This weekend you can choose from the fantastical worlds of aliens and genies or the reality of a U.S. Marine facing an indifferent veterans administration as a trio of new movies open in cinemas. Read more from cinebeth ⤵️
This weekend you can choose from the fantastical worlds of aliens and genies or the reality of a U.S. Marine facing an indifferent veterans administration as a trio of new movies open in cinemas.It feels like a millennium of giddy anticipation waiting for George Miller’s new film starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba. But"In this undated film still, Alithea Binnie finds a mysterious bottle that houses a djinn in"Three Thousand Years of Longing.
But Alithea knows all too well the dangers of such an offer. Her life's work is studying stories and their meaning, and she points out,"There is no story about wishing that is not a cautionary tale." The film also builds unexpectedly rich emotional layers thanks to the dream casting of Swinton and Elba. They deliver a fairy tale for adults that subverts expectations by giving us a magical Djinn who's more vulnerable to messy human emotions than the woman he’s trying to manipulate into making wishes so he can be released from a curse.
The story is too crazy to fit into one film so this is actually only part one of a time-jumping saga that audaciously mixes period martial arts action with modern sci-fi and still makes room for broad comedy. It may be confusing and convoluted at times but it’s also wildly engaging and ridiculous fun. Plus the effects and production design are imaginative.
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