What classics did you see last week ? (23 Feb - 29 Feb 2020)

I didn't see any classic movies this week, just the following:

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)



Let's just get this out of the way: This is not a Birds of Prey movie, this is a Harley Quinn spinoff movie that just happens to feature a few other female characters who work together, briefly, towards the end of the movie. Margot Robbie is a much bigger star now, and her character was the break-out character from Suicide Squad, so to play it safe, she is basically the whole show here.

Not that it's a bad show. I had fun and enjoyed the movie. Huntress and Black Canary fans might feel slighted by their real lack of screen time. Once you just accept it's The Harley Quinn Show, it's all right.

I liked that they used Black Mask as the main baddie, although I didn't truly buy Ewan McGregor as a sadistic madman. Chris Messina as the evil sidekick was a little more believable. How could they cast real life couple Mary Elizabeth Winstead and McGregor and not give them some cool scenes together?

It was passable entertainment and my gripes were easy to overlook. DC is still grasping at whatever they think works in order to have another big hit franchise movie. I wish they had their own Kevin Feige to steer the ship but they are all over the place creatively.

Hi all,I hope everyone had a good weekend, and I've recently seen:



13 Going on 30 (2004)6

Whilst bringing Rink forward in time, director Gary Winick (who tragically died from brain cancer at just 49 years old) & cinematographer Don Burgess get their Rom-Com groove on with a ahead of its time sparkling dip into 80's nostalgia of Michael Jackson nightclub dancing, childhood partying to Talking Heads, and the changing glamour of Madonna. Covering Rink in a fashion mag workplace, Winick spreads the pages for a glossy Rom-Com atmosphere of darting panning shots towards Rink and Flamhaff's Meet Cute. Made just after she was Elektra in Daredevil,Jennifer Garner gives a bubbly turn as Rink,whose childish mind-set allows Garner to bring out misfit slap-stick.

Later to join Garner in Comic Book movies with Black Panther,Ant-Man and as The Incredible Hulk, (plus a early cameo from Captain Marvel's Brie Larson,and Rogue One's Felicity Jones being the cover star of Rink's mag) Judy Greer, Andy Serkis and Mark Ruffalo give sparkling turns as Rink's pals,with Ruffalo bringing out a soft rugged charm as he falls for Rink going on 30.