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going according to plan that “Honor Among Thieves”
captures so perfectly, much like the underrated (and
sadly canceled) “Willow” sequel series on Disney+.
All of the actors are typecast in their archetypal
roles, but “Honor Ameng Thieves” makes it work,
because none of them are heroes of legend; rather,
they’re the ones whose heads are so full of such tales
that they wish they could be those heroes.
Chris Pine continues his hot streak of playing far
better Captain Kirk characters outside of the “Star
Trek” films. The same stuttering, self-involvement
that made Hugh Grant an insufferable romantic lead
makes him a delightfully hilarious cad here. Michelle
Rodriguez remains as surly and formidable in combat
as in all her action flicks, but that’s what yOu want
from a barbarian. Sophia Lillis appears set to continue
playing fetchingly untamed tomboys well into her 305.
They’re stereotypes, but with fun twists. You’ll be
surprised by the barbarian’s ex, even after I tell you
he’s played by Bradley Cooper, but after that, you’ll be
amused by how much you’re not surprised by whom
he’s started dating in her absence.
More importantly, this is a story that stands up for
nonstandard relationships. We see former lovers part
amicably, and families with parents who aren’t ro-
mantically involved with each other.
While any swords-and-sorcery fable can trot out
standard-issue monsters, this is “Dungeons & Drag-
ons,” so get ready for Displacer Beasts, Gelatinous
Cubes, and yes, Gygax’s Owlbears, which are exactly
what they sound like.
Fans of “Dungeons & Dragons,” the 1983—85 car-
toon, will spot a suspiciously familiar set of young
adventurers competing with this film’s heroes, while
fans of2012’s “The Avengers” will note at least one
final-act beatdown that appears to be an homage to
the Hulk versus Loki.
But in the end. the day is won, not by strength,
but by cleverness, charm and a Robin Hood sense of
altruism, fitting for a fantasy film whose alignment is
“Chaotic Good” at heart.
The midcredits scene isn’t vital to the story, nor
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Review: ‘Tetris’ succeeds at telling origin story of game
Taron Egerton and Nikita Efremov prepare to
make video game history in “Tetris.” Courtesy
photo
does it tease a sequel, but it’s worth sticking around
for as a punchline to a premise set up by an initially
morbid magic spell earlier on.
’Tetris’ on Apple TV+
Unlike many of my fellow nerds, I’ve never been a
video game enthusiast, and I never saw the appeal of
Nintendo’s Game Boy —« funny, considering that my
dad’s last job before he retired was working for Nin—
tendo but the biographical film “Tetris” succeeds
at making me care about the addictive video game
that helped launch the Game Boy, in no small part
by revealing the stealth Cold War thriller behind the
game’s origins.
Yes, the real-life figures behind the film’s drama
admit its version of historical events is sensational-
ized, and I didn’t feel great seeing lead character Henk
Rogers’ Indonesian heritage whitewashed by the film’s
casting of Welsh actor Taron Egerton in the role.
The film's use of 1980sbstyle video game graph-
ics to mark narrative transitions, and to jazz up both
expository and action sequences, is engaging, even
if it is expected, while the scenes set in the Soviet
Union hammer home how treacherously tense and
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Although corrupt communist officials sought bribes
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the biggest villains in this tale, thanks to the Maxwell
family.
Robert Maxwell, the multimedia magnate who
raided his own employees’ pensions of hundreds of
millions of dollars before he died in 1991, was compet-
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license Tetris.
In the film, Maxwell is played with all the bombas-
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recognizable beneath his prosthetic makeup until he
speaks, and reveals himself with his smugly plummy
voice —— as the elder Maxwell was joined in his efforts
by his entitled adult son Kevin (a sniveling Anthony
Boyle) and software distributor Robert Stein (Toby
Jones, who decided his accent as Arnim Zola was good
enough for the Hungarian-born Stein).
While Stein’s real-life granddaughter, Claire, is
likely entitled to her aggrieved feelings over his por-
trayal, Maxwell is perhaps the only billionaire or me-
dia baron whom everyone can now agree, regardless of
their politics, was easily one of the worst human be—
ings who ever lived (his daughter, Ghislaine, was con-
victed of abetted Jeffrey Epstein’s sex offenses), so it is
viscerally satisfying to see him lose out to our earnest,
deserving go-getters here.
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government for the greater good, without any expecta—
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