At The Movies for Wednesday 12 September 2018
AT THE MOVIES #742 DUDS
Simon Morris continues to explore the unpredictable Spring Cleaning season, with two documentaries about superstar artists, and two contrasting Anzac comedies.
McKellen: Playing the Part invites actor and gay rights campaigner Sir Ian McKkellen to tell his own story.
McQueen looks at the unlikely creator of high fashion – East End bad boy, Alexander McQueen.
And two comedies from either side of the Tasman – Australian romcom The flip side, starring Eddie Izzard, and R-rated, Kiwi time-travel spoof Mega Time Squad.
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At the Movies for 12 September 2018
7:30 PM.Simon Morris continues to explore the unpredictable Spring Cleaning season, with two documentaries about superstar artists, and two contrasting Anzac comedies. Audio
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McKellen playing the part but light on insight in the film 'McKellen'
7:31 PM.There is no doubt that Sir Ian McKellen is one of the best actors treading the boards, but his work is so good because he has devoted so much of his life to it - leaving little room for an underlying… Read more Video, Audio
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'McQueen': Fashion bad boy's tale all too familiar
7:32 PM.The story of unlikely bad boy East End fashion designer Alexander McQueen - aptly titled McQueen - is, like so many documentaries about tortured artists, predictably tragic and sadly unenlightening. Read more Video, Audio
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About Flip 'n Time: Trans-tasman comedy duel
7:33 PM.In this year's off-peak release schedule are two comedies from either side of the Tasman – a safe, Australian romantic comedy called The Flip Side for no discernable reason, and a rickety, unsafe Kiwi… Read more Video, Audio
