Newly divorced, David is arrested and transferred to the Hotel where he has 45 days to find a matching mate. If he fails, he will be turned into an animal of his choice for the chance to find love in the Woods. As David’s days begin to wind down, he turns to desperate measures to secure a partner.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster is a deadpan, black comedy where the actors speak in monotone and reveal no emotion. But in the case of this film, that is not a bad thing. I found the premise of The Lobster to be interesting and thought provoking. This movie takes an every day situation—a break up or the loss of a significant other—and makes the solution to the problem so absurd that you can’t help but laugh at the situation. And the fact that the characters go along with the situation makes it even more absurd.
The comedy in it is dry, so may not be everyone’s cup of tea. I remember when I originally saw a preview for this movie, I thought it was another Wes Anderson film, and found the style to be somewhat similar (although darker than the Wes Anderson films I have previously seen).
My only flag for viewers is to say that there is human and animal abuse in the film which people may find distasteful. Not a lot, but some. And I think it ties in with the absurdity of the movie and allows viewers to find the beauty hidden beneath the darkness of the film.
When Rocket steals some Anulax Batteries from the Sovereigns, the Guardians are helped in their escape by a stranger flying by on the top of a spaceship. They are even more surprised when the man, known as Ego, introduces himself as Peter Quill’s father. Wanting to know more, Quill, Gamora, and Drax return to Ego’s planet to learn the truth. When Gamora’s suspicions that there is something not right about the planet are proven true, the team must once again save the universe before it is too late.
Invited by his girlfriend, Rose, to visit her parents out in the suburbs one weekend, Chris slightly reluctantly agrees to go. His main worry: he is Rose’s first black boyfriend. Unsure of how her parents will react, he prepares for the worst—like being chased out of the house by Rose’s father with a shotgun—but finds her family to be surprisingly accepting, if not a little stereotypical. However, Chris’s paranoia heightens when a sudden family get together makes him feel that there is more going on with Rose’s family than he is aware of.
When on a journey with his brother to look for work, Saroo becomes lost when he falls asleep on an out-of-service train and wakes up to find himself traveling away from his home town and everyone he knows. The train arrives in Calcutta, leaving Saroo stranded with no money and unable to speak Bengali. Eventually, he is sent to an orphanage before being adopted by an Australian couple. Years later, while studying to become a hotel manager, Saroo begins to have memories about a brother and mother he once had in India. With the help of Google Earth, Saroo begins his journey to find the town he came from and the family he lost many years prior.
When faced with having to cope with his mother’s illness, Conor unknowingly calls upon an ancient tree monster for help confronting a secret he keeps bottled up inside of him.
In the battle against the Empire, the Rebel Alliance feels that all hope is lost when they learn of the Empire’s newest weapon: the Death Star. However, learning of a flaw in the design plan that could take down the weapon, a handful of the members of the rebellion set out to save the galaxy by stealing the blue prints of the Death Star.
While working on his book on the fantastic beasts of the wizarding world, Newt Scamander finds himself in New York with his leather suitcase filled with magical creatures. When an accidental switch of suitcases leads Newt and a muggle named Jacob Kowalski on a search for some escaped critters, they soon discover that there is more dangerous magic occurring in New York than just a few beasts on the loose.
When 12 unidentified objects appear in different locations over the globe, linguist Louise Banks is recruited by the United States government to translate the alien language of their visitors to find out why they are here. Working with scientist Ian Donnelly, the two are pressed for time as the Chinese and Russians are quickly resorting to war with the beings they know nothing about.
Ever since she was a little bunny, Judy Hopps knew how to dream big. Instead of working with her family on their carrot farm, she wanted to be the first bunny police officer. Despite those who told her she couldn’t do it, and with hard work and dedication, Judy becomes a police officer of Zooptopia, and is quickly immersed in a case of missing mammals occurring throughout the districts. But when she hits a dead end just after taking on the case, she enlists the help of a con-artist fox named Nick Wilde to crack the case.
A neurosurgeon who can solve the most difficult cases, Dr. Stephen Strange experiences tragedy when he is in a car accident that damages the nerves in his hands. With his ego challenged, Dr. Strange is determined to find a way to stop his hands from shaking so he can return to work. He travels to Kathmandu seeking to learn the art of healing through the mind, only to discover a hidden world of mysticism and alternate dimensions being manipulated by a group bent on destroying the world in their search for immortality.
Casey Tingle 