak of World War Stones, leading to a final showdown with adult superhero but not without a price – to One. It is these experiences that inspired Thanos in the biggest battle the Avengers help the wizard defeat a deadly archnemesis, him to write his famous Middle-earth books. have ever faced. Dr Thaddeus Sivana. | August 2019 81 | BEST OF MALAYSIA CHINESE HINDI TAMIL goingplacesmagazine.com BUKIT KEPONG 朝花夕拾•芳華絕代 / अं धाधुन /ANDHADHUN ௯௬ / 96 SUHAINA YAHYA, JAMALIAH ARSHAD, DEAREST ANITA AYUSHMANN KHURRANA, TABU, VIJAY SETHUPATHI, TRISHA KRISHNAN, HUSSEIN ABU HASSAN YUKI FONG, ELVINA KONG, SONIJA KWOK RADHIKA APTE VARSHA BOLLAMMA PG-13 / / 110 mins / Drama, History / E+ PG-13 / / 86 mins / Biography, Drama / C, E+ PG-13 / / 139 mins / Comedy, Thriller / E+ PG-13 / / 158 mins / Drama, Romance / E+ Directed by Jins Shamsuddin, In the wake of her passing, fans Akash is a pianist who pretends Ram and Janaki are high school starring himself, this movie is of the late Hong Kong Cantopop to be visually impaired for welfare sweethearts from the batch based on the true story of the icon Anita Mui strive to salvage benefits and as an experiment of 1996 who meet at a school hard-fought battle between and return her collection of gifts to help with his piano playing. reunion 22 years later. Ram is the police force and the and souvenirs to their original When he unwittingly becomes a now a travel photographer while local community against the senders before they are sent to witness in the murder of a former Janaki is settled in Singapore. Communists in Bukit Kepong, the landfill. As the items find actor, he is torn about lodging Sparks are still present as the Johor in 1950. The incident peaked their way back to the fans, the a police report for an incident two recall the past that laid the during the dawn attack on 18 movie recounts the memories he technically did not witness. foundation for their love story, officers at the local police station and nostalgia of her friends His world careens into a series and talk about their present lives by members of the Malayan and supporters. of shocking twists as he tries to as events unfold at the reunion. Communist Party on 23 February. evade the murderer. 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.