OUT ON FILM
ON THE BIG SCREEN WITH DANIEL DERCKSEN- A FEAST OF REAL- LIFE STORIES
Nothing is juicier than taking a peek into the lives of people who made their world spin round.
In 1973 there was an unrivalled scuffle on the tennis court between women’ s World # 1 Billie Jean King( Emma Stone) and ex-men’ s-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs( Steve Carell), and is now relived in The Battle Of The Sexes( 20 Dec). King was not only championing for equality, but also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, as her friendship with Marilyn Barnett( Andrea Riseborough) developed.
Another sports hero was Olympic-class skier Molly Bloom, who ran the world’ s most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her escapades can now be experienced in Molly’ s Game( 12 Jan), with Jessica Chastain kicking ass.
Margot Robbie steps into the skates of Tonya Harding in I, Tonya( 16 Feb). Harding rose through the ranks of competitive figure skating only to find disgrace when her husband tries to eliminate her rival.
We loved Hugh Jackman singing his heart out in the National Theatre’ s Oklahoma and the film Les Miserables. Jackman now returns to the musical front in The Greatest Showman( 29 Dec). Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, it celebrates the birth of show business and the story of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
In Bleed for This( DVD release) Miles Teller played World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash left him not knowing if he’ d ever walk again. Miles now plays a soldier in Thank You For Your Service( Jan 5) who must deal with the aftermath of a bombing in Iraq that left him with a traumatic brain injury. The film deals with posttraumatic stress disorder( PTSD), affecting U. S. soldiers who try to adjust to civilian life.
Another soldier who caught the attention of the world during her service in Iraq,
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Emma Stone plays Billy Jean King
James Franco
Miles Teller in Thank you For your Service
For more information on the latest film releases, visit www. writingstudio. co. za or visit us on Facebook – Let’ s Go To The Movies was Megan Leavy, a former US Marine corporal who was wounded alongside her military working dog Rex. The film Megan Leavy( 26 Jan) stars Kate Mara as the titular character who was awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with a“ V” device denoting heroism in combat.
Chris Hemsworth stars in the war drama 12 Strong( 12 Feb) that deals with CIA paramilitary officers and U. S. Special Forces sent to Afghanistan right after the September 11 attacks and team up with General Abdul Rashid Dostum of the Northern Alliance to help conduct unconventional warfare against Taliban forces;
With more than 65 million people around the world forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war, the German documentary Human Flow( 12 Feb) explores the current global refugee crisis, examining the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact. Over the course of one year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent human stories stretching across the globe, including Afghanistan, France, Greece, Germany and Iraq.
James Franco not only produced and directed Disaster Artist( 9 Feb), but stars as writer, director, and producer Tommy Wiseau opposite his brother Dave, who takes on the role of Greg Sestero. The two actors made headlines with their raucous friendship during the making of the 2003 cult film The Room, a film often hailed as the Citizen Kane of bad movies.
Based On A True Story( 9 Feb) focuses on writer Delphine( Emmanuelle Seigner) who suffers from depression and writer’ s block until she is unblocked when she starts a romance with a mysterious younger woman( Eva Green) who is seductive, intelligent, and intuitive and who understands Delphine better than anyone else; and Good Bye Christopher Robin( 16 March) deals with the lives of Winnie-the- Pooh creator A. A. Milne and his family, especially his son Christopher Robin.
In Ridley Scott’ s All The Money In The World( 23 Feb), kidnappers demand $ 17 million from billionaire J. Paul Getty in exchange for his grandson’ s release. The film tells the story of Getty’ s refusal to cooperate with the extortion demands of a group of kidnappers.