Sally Hawkins
Paddington is utterly brilliant for adults and kids
By Jenny Alvarez
Photos by Alfonso De Elias
From the beloved novels by Michael Bond and producer David Heyman (Harry Potter), Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw) is a young Peruvian bear who travels to the city in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kindly Brown family but his luck has changed until this rare talking bear catches the eye of a museum taxidermist (Nicole Kidman). During 1 hr. 35 min. this family film, full of comic sequences and locations from London makes it very touching and inventive to all the viewers. The film features an entirely computer-generated bear who interacts with a cast of esteemed actors such as Tim Downie, Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Madeleine Harris, a film that is full of European jokes.
People shall be enjoying the full cinematic experience and will laugh out loud during the funny bits. Even some are not keen on marmalade, the film is beautifully made (if a little cheesy) and a fitting homage to the character. Nicole Kidman particularly plays a the suited and booted Millicent taxidermist who determines to acquire him for the collection at the Natural History Museum. Her role is a great chance to play another baddie that attracted her to the project, especially for kids. She is a great actress who seems like she is trying too hard.
Paddington appears to be full of knowing winks and grimaces to the camera but the film has a wonderful message of tolerance for people (and bears) coming to the UK for a better life and contributing to British society.
Blue Jasmine will mark your perception in life
By Jenny Alvarez
Photo By Courtesy
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, and Louis C.K.
“Blue Jasmine” is a depressing drama in which a life crisis causes a woman to head to San Francisco, where she reconnects with her adoptive sister. She is self-delusion after an affair of her husband and the writer-director’s film-per-year fertility with original screenplays is unrivaled and enormously impressive, but “Blue Jasmine”, in tone and execution, is a Woody Allen film to the core and reflects the times we are living in. Jasmine is a character that many people may not like but Blanchett’s performance along with the rest of the cast transcends easy judgement. The sisters class differences are explained by a turning point in their adolescences: Ginger was less liked by their adoptive mother, and ran away at an early age, eking out her own living. Jasmine’s M.O. is that she’ll begin a seemingly innocuous story — necessarily about her past life. This fill is full of flash backs and definitely it is a charming story with a fairy-tale quality.
