At The Movies for Wednesday 26 September 2018
AT THE MOVIES #744 PARENTS, CHILDREN (AND A SPY)
Dan Slevin reviews the Disney re-imagining of Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, the return of Rowan Atkinson’s inept super-spy, Johnny English Strikes Again, the online thriller Searching and a Japanese anime about the emotional fragility of early childhood, Mirai.
Ewan McGregor plays the adult version of the child who befriended Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet etc and who is surprised to find them all back in his life.
Johnny English Strikes Again is the latest in the Rowan Atkinson franchise about an inept British spy.
John Cho plays a widowed father whose daughter goes missing in Searching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ro9ebQxEOY
Mirai is a new Japanese anime told from the point of view of a four-year-old boy forced to confront the arrival of a new baby sister.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d-lsJZgmJs
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At The Movies for 26 September 2018
7:30 PM.Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and this week he reviews Christopher Robin, Johnny English Strikes Again, Searching, and Mirai. Audio
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Christopher Robin: More poignant for an older audience
7:31 PM.In this live-action Winnie the Pooh spinoff, the story boffins at Disney wonder what would happen if the adult Christopher was ever to meet up again with his adorable beloved stuffed animal friends. Read more Video, Audio
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'Johnny English Strikes Again': Lethargic performance in a tired franchise
7:32 PM.Britain alone is worthy of a whole chapter in the 2018 Planet Earth Joke Book - but this film seems blissfully unaware of it all, going through the motions as if repeating the same old tired clichés… Read more Video, Audio
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Review - Searching
7:33 PM.John Cho plays a widowed father whose daughter goes missing, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
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Review - Mirai
7:34 PM.Dan Slevin reviews a new Japanese anime told from the point of view of a four-year-old boy forced to confront the arrival of a new baby sister. Audio
