Queen of Hearts/Dronningen (2019) - Dyrholm explores complex culpability in el-Toukhy's dynamite drama

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+ Best Danish Movie of the Year + Best Sex Drama of the Year

A fairly hideously designed poster for May el-Toukhy's Queen of Hearts, which seems to indicate an orgy between generations

A successful mother and wife career woman lets her life become untethered, when her husband's late-teenage son from a former marriage moves in with them, and she initiates a sexual relationship with him.

Queen of Hearts is written by Maren Louise Käehne (Shelley (2016)) and great Danish co-writer/director May el-Toukhy (Long Story Short/Lang Historie Kort (2015)). It is a layered and complex drama about issues of marriage, sexuality, culpability, manipulation and responsibility.
Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair/En Kongelig Affære (2016)) gives what is arguably her best performance to date as the unwound protagonist, who gets her way around her husband with eerie and amazing cunning, while letting herself roam free from morality behind the curtains.
What makes the adulterous relation in Queen of Hearts especially provocative and wrong in my eyes is not so much the young man's age, (he looks to be at least 17 or 18), but more so the fact that he is her step-son, - and mostly so the fact that they carry on their sinful relation in and around the family's home, which seems the ultimate disregard for everyone else. The overstepping of course mostly shames Dyrholm's character, who is in full command of her wits, is fully mature and aware of her conduct. But I personally cannot completely exonerate her Swedish husband (well-played by Magnus Krepper (Ditte & Louise (2015-16)), whose wrongdoing is that he leads a tame marriage to a partner who is obviously neglected to some degree, in attention, sexually especially, - while he moves in his attractive son to their home and leaves the two of them alone. Gustav Lindh (All Inclusive (2017)) who was around 23 at the time of shooting, is very good as the troubled son, SPOILER who becomes mixed-up from the experience.
SPOILER The development is that of a downwards spiral: The great script and expert handling makes every step wholly authentic and believably natural; but things almost couldn't go any worse for our protagonist or the other main characters.
The film has elegant and evocative photography (by Jasper Spanning (The Guilty/Den Skyldige (2018))), which also helps to set the thematic scene through shots of gnarly, naked, wiry tree branches; nature has convoluted chaos that can sometimes resemble the inner workings of humans, these fine images seem to relate. The production is also graced with good production values and wardrobe decisions; especially Dyrholm's character's costumes are incredibly elegant, and she carries them with the powerful aplomb of an everyday queen. (Costumes by Rebecca Richmond (Heartless (2014, TV-series), costumer)).
Queen of Hearts is a film for grown-ups; a heady, lingering drama to be sure. My only negative note goes to its choice concerning the sexuality it portrays: El-Toukhy has especially one sexually explicit scene, which naturally wouldn't be done with any underage actor. The sex is sure to stir up conflicting feelings of arousal and nausea for different audiences. - But at the same time the narrative keeps a point alive about the young man being a boy and "just a child", as the protagonist's sister puts it, - which is obviously false. This point would have been stronger and relevant in the film, if casting had gone with a younger male actor, - and we could have skipped the explicit sex in that case.

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El Toukhy and Dyrholm give an interview about the film at Sundance in this video

Cost: Reportedly 19.5 mil. DKK, equalling approximately 2.91 mil. $
Box office: In excess of 3.2 mil. $ and counting
= Currently a huge flop (has returned 1.09 times its cost)
[Queen of Hearts premiered 20 January (Sundance Film Festival, Utah) and runs 127 minutes. Shooting took place in the Copenhagen area. The film won an audience award at Sundance. It has sold an impressive 318k admissions in Denmark, but as it is part of Cinema Club Denmark, a large portion of the admissions are sold at half prize. A realistic outcome is therefore a 21.8 mil. DKK gross/3.25 mil. $. Listed is also a gross from Hungary, Lithuania and Russia of 35k $. - This would put the gross currently at 3.2 mil. $ and counting. The film is set to release in Poland (7 June), Belgium (19 June), Netherlands (20 June) and the UK (6 September) and could hopefully still turn a profit. El-Toukhy has not announced her next film yet. Dyrholm returned in Brecht (2019). 704 IMDb users have given Queen of Hearts an 8/10 average rating.]

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Frasier - season 6 (1998) - Niles finally begins his divorce in solidly hilarious season

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+ Best Continuing TV-series

The beloved sitcom's regular stars are all back in a familial pile on this DVD cover for the 6th season of David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee's Frasier

The season picks up where season 5 ended: Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer (Guardians of the Tomb (2018))), Seattle's eminent radio psychologist, finds himself out of a job for the first time in the show's run. This doesn't last long, however. Frasier's psychologist brother Niles Crane (David Hyde Pierce (A Bug's Life (1998))) goes through a rougher patch, as he finally divorces his never-by-us-seen wife Maris. To make matters worse, the tough lawyer that Frasier finds for his brother to speed the process up, Danny, begins a relationship with Daphne (Jane Leeves (Hercules (1998), TV-series)), the Crane brothers' retired cop father Martin's (John Mahoney (Primal Fear (1996))) live-in physical therapist, - whom Niles himself has been enamored with, more or less since she came to the Crane family in the first season.
Woody Harrelson of Cheers, Frasier's 'parent show', shows up (in episode 13: The Show Where Woody Shows Up), and he and Frasier learn that they don't enjoy each others' company the way they used to; a familiar experience which is used to amusing effect.
Roz (Peri Gilpin (The Outdoorsman (2017))), Frasier's producer colleague, is getting used to her new life as a single mother, and she has an affair with the radio station's randy sports host 'Bulldog' Briscoe in the season's double episode finale. 

Martin and Frasier also go through various episodes in their romantic lives, but as usual, it is mostly Grammer and Pierce who shine comedically as the ever-competing Crane brothers. 
Creators David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee's (Wings (1990-97), all) sitcom super series Frasier retains its high level in season 6 with several terrific episodes and a very high laugh frequency throughout.

Best episodes:

1: Good Grief - Written by Christopher Lloyd (Modern Family (2009-19)); directed by Pamela Fryman (Man with a Plan (2016-18))
Frasier goes through a sorrow-like phase after losing his job at KACL; and Niles suffers pangs from divorcing Maris. - Hilarious. 

2. Frasier's Curse - Written by Jay Kogen (School of Rock (2016-18)); directed by Fryman
Attending the high school reunion becomes a painful event due to unemployment, but Frasier lives it up ... with acapella singing!

7. How to Bury a Millionaire - Written by Lori Kirkland Baker (Wings (1996-97)); directed by Fryman
Niles gets evicted from Maris' mansion, but his difficult person makes his stay at his brother's place short, and he moves on to Shangri-La Apartments.

10. Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz - Written by Kogen; directed by Grammer
Frasier dates a charming pastry chef (Amy Brenneman (Mother and Child (2009))), but when he meets her mother before Christmas, his attempt at seeming Jewish fails.

17. Dinner Party - Written by Jeffrey Richman (Charlie Lawrence (2003, TV-series)); directed by Lee
Frasier and Niles plan a dinner party, but their plans are complicated. All five regular stars shine in this brilliantly scripted episode set exclusively in the apartment.

18. Taps at the Montana - Written by David Lloyd (Amen (1986-87)); directed by Lee
Niles plans a party to get himself back into his building, but the evening turns fatal - twice! A morbid and hilarious episode.

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Here's a clip from episode 3 (Dial M for Martin) in which Laura Harring (Love Kills (2016)) guest stars

Cost: Unknown
Box office: None - TV series
= Uncertain - but certainly a TV hit
[Frasier season 6 was first shown from 24 September 1998 - 20 May 1999 on NBC, and it spans 24 episodes of an average 22 minutes, totaling approximately 528 minutes, (if the last episode is taken as two, through it is really a double-length episode.) Shooting took place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with establishing shots from Seattle, Washington. The series' cost grew during its run, and the cost per episode at its closure after 11 seasons was reportedly 5.2 mil. $ (124.8 mil. $ for the 24 episodes), of which 60 % went to its regular stars, of which Grammer commanded an impressive 1.6 mil. $ (amounting to 38.4 mil. $ for the season). Still, with syndication, foreign sales, home video etc., the series was likely a great asset for NBC. The season's rating's lowest (episode 21: When a Man Loves Two Women) was 20 mil. US viewers and its highest (episode 1: Good Grief) was 28.3 mil.. The season rose in its Nielsen ratings ranking from season 5's #10 ranking to the best ranking the series ever attained, #3. The season won 2/7 Emmy noms. The 7th season started showing in September 1999. Grammer at the time also starred in Standing on Fishes (1999) and New Jersey Turnpikes (1999) and gave voice performances in 4 other 1999 titles, including Toy Story 2. 66,531 IMDb users have given Frasier an 8.1/10 average rating.] 

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Flesh Feast (1970) - Veronica Lake's madcap maggot exploitation swansong

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An appropriately ghastly, sensational poster for Brad F. Grinter's Flesh Feast

Two villainous doctors conduct dubious science with maggots and stolen corpses in a cellar laboratory with the aim of rejuvenating an expat top Nazi! - Yikes!

Flesh Feast is written by Thomas Casey (Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)), who also photographed the film, and co-writer/co-producer/director Brad F. Grinter (Blood Freak (1972)). It is a schlocky, ultra-cheap grade Z film, - but it has a certain attraction, if you approach it with low expectations, (or none.)
Psychedelic elements and hot ladies are combined with maggots, dangling, putrefying body parts and former major Hollywood star Veronica Lake (Sullivan's Travels (1941)), whose infamous last film this is, (she even co-produced it.) She plays a grotesque part, which she nevertheless pitches into full throttle. Lake seems genuinely mad in Flesh Feast.
The script is almost terrible, and the film bores in stretches. SPOILER Its Hitler/maggot end scene has to be seen to be believed!

Watch a short trailer for the film here

Cost: Unknown
Box office: Unknown
= Uncertain
[Flesh Feast was released 20 May (USA) and runs 72 minutes. Shooting took place in Miami Beach, Florida on a tiny budget. Rice was used to pass off as a sea of maggots in closeup shots. Despite its R rating, it was shown with 'GP' and 'PG' ratings printed on it in parts of the US, where it also continued playing on double and triple bills all the way up to 1983, likely accruing a very healthy gross over the years. Grinter returned with Devil Rider! (1970). Lake never acted again and died from hepatitis at age 50 in 1973. 513 IMDb users have given Flesh Feast an average 2.2/10 rating.]

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Stan & Ollie (2018) - Brilliant work in simple, hilarious homage masterpiece

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+ 3rd Best Movie of the Year
+ Best Dramedy of the Year + English Movie of the Year + Best Homage of the Year + Best Period Movie of the Year + Best Shooting Star Actress of the Year: Nina Arianda

A hat in mid-air and the two stars in full character getup feature on this simple poster for Jon S. Baird's Stan & Ollie

Laurel and Hardy reach the top as cinema's most beloved comedy double act in the 1930s but never achieve the great financial wealth or creative ownership of some of their peers. In 1953 the two are back together after many years apart in order to revive their joint career with an English tour; but reigniting stardom while staying friends proves no easy feat.

Stan & Ollie is written by Jeff Pope (Philomena (2013)), inspired by A.J. Marriot's book Laurel & Hardy - The British Tours (1993), and directed by Scottish master filmmaker Jon S. Baird (Filth (2013)), whose 3rd feature it is.
This is a simple and sincere, unseeming masterpiece; an honest, exceedingly good film, which simply doesn't have a flaw to it that's worth mentioning. Stan & Ollie is a film about friendship and professional companionship; about comedy and performing, and about life, getting something worthwhile out of it, and about reaching its inevitable end.
The film brims with enthusiasm and affection for its duo of subjects and their comedy, which is recreated with rare bravura by the master performances of acting greats Steve Coogan (The Other Guys (2010)) and John C. Reilly (Sing (2016)), who even give a great song performance with Trail of the Lonesome Pine. Coogan's empathized and impressively detailed invocation of Stan Laurel is awesome, and Reilly's inhabiting of the quite different Oliver Hardy is just as good. Their comedic acts highlight Laurel & Hardy's simpler, good-for-all brand of universal comedy, which seems to have all but disappeared now; but boy what a joy it is to see it back for a good show here in Stan & Ollie, - and boy, did the two of them make me laugh!
The film also has good supporting performances: Rufus Jones (Camping (2016, miniseries)) is spot-on as the dubious British booking agent, Shirley Henderson (Yes (2004)) is just right as Ollie's adoring shrew wife, but it is Nina Arianda (Hannibal (2015, TV-series)) who steals scenes and gets more than a few laughs of her own as Stan's imperiously proud, brief and lingually challenged Russian émigré wife. Fondly remembered from her turn in the comparable period showbiz dramedy Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), Arianda has a meatier part here and stands out.
Stan & Ollie has good production values, and it never sentimentalizes its time period by glossing it up. The photography is simple and to the point; SPOILER only in the final performance we linger profoundly at the duo's shadows on the stage, as Ollie's declining health forces them to the precipice of their collaboration.
The film opens with a delightful, long Steadicam shot through a major Hollywood studio in full swing, and the script tells the story with perfect command, never rushing, but getting its points down nonetheless, SPOILER reaching a (for some audiences personally) familiar culmination, where hard words are uttered between the two pals, which hurt like stab wounds.
Stan & Ollie is a wonderful film. - Don't miss seeing it on a big screen!

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Watch a trailer for the film here

Cost: 10 mil. $
Box office: Reportedly 21.7 mil. $ and counting
= Too early to say, - but presently a flop
[Stan & Ollie premiered 21 October (BFI London Film Festival, UK) and runs 97 minutes. Shooting took place in England, including London, in the spring of 2017. Reilly reportedly spent 4 hours daily in the makeup chair. The film opened #32 to a 78k $ first weekend in 5 theaters in North America, where it peaked at #20 and in 754 theaters (different weeks) and grossed 5.4 mil. $ (24.9 % of the total gross) North America was the film's 2nd biggest market; the UK were by far the biggest with a 13.6 mil. $ (62.7 %). Italy looks to be the 3rd biggest now, with 946k $ (4.4 %). The film was nominated for a Golden Globe, 3 BAFTAs and 7 British Independent Film awards, winning none. It has yet to open in at least two more markets: Israel (6 June) and Turkey (28 June). Baird does not have an announced follow-up yet. Coogan returned in Hot Air (2018), Reilly in Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) with a voice performance and physically in Holmes & Watson (2018). Stan & Ollie is certified fresh at 92 % with a 7.48/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

What do you think of Stan & Ollie?

Far and Away (1992) - Howard, Hollywood's sweethearts visit the old West with dull result

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Two hot stars, - one an established superstar (Cruise), the other a foreign (Australian) up-and-comer (Kidman), - seem caught in an epic that's too pompously grand to serve anyone right on this poster for Ron Howard's Far and Away

An odd Irish couple from different spectrums of the social ladder strike for America in 1892, the land of opportunities, where their lives are made more complicated, before they reach and participate in the great Oklahoma land race.

Far and Away is written by Bob Dolman (Willow (1988)) with its co-writer/director, great Oklahoman filmmaker Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon (2008)) contributing story elements.
It works alright for a time as a picturesque period romance, a breezy adventure with giggles, silliness and dangers, especially because Robert Prosky (The Skeptic (2009)), who plays a landlord, was such a wonderful character actor.
But even though I like Nicole Kidman (Billy Bathgate (1991)) and Tom Cruise (Knight and Day (2010)), one feels lost with Far and Away. It is a case of some very heavy writing and severely banal storytelling. Paired with the epic running time, the couple's hardships are also downright dull. 
Despite major production expense, the scenario throughout seems highly unreal. Beautiful, grand imagery (cinematography by Mikael Salomon (Tell It Like It Is, Boys (1980))) and a fine John Williams (Munich (2005)) score make it tolerable.
SPOILER Cruise's climactic declaration of love to Kidman: "You're a real corker!" - Has to rank as one of the year's worst lines put to film. Far and Away is a highly vapid experience.

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American Graffiti (1973) or, Cruisin' Modesto '62 (actor)  

Watch a trailer for the film here

Cost: 60 mil. $
Box office: 137.7 mil. $
= Minor flop (returned 2.29 times its cost)
[Far and Away premiered 18 May (Cannes Film Festival, France) and runs 140 minutes. Shooting took place in Montana, Oklahoma and Ireland, including Dublin, from May - September 1991. For the Land Rush scene, 800 riders and extras and 900 horses, oxen and mules, 200 carts and 12 cameras were used. Roger Ebert gave the film a 2/4 star review, equal in rating to this one. The film opened #3, behind holdover hit Lethal Weapon 3 and fellow new release Alien 3 to a Memorial Weekend total of 12.9 mil. $ in North America, where it spent another 3 weeks in the top 5 (#4-#4-#5) and grossed 58.8 mil. $ (42.7 % of the total gross). The film reportedly made 29.6 mil. $ on home video sales, which, if added into its gross, would make it a box office success. It earned no nominations for serious awards. Howard returned with The Paper (1994). Cruise returned in A Few Good Men (1992), Kidman in Malice (1993). Far and Away is rotten at 48 % with a 5.26/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - Newell, Curtis and a stellar cast's romcom triumph

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+ Best British Movie of the Year + Best $ Return of the Year: 55.84 + Best Mega-hit Movie of the Year + Best On-screen Couple of the Year: Hugh Grant & Andie MacDowell + Most Profitable Movie of the Year: 93.88 mil. $ range + Best Romcom of the Year

The main characters of Mike Newell's Four Weddings and a Funeral are squashed together on this bright poster for the film

At a wedding our awkward hero, an indecisive, English heartbreaker, meets the one and only, who is a warm-blooded American. But, but, but ...

Four Weddings and a Funeral is written by Richard Curtis (Trash (2014)) and directed by great British filmmaker Mike Newell (Donnie Brasco (1997)). It is an extraordinarily well-greased romcom; well-written and acted, - and directed with an enormous flair.
Hugh Grant (Restoration (1995)), Andie MacDowell (Mighty Fine (2012)), Kristin Scott Thomas (Nowhere Boy (2009)), John Hannah (Overboard (2018)), Rowan Atkinson (Keeping Mum (2005)) and Simon Callow (Creditors (2015)) as the festive Garth, who passes away, are all outstanding.
There's poor sound in a few scenes, and the film maybe repeats its own conventions a bit too willingly, but these are minor asides to one of the best and most widely loved romances of the 1990s.

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Watch a trailer for the film here

 

Cost: 4.4 mil. $

Box office: 245.7 mil. $

= Blockbuster (returned 55.84 times its cost)

[Four Weddings and a Funeral premiered 20 January (Sundance Film Festival, Utah) and runs 117 minutes. The script was reportedly inspired by Curtis' having attended 65 weddings in 11 years and at one of them turned down a proposal, which he forever regretted. Grant was considering giving up acting before he got the part, which became his mainstream breakthrough. He was paid 40k £, with the other co-stars getting 17.5k £ per head. The tight budget meant that wedding extras wore their own garbs, and that shooting had to be completed in 36 days, taking place in England, including London, from May - July 1993. The US distributor objected to the film's profanity and tried, unsuccessfully, to have its title changed. The film opened in 5 theaters to a 138k $ first weekend in North America, where it peaked at #1, spending a total of 6 weeks in the top 5 (#1-#2-#3-#2-#5-#5), grossing 52.7 mil. $ (21.4 % of the total gross). The US distributor, on realizing the film's popularity, spend 11 mil. $ on marketing it there. It grossed 27.8 mil. £ in the UK, and still stands as the highest-grossing UK film of all time. It was nominated for 2 Oscars: It lost Best Picture to Forrest Gump and Original Screenplay to Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary for Pulp Fiction. The film won 1/4 Golden Globe nominations, 4/11 BAFTA noms, a César award, was nominated for 2 David di Donatello awards, won a National Board of Review award and many other honors. Roger Ebert gave the film a 3.5/4 star review, in line with this one. Newell returned with An Awfully Big Adventure (1995). Grant returned in Sirens (1994), MacDowell in Bad Girls (1994). Four Weddings and a Funeral is certified fresh at 96 % with a 7.64/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

 

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The Fighting 69th (1940) - Cagney and O'Brien back in familiar dynamic in alright morale war picture

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A color-spiked, star-pushing poster for William Keighley's The Fighting 69th

Towards the end of WWI, the Irish-American 69th infantry company from New York are stationed in Europe's trenches, with cheeky Plunkett and silver-tongued father Duff, fighting for world peace.

The Fighting 69th is written by Dean Riesner (Coogan's Bluff (1968)), Fred Niblo Jr. (Father's Son (1941)) and Norman Reilly Raine (Eagle Squadron (1942)), based on the real heroics of the 69th infantry company during WWI, and directed by William Keighley (Each Dawn I Die (1939)). The company was named 'the fighting 69th' long before WWI; in fact by General Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War.
Both his soldier colleagues and James Cagney's (The Mayor of Hell (1933)) Plunkett, who turns out to have it all in his mouth, are vexing in The Fighting 69th. Pat O'Brien (Stage 7 (1955, TV-series)) seems to have been created for playing clerical parts such as this, - which he had also already done across from Cagney in gangster masterpiece Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), - and so the casting here is hardly innovative.
But that goes for the entire film, which relies on the suspense of whether or not Plunkett will convert to the good father's faith and redeem himself in the end (or not), and this works just fine as digestive afternoon fare - especially for men.

Watch a trailer for the film here

Cost: Unknown
Box office: Unknown
= Uncertain - but seemingly a hit
[The Fighting 69th premiered 26 January (New York) and runs 90 minutes. Shooting took place in California, including Los Angeles and San Diego, in and around October 1939. The Plunkett character is entirely fictional. The only female character in the script was cast but then cut out prior to production. The film's budget and gross is unknown; though it reportedly peaked at #2 in North America; and TCM reports that it was "an enormous hit". Keighley returned with Torrid Zone (1940), also the next feature for Cagney. O'Brien returned in Castle on the Hudson (1940); George Brent (Stage 7 (1955, TV-series)) in Adventure in Diamonds (1940). 1,618 IMDb users have given The Fighting 69th a 6.7/10 average rating.]

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