Grade: B
Synopsis: An impoverished Indian youth spends his traumatic life in pursuit of a girl, culminating in his appearance on the Hindi version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”
Slumdog Millionaire has a lot in common with director Danny Boyle’s breakout film, Trainspotting (1996). Both open with chase sequences set to a thumping beat, both focus on youths trying to escape their environments and circumstances, both feature humorous and gag-inducing sequences involving shit, and both culminate with their protagonist acquiring a large amount of money and a chance at a better life. MORE »
Posted 464 days ago in Movie Reviews and Danny Boyle. One response
Grade: C+
Synopsis: Fifty years in the future an astronaut team travels to the dying sun in the hopes of reigniting it.
Sunshine is –at least for the first two acts– brilliant. Director Danny Boyle delivers a smart, awe-inspiring science fiction film that has to be seen on a large screen with a great sound system to do it justice. The script does a great job of building the tension, while at the same time keeping the fantastic nature of the story grounded in a very plausible reality, while the actors all turn in great performances. MORE »
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