I couldn't avoid Incredibles 2 given the ecstatic reviews. Well, the script was fine, so were the voices and the music. Obviously the best fun was with the baby Jack Jack. Otherwise the combination of animation and superheroes proved that I must avoid these in future.
Skyscraper was reasonably entertaining. Absolutely the cross between Die Hard and Towering Inferno. Although this time we have to wait until well over half way to find out what the crooks are after. It was just a shame that the use of a green screen for the background of the fire was so ridiculous and for so long. A bit of a let down in the end.
Sometimes, out of the blue, comes a movie that reminds me why I go to the cinema. Hotel Artemis is truly outstanding. A great story, set in the future, where a hotel caters for the gunshot wounds and other injury's sustained by the hoods of L.A. This is the directorial debut of Drew Pearce, formerly a busy blockbuster screenwriter, who this time gets to direct his own superb original script. Good for him, good for the producers.
Pearce is British but now works in the USA. He has assembled a terrific cast, as he says "none of whom got really paid for it" but who had recognised something special with the writing but knowing that it was hard to finance. Jodie Foster is quite brilliant as The Nurse and there are some good supporting roles. Even better is the cinematography by Chung-hoon Chung from Korea that Pearce was thrilled to have on board.
The soundtrack by Cliff Martinez is also excellent and this is supported by four great songs:
"California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas
"Helpless" by Buffy Sainte-Marie
"City of Angels" by Elyse Weinberg
"Gilded Cage" by Father John Misty
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