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MIDSOMMAR
Horror.Flowers,
rollinggreen
hills,gentle
peopleand
onefeastafter
another.Itall
soundsidyllic
andsoitshould.Butnothingiswhatitseems. A All ages D Drugs H Horror L Language N Nudity P Prejudice PG Parental guidance S Sex V Violence
ABritishcouple,Dani(TheCommuter’s Florence
Pugh)andChristian(JackReynorfromSing Street),
traveltoaruralSwedishtowninthethrows of a
mid-summerfestival.Slowlytheygetsucked into
anightmarewithviolentsurprisesbyasecretive
sect,andabizarrecompetitionDaniisunwillingly
involvedin.
Thisiswriter-directorAriAster’ssecond slow-
burnshockerafterhiscriticallyacclaimed debut,
Hereditary(2018).Withenoughgruesome scenes
tokeephorrorfanshappy,itfeelslikeanLSD trip
Dr Dolittle (Robert Downey atayogaretreatuntiltheclimax,whichmight blow
Jnr) confers with anxious yourmind.Butyourenjoymentwilldepend on how
gorilla Chee-Chee in Dolittle. investedyouareasviewer. – PIETERVAN ZYL
2019. 144 MIN. 18DHLNSV. ALSO OUTON DVD.
CHILL OUT | WHAT TO WATCH STUBER
Dolittle animals, humour and action. Reality Action comedy.
and fantasy are expertly interwoven.
Andthecastlististop-notch,especial- Itwasboundto
Fantasy adventure.With Robert Downey Jnr, lythestarswholendtheirvoicestothe happensome-
Antonio Banderas and Michael Sheen. Director: animals. The doctor’s pets include a time:abuddy
Stephen Gaghan. 7-9PG V. comedywhere
wittyparrot(voicedbyEmmaThomp- acop(Guardians
son), a shy gorilla (Rami Malek), a po- oftheGalaxy’s
DrDolittleisnostrangertothesilver lar bear (John Cena), a duck (Octavia Dave Bautista)whorecentlyhadlasereye surgery
screen. Rex Harrison first brought the Spencer),agiraffe(SelenaGomez)and isforcedtomakeuseofanUberdriver(Kumail
eccentric vet to life in 1967, followed by a fox (Marion Cotillard). NanjianifromTheBigSick)tocatchaprominent
Eddie Murphy in two films set in the Downey is a convincing Dolittle, druglord(TheRaid’sIkoUwais).
ButapartfromtheUberangle,thisaction flick
modernday,plusthreemorecentredon Banderasisunrecognisableasapirate feelsdevoidofthenecessaryingredientsto make
A24, 20TH CENTURY FOX, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, NETFLIX totheVictorianera.Sevenyearsafterthe perfect as stiff upper-lip villains. chemistrythatcould’vemadethismoviegreat, but
thedoctor’sdaughterwhohasthesame
captain and Sheen (Masters of Sex)
itanythingmorethanagenericactioncomedy.
andJimBroadbent(TheIronLady)are
ability to talk to animals.
BautistaandNanjianishowglimpsesof the
This new version takes the story back
Thefilmisn’twithoutflaws.Thepace
alasit’sjustnotenoughtokicktheplotinto the next
death of his wife, Dr Dolittle (Downey)
picksupsomuchtowardstheendthat
gear.
the plot almost derails and the hu-
lives like a recluse. Then young Queen
Afewchuckles,someshootoutsandahandful of
carsblowingupprovidesomeundemanding view-
mour feels somewhat forced. But Do-
Victoria (Judy’s Jessie Buckley) falls ill
ing,butwon’tgetyouneartheedgeofyour seat.
and he’s charged with finding a cure.
little has enough magic to keep chil-
– FRANCO HAVENGA
dren glued to the screen throughout.
Dolittleisafunfilmaimedatkidsand
ispackedwithlotsofadventure,talking
Netflix – JANINE MORRIS 2019. 93 MIN. 16DLNSV. ALSO OUTON DVD.
ANOTHER LIFE SEASON 1
Serioussci-filovers,stopeverythingyou’re Put in command of the Salvare, astronaut
doingandcheckoutthisshow.Across between NikoBreckinridge(BattlestarGalactica’sKatee
StarTrek:DiscoveryandAlien,Another Life Sackhoff)immediatelystepsonthetoesof
haseverythingfansofthegenrecould possibly disgruntled original commander Ian Yerxa (Tyler
want–plusgreatspecialeffectsand plenty of Hoechlin from Teen Wolf) and his crew, putting
horror. the fate of humanity at risk. No one – on Earth
Afteranalienartefactlandson Earth, stump- or anywhere else – is safe.
ingscientists,afirst-contactteam set off on Thisfast-paced,thrillingseriesissuretogrip
theSalvare,theonlyspaceshipable to travel youfromstarttofinish–it’scertainlybinge-
farenoughtoinvestigatetheobject’s origin. But watch worthy. And good news – season 2 is on
themissionseemsdoomedfromthestart. its way. – CHEZ POOL
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