‘Arts’ Archives
“Game Room”
Crime/Drama/Thriller ****1/2 of Five Stars A punk-rock band called “Ain”'t Rights” are desperate for money, gas and gigs. Running out of luck the band members Pat (Anton Yelchin), Sam (Alia Shawhat), Tiger (Callum Turner), Reece (Joe Cole) and Amber (Imogen Poots) reluctantly accept a gig at white supremacist compound in back-woods near Portland, Oregon. The band gets on stage begin to play the1981 Dead Kennedys”' song “Nazi Punks Fuck Off!” to an audience of pro-white-pro-Nazi sympathies. What happens next sparks the adrenaline to go through the roof. After the band retreats to the green room (dressing room) they a woman who”'s been murdered on the floor. The neo-Nazis and the ringleader Darcy (Patrick Stewart) go after the kids, but the punkers lock themselves into the green room. Now the matter of wits among the band members is try to escape, but their nemesis won”'t let that happen. Darcy has already given his men to kill them [...]
“The Lobster”
\Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Comedy Rated: R **** of Five Stars “The Lobster” casts modern love relationships in dystopian form and also casts, somewhat in a cynical way, how society constantly insists on couples. David (Colin Farrell) finds out how cruel the world is when his wife leaves him and he”'s all alone. He seeks out a surreal compound where he has to find a mate in 45 days or be transformed into an animal, of course, of his choice. He chooses to be a lobster even though he has a dog with him. Everybody is only known on a first name basis and the rules at the resort are rigorous. Violations of the rules can meet with punishment during the trial time. Men and women are required to attend seminars on relationships. While David”'s at the resort he meets two other singles “Lisping Man” (John C. Reilly) and “Limping Man” (Ben Whishaw) trying to find a mate. But David tries to settle with a woman which doesn”'t work. When he escapes [...]
“High-Rise”
BY HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howardsmoviecorner.com                                                  howardmcquitter68@gmail.com *** of Five Stars Action/Sci-Fi/Drama From the beginning of Ben Wheatley”'s “High-Rise,” the signs of a disturbing venture are in store for the viewers. Just minutes into “High-Rise,” the setting backs of three months earlier when a doctor Robert Laing (Tom Hiddleston) after recently losing his sister moves into a spacious apartment on the 25th floor of this futurist high-rise (would be in the 1970s here). (J.G. Ballard”'s 1975 novel adapted to silver screen by Ben Wheatley with the same title.) Laing goes on to say he feels he”'s living in the future that has already taken place. Whether or not, Laing is aware of what is [...]
