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. CAPTAIN MARVEL June 2019_GPE.indd 79 16/05/2019 12:35 PM FILM REVIEWS WANT HELP WITH WHAT TO WATCH THIS MONTH? FILMMAKER AND DIRECTOR KAM RASLAN MAKES THE CASE FOR THESE MOVIES. Captain Marvel is an excellent extension of city), director Marielle Heller treats her wilfully a story universe that has come to dominate unlikable characters with the unshakeable movies for the last 10 years, and it doesn’t love of a parent and sees them through to a look like it will stop soon. I don’t know what’s redemption of realism and understanding. more dazzling: This new Captain Marvel movie or the genius of the long-term thinking that has been put into plotting out the whole Marvel universe. CAPTAIN MARVEL goingplacesmagazine.com Stung by the criticism that its top superheroes are all men (Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow doesn’t have any super powers), Marvel has answered the enormous success of DC’s Wonder Woman with Captain Marvel, the story of a regular human given super THE ACCOUNTANT powers so enormous that they could dwarf Perhaps because I come from a family of anything that has come before. The movie | accountants, it was hard for me to imagine 80 barely scratches the surface of what she that a movie called The Accountant could be a | June 2019 could potentially do, but from what I’ve seen CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? high-octane thriller about a savant, Bond- already, she completely up-ends everything I Based on the true story of how celebrity like, ninja-like assassin who happens to also thought I knew about the superhero laws of biographer Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) be incredibly good at doing sums. I consider physics. She is Marvel’s woman with powers fell from her heights as a New York Times being good at maths to be a super power, that equal DC’s Superman. bestselling author and was unable to pay which might be why I enjoy The Accountant her rent or feed her cat but suddenly found so much (I’ve watched it several times). I’m not going to ruin the plot of Captain temporary success selling letters she forged Marvel’s genesis for you because her identity of the dead celebrities she knew so well. But Ben Affleck is the criminal underworld’s and life’s purpose are very cleverly revealed the success was only temporary, and the FBI accountant who can be trusted to keep to us and to her in stages so that the movie closed in on her and her inept partner-in-crime secrets because he has lived his entire life ends in a very different place from where we (Richard E. Grant). anonymously beyond the government’s imagined it might at the beginning. control. Diagnosed with a high functioning I enjoy a good superhero movie, but Can You form of autism, he shies away from people Unlike the DC universe, Marvel has barely put Ever Forgive Me? helps to remind us that and sensory overload, and his only “friend” a foot wrong. DC faced a backlash after going movies can be about more than action, noise is a computerised voice that manages his way too dark and adult with Batman and with and a one-eyed man called Fury. They can also work. After being persuaded to take on a Superman before veering in the completely be about characters that are not saving the seemingly safe job of corporate forensic opposite direction with the near-slapstick and, world but are down-on-their-luck. And it can accounting, he finds himself having to fight well, comic-strip Aquaman that must have be about great acting without the distraction to save not just himself but also a young been aimed squarely at 13-year-olds. Marvel of computer-generated special effects. Melissa accountant (Anna Kendrick). on the other hand has succeeded in appealing McCarthy is one of the funniest people alive, to the kid in us while also working to grow but she’s proving that she can be a dramatic What is so enjoyable about The Accountant is older with us. In creating an abundance of actor with heart, without taking the schmaltzy not that it is simply an action thriller but that characters with slightly different demographic roles that Robin Williams chose. Richard E. the various plotlines, and the maths, need appeals (from aging, super-rich Tony Stark to Grant is compelling as a selfish conman in a to be solved and unfolded. It is a journey of life’s loser Ant Man and now Captain Marvel), role that might tell us what happened to his twists and discoveries as well as action. Marvel has threaded a complex web of stories character in Withnail and I (1987). Both won that speak to each other. The movies age Oscar nominations for their performances. with the actors in real time and when that story strand ends, another will emerge to take Turning clichés about the romance of writing over. And then, who knows, in five years, the and New York on their heads (Sex and the Captain Marvel, Can You Ever Forgive Me and The Accountant are playing onboard. Check your in-flight character might have a rebirth? City’s Carrie Bradshaw would have died in this entertainment system for channel information. June 2019_GPE.indd 80 16/05/2019 12:35 PM NEW THIS MONTH HOLLYWOOD CAPTAIN MARVEL THE LEGO MOVIE 2: HEAD FULL OF HONEY BRIE LARSON, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, BEN MENDELSOHN, THE SECOND PART NICK NOLTE, MATT DILLON, EMILY MORTIMER, SOPHIA JUDE LAW CHRIS PRATT, ELIZABETH BANKS, TIFFANY HADDISH, LANE NOLTE PG-13 / / 124 mins / Fantasy, Science Fiction / E, E+ WILL ARNETT PG-13 / / 128 mins / Drama / E, E+ PG / 107 mins / Family / E, J, K, E+ Air Force pilot Carol Danvers finds out A remake of Til Schweiger’s German hit that she is one of the universe’s most The citizens of Bricksburg are faced with a film about a retired veterinarian, Amadeus, powerful heroes. It is up to her to intervene new threat when Lego Duplo invaders from who suffers from Alzheimer’s and wishes when Earth is caught in the middle of an outer space destroy everything in their path. to recapture moments of his life. He intergalactic battle between two alien Emmet, Lucy, Batman and their friends must embarks on a remarkable journey with races. With the help of S.H.I.E.L.D. and agent travel to strange and unexplored worlds his granddaughter, Matilda, to Venice, Nick Fury, Danvers sets out to uncover the that test their wit and courage, which will the city where he fell in love with his late truth behind her past while harnessing her ultimately help them save their beloved city wife, Margaret. superpowers. and defeat the invaders. | June 2019 81 | BEST OF MALAYSIA CHINESE JAPANESE HINDI goingplacesmagazine.com SAYA JUAL YE BANG 葉 問 外 傳 ：張 天 志 / 旅猫リポート / THE तुब्बा蔼 / TUMBBAD ZIZAN RAZAK, UQASHA SENROSE, MASTER Z: IP MAN LEGACY TRAVELLING CAT SOHUM SHAH, JYOTI MALSHE, ANITA DATE NADIYAH SAHAB MAX ZHANG, MICHELLE YEOH, DAVE BAUTISTA PG-13 / / 101 mins / Thriller / E+ PG-13 / / 120 mins / Comedy, Romance / E+ CHRONICLES PG-13 / / 108 mins / Action, Martial Art / E+ SOTA FUKUSHI, YUKO TAKEUCHI, MITSUKI TAKAHATA On the outskirts of the village Rose and Amin are a loving Following his defeat by Master PG-13 / / 118 mins / Drama / E+ Tumbbad, a young boy, Vinayak couple living a humble life. Ip Man, Cheung Tin Chi tries Sotoru lives with his pet cat, Rao, searches for the secret of Their marriage soon faces to lead a quiet life running a Nana, but due to unforeseen a treasure hidden in a mansion. complications when Rose loses small grocery store and looking circumstances, he is no longer His encounter with a wretched her job through no fault of hers. after his young son in Hong old lady who knows of the She is hired as a salesperson and Kong. After running afoul of an able to care for her and must give her up. Setting out in search of source of this wealth sets him becomes wildly successful under opium den operator and some on the path to greed. He then the mentorship of Datuk Jaki. triad leaders, Tin Chi is forced a new home for the cat, Sotoru meets with old friends and his encounters the demon Hastar, Meanwhile, her manager takes to fight again, this time against who has protected the mystical a liking towards her, resulting a foreigner, in order to gain first love and acquaints himself with new friends while his own treasure from Vinayak’s family in Rose being torn between her the respect of the people in his for generations. career and her marriage. neighbourhood. story unfolds in the process. 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 / D Danish / E English / ES Spanish / F French / G German / PG Parental guidance recommended. Some content may not 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.