MAINSTREAM BIOPIC

Hayao Miyazaki is the visually most dominant Japanese anime author, and his reputation soldiers on in a biopic about one of the most famous airplane constructors between two world wars.

However, the storyline fails to follow impeckable graphic style with a too oflat lined story, which gives little or no surprises. Dreamworld in which the main character habitates and draws the inspiration for his constructions is just occasionally shadowed by the illness of his spouse and looming war predictions throughout the entire course of the movie.

„The wind rises” is just too „ordinary” for a Japanese animated flick.

THE WIND RISES – 4/10

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SOLID ACTING, OVERPRICED STORY

Rare were public figures in modern US history that raised so much hype and controversy as Steve Jobs, so two movie interpretations in just couple of years after his passing can not be considered as a surprise.

To be clear and unambigous, Danny Boyle's „Steve Jobs” by far exceeds the substandard „Jobs” with Ashton Kutcher (Oh, dear God!) qualitywise. And it still isn't anything more than just an average flick.

Why?

Steve Jobs's lifestory just isn't enough to make a superb movie everybody is trying to make. There isn't enough quality material there to attract and keep the attention of the average movie viewer. This can not be replaced even by very solid roles of Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslett, nor by the innovative approach of telling his lifestory through the backstage preparations for three most important presentations in his career Boyle uses this time.

„Steve Jobs” is just one average flick on a below average topic.

STEVE JOBS - 4/10

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PATHETIC, BUT INTERESTING

Hip-hop culture haven't had a decent movie interpretation, primarily due to a lack of time distance from the beginnings of the newest genre of black music that emerged at the end of '80s.

„Straight outta Compton” aims to fill precisely that gap, giving us an authorized story of the band „N.W.A.”, their rise to world glory, clashes with the police and authorities, as well as standard managerial traps along the road from anonymity to stardom and back.

Cast is really convincing, led by Ice Cube's son (O'Shea Jackson Jr.), one of the actual band members and reliable Paul Giamatti as the band's manager. Young guys portraying Dr. Dre and Easy-A (Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell) are also pretty solid too, as well as the soundtrack, which is logical. The most valuable moments in the movie come from the process of songwriting, which is really important when it comes to music biopics.

Downsides of this music biopic are the overall sense of pathetic relations between the band members, which were far worse in the real life, as well as some clear exaggerations of the actual story.

„Straight outta Compton” is a must-see for all hip-hop lovers and a true pioneer endeavor when it comes to this kind of music.

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON - 5/10

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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING ALREADY SEEN

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Stephen Hawking is one of the most remarkable public figures of the 20th century. His work, personality, as well as his perennial fight against the horrible ALS deserved a decent movie script a long time ago. It finally got it, with „The theory of everything”, but nothing more than that.

Such a fascinating life story is compressed inside the two hours of numerous common places, with little exclusive and almost no controversial facts.

Luckily, male lead role is there to put it right, to some extent at least.

Young Eddie Redmayne literally twisted himself inside out for this one, reminiscing Daniel Day-Lewis’s Christy Brown in „My left foot”. Unfortunately, his effort isn’t matched by the supporting cast, raising serious questions about some of the five „Academy” nominations „Theory of everything” raised in this year’s race for the „golden boy”.

In the end, Eddie will be a major contender for the male lead title at the „Kodak” theatre, alongside phenomenal Keaton, but the rest of the flick falls behind significantly. And that’s a real shame.

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING – 6/10