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Lee | Average Guy Movie Review

After a successful career as a model, Lee Miller (Kate Winslet) began working behind the camera. During World War 2 she covered life in wartime London and the Blitz for Vogue magazine, before becoming one of the first female war correspondents. She covered the invasion of Europe through France, including the liberation of Paris, and went on to document the Nazi atrocities of the Holocaust. The idea of Kate Winslet portraying a historical figure like Lee Miller is - on the face of it - rather attractive. And unsurprisingly, the veteran actor delivers, with a great performance that portrays both Miller's courage and skill, as well as her vulnerabilities. At the very least the movie gives you a sense of how she was able to be such a trailblazer, and why after the war she struggled so. O ther than that, Lee  falls - disappointingly - into pretty standard biopic territory. Miller's life was certainly interesting, and the movie does reflect that. The problem is it only ever feels lik...

What Did We Think Of The End Of These Two Great Shows?

Two fantastic shows have come to an end. The Kominsky Method 's third and final season is now on Netflix, and the final episode of Mare of Easttown  has been broadcast (on Sky/Now TV in the UK). But are those conclusions all that we hoped for? Well... Detective Mare Sheehan had a lot to clear up in the final episode of Mare of Easttown . At the end of episode six there were a lot of unanswered questions - not to mention a few unresolved issues - enough to leave audiences wondering if the last episode could answer every one of them. But that is exactly what they did, and as with the rest of the series, episode seven proved to be an edge of your seat affair. Right from the off, Mare of Easttown  proved to be a gripping detective drama, one that would keep us guessing throughout. It helped that the approach to the police work felt authentic, especially the fact that Mare can't switch off, and the case becomes almost an obsession for her. Not surprising really, given the fairly lo...

Titles For The Avatar Sequels May Have Been Leaked

  BBC News is reporting that they have seen "documentation regarding future Avatar plans". These documents are said to reference four specific projects: Avatar: The Way of Water Avatar: The Seed Bearer Avatar: The Tulkun Rider Avatar: The Quest for Eywa According to James Cameron; future instalments will explore Pandora's ocean. Cameron told Collider that Avatar 2 and 3 would feature "a tremendous amount of water work". Part of this will be achieved using footage captured by a deep-water submersible exploring the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Scenes have also been filmed with the cast under water and wearing motion capture suits, another first for the technology. In an interview with Vanity Fair, the director also revealed that Kate Winslet will be playing one of the "reef people". Sigourney Weaver will be reprising her role of Doctor Grace Augustine - although we're not sure how. Recently she told The Hollywood R...

Triple 9: Average Guy Movie Review

Anyone who has seen Shawn Ryan's The Shield will have an idea of what to expect with Triple 9 . Cops who do their job but are also out to take care of themselves. If you're looking for a nice movie, don't bother with this, it's a gritty view of crime, police work and life in Atlanta, but if you want an interesting movie grounded in reality with great characters you should definitely watch Triple 9 . The plot revolves around a heist crew made up of two ex-special forces operators  (Ejiofor and Reedus) , two cops (Mackie and Collins Jr) and an ex-cop (Paul) who work for the head of the Russian mob (Winslet). They are forced to take on a high risk job and in order to delay and diminish any Police response, plan to murder a cop (radio code for such an incident is 999 - urgent assistance), the cop they pick is Mackie's partner played by Casey Affleck. To complicate matters for the crew, Ejiofor has a child with Winslet's sister (Gadot), and Winslet uses this to h...