Racing spirit

Great innuendo on the title “Race”. Great execution by Disney – the studio, like Jesse Owens (Stephan James), cuts no corners on its way to four gold medals. Simplistic to a fault, because the underlying story itself is so shockingly compelling/ inspiring. Kudos all round

15.5/20

Too Big a Cataclysm

Too Big to Fail chronicles the events leading to the Great Recession and the implementation of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Specifically, it chronicles the events from the vantage point of HenryPaulson (William Hurt), the Fed Chairman. In this movie, you will find the hubris of Lehman Chief Dick Fuld (James Woods), the oversized egos of the Street’s leading doyens of Investment Banking, the desperate urgency among the players in question to prevent a total collapse of the financial markets, and the resultant patchwork that may have averted an out-and-out meltdown but the shadows of which persist to this day. Unlike Margin Call which is purely fictitious, Too Big to Fail has a documentary-like quality and (presumably) preserves authenticity while showcasing one of the most turbulent weeks/ fortnights in recent human history

14.5/20

Lend me your Ears

Eccentric but engaging, Noise takes a man’s fight against the urban menace through an illogical path to an acceptable end. This is a twisted vigilante role that steers between self-remonstrance, provocation, action and then brushes with the law and collapse of family. The remarks on Hegel, sex and promiscuity make this a movie about free will and personal space rather than a limited movie on individual activism. And on the activism – yes, our man does work the court to a positive outcome on his pet peeve. So there.