Wheelman (2017) Movie Review

I saw Baby Driver in the theaters. Twice. I loved the music, the car scenes, the romance, the style. Wheelman takes its getaway driver, �Wheelman� (played by Frank Grillo) in a whole other direction.

It is dark and rough and fast � edge of your seat for the entire runtime fast. The whole first hour of the movie was filmed in the car. The viewpoint moves from the backseat to the front seat, sometimes focused on the outside scene (they are filming these outdoor scenes from inside of the car) and sometimes on Frank Grillo�s face. The movie is tense and intimate. It feels low budget, in a really good way.

Frank Grillo�s portrayal of �Wheelman� is gruff. He is less than one year out from serving a three-year prison sentence. Wheelman (2017) Movie Review learn that he is trying to repay his debt to the group that �watched over his family� while he was in prison.

He�s all business on the job, but watch his voice and demeanor change when he speaks with his 13-year-old daughter, Katie. He is trying to re-establish himself in her life, but is not living up to the needs of that role.

I don�t want to spoil even a second of this movie. I went in only knowing that my teenager really likes Frank Grillo from his work as Crossbones in the Captain America movies. I came out a full-on Frank Grillo fan.

So, instead of spoiling the story line, let me share some cool things I learned from the Q&A session that Grillo and writer/director Rush did after the screening that I went to:

Wheelmanwas filmed over 18 nights, in Boston, working/filming for ten hours a night. Some of those nights kept Frank Grillo in the car for eight hours straight.

The movie seriously earned its R rating with an impressive 286 uses of the word �fuck!�

A lot of the dialogue took place through phone conversations. Grillo was talking with a reader, instead of the actual actor onscreen, requiring lots of make believe and great acting for reactions.

Frank Grillo did 85% of his own driving in the movie. He was so physically and emotionally exhausted after making this film that he had to pull out of his next scheduled role to rest.

There was an incident that occurred while filming the (best scene ever) motorcycle scene leading to a real-time reaction by Frank. (I cannot wait until Friday when this comes out on Netflix and I can watch it again!)

Jeremy Rush � the 39-year-old writer and director of Wheelman � was a Production Assistant writing scripts on the side. He kept showing people his work and caught the attention of Frank Grillo. There was little improvisation, because the scripting was really just so good.

Frank Grillo is trained as a fighter and has been fighting for a long time. Wheelman (2017) Movie Review is known to make friends on location with other fighters at gyms. He is currently is working on another collaboration with Netflix, to show the culture and brotherhood of fighting that he feels goes above race or religion. The project has him traveling from country to country, learning about each country�s specialty fighting techniques, while interacting with the people in the gym. He has (so far) traveled to Brazil, Mexico, Senegal, Thailand and Myanmar working on this project.

As a final note, I called my dad on my drive home, to let him know that I had just watched what I suspect will be his new favorite movie, possibly dethroning Taken. We already have plans to watch it together this Friday.

Wheelman (2017) Movie Review

I saw Baby Driver in the theaters. Twice. I loved the music, the car scenes, the romance, the style. Wheelman takes its getaway driver, �Wheelman� (played by Frank Grillo) in a whole other direction.

It is dark and rough and fast � edge of your seat for the entire runtime fast. The whole first hour of the movie was filmed in the car. The viewpoint moves from the backseat to the front seat, sometimes focused on the outside scene (they are filming these outdoor scenes from inside of the car) and sometimes on Frank Grillo�s face. The movie is tense and intimate. It feels low budget, in a really good way.

Frank Grillo�s portrayal of �Wheelman� is gruff. He is less than one year out from serving a three-year prison sentence. Wheelman (2017) Movie Review learn that he is trying to repay his debt to the group that �watched over his family� while he was in prison.

He�s all business on the job, but watch his voice and demeanor change when he speaks with his 13-year-old daughter, Katie. He is trying to re-establish himself in her life, but is not living up to the needs of that role.

I don�t want to spoil even a second of this movie. I went in only knowing that my teenager really likes Frank Grillo from his work as Crossbones in the Captain America movies. I came out a full-on Frank Grillo fan.

So, instead of spoiling the story line, let me share some cool things I learned from the Q&A session that Grillo and writer/director Rush did after the screening that I went to:

Wheelmanwas filmed over 18 nights, in Boston, working/filming for ten hours a night. Some of those nights kept Frank Grillo in the car for eight hours straight.

The movie seriously earned its R rating with an impressive 286 uses of the word �fuck!�

A lot of the dialogue took place through phone conversations. Grillo was talking with a reader, instead of the actual actor onscreen, requiring lots of make believe and great acting for reactions.

Frank Grillo did 85% of his own driving in the movie. He was so physically and emotionally exhausted after making this film that he had to pull out of his next scheduled role to rest.

There was an incident that occurred while filming the (best scene ever) motorcycle scene leading to a real-time reaction by Frank. (I cannot wait until Friday when this comes out on Netflix and I can watch it again!)

Jeremy Rush � the 39-year-old writer and director of Wheelman � was a Production Assistant writing scripts on the side. He kept showing people his work and caught the attention of Frank Grillo. There was little improvisation, because the scripting was really just so good.

Frank Grillo is trained as a fighter and has been fighting for a long time. Wheelman (2017) Movie Review is known to make friends on location with other fighters at gyms. He is currently is working on another collaboration with Netflix, to show the culture and brotherhood of fighting that he feels goes above race or religion. The project has him traveling from country to country, learning about each country�s specialty fighting techniques, while interacting with the people in the gym. He has (so far) traveled to Brazil, Mexico, Senegal, Thailand and Myanmar working on this project.

As a final note, I called my dad on my drive home, to let him know that I had just watched what I suspect will be his new favorite movie, possibly dethroning Taken. We already have plans to watch it together this Friday.

Wheelman (2017) Movie Review

I saw Baby Driver in the theaters. Twice. I loved the music, the car scenes, the romance, the style. Wheelman takes its getaway driver, �Wheelman� (played by Frank Grillo) in a whole other direction.

It is dark and rough and fast � edge of your seat for the entire runtime fast. The whole first hour of the movie was filmed in the car. The viewpoint moves from the backseat to the front seat, sometimes focused on the outside scene (they are filming these outdoor scenes from inside of the car) and sometimes on Frank Grillo�s face. The movie is tense and intimate. It feels low budget, in a really good way.

Frank Grillo�s portrayal of �Wheelman� is gruff. He is less than one year out from serving a three-year prison sentence. Wheelman (2017) Movie Review learn that he is trying to repay his debt to the group that �watched over his family� while he was in prison.

He�s all business on the job, but watch his voice and demeanor change when he speaks with his 13-year-old daughter, Katie. He is trying to re-establish himself in her life, but is not living up to the needs of that role.

I don�t want to spoil even a second of this movie. I went in only knowing that my teenager really likes Frank Grillo from his work as Crossbones in the Captain America movies. I came out a full-on Frank Grillo fan.

So, instead of spoiling the story line, let me share some cool things I learned from the Q&A session that Grillo and writer/director Rush did after the screening that I went to:

Wheelmanwas filmed over 18 nights, in Boston, working/filming for ten hours a night. Some of those nights kept Frank Grillo in the car for eight hours straight.

The movie seriously earned its R rating with an impressive 286 uses of the word �fuck!�

A lot of the dialogue took place through phone conversations. Grillo was talking with a reader, instead of the actual actor onscreen, requiring lots of make believe and great acting for reactions.

Frank Grillo did 85% of his own driving in the movie. He was so physically and emotionally exhausted after making this film that he had to pull out of his next scheduled role to rest.

There was an incident that occurred while filming the (best scene ever) motorcycle scene leading to a real-time reaction by Frank. (I cannot wait until Friday when this comes out on Netflix and I can watch it again!)

Jeremy Rush � the 39-year-old writer and director of Wheelman � was a Production Assistant writing scripts on the side. He kept showing people his work and caught the attention of Frank Grillo. There was little improvisation, because the scripting was really just so good.

Frank Grillo is trained as a fighter and has been fighting for a long time. Wheelman (2017) Movie Review is known to make friends on location with other fighters at gyms. He is currently is working on another collaboration with Netflix, to show the culture and brotherhood of fighting that he feels goes above race or religion. The project has him traveling from country to country, learning about each country�s specialty fighting techniques, while interacting with the people in the gym. He has (so far) traveled to Brazil, Mexico, Senegal, Thailand and Myanmar working on this project.

As a final note, I called my dad on my drive home, to let him know that I had just watched what I suspect will be his new favorite movie, possibly dethroning Taken. We already have plans to watch it together this Friday.

Wheelman (2017) Movie Review

I saw Baby Driver in the theaters. Twice. I loved the music, the car scenes, the romance, the style. Wheelman takes its getaway driver, �Wheelman� (played by Frank Grillo) in a whole other direction.

It is dark and rough and fast � edge of your seat for the entire runtime fast. The whole first hour of the movie was filmed in the car. The viewpoint moves from the backseat to the front seat, sometimes focused on the outside scene (they are filming these outdoor scenes from inside of the car) and sometimes on Frank Grillo�s face. The movie is tense and intimate. It feels low budget, in a really good way.

Frank Grillo�s portrayal of �Wheelman� is gruff. He is less than one year out from serving a three-year prison sentence. Wheelman (2017) Movie Review learn that he is trying to repay his debt to the group that �watched over his family� while he was in prison.

He�s all business on the job, but watch his voice and demeanor change when he speaks with his 13-year-old daughter, Katie. He is trying to re-establish himself in her life, but is not living up to the needs of that role.

I don�t want to spoil even a second of this movie. I went in only knowing that my teenager really likes Frank Grillo from his work as Crossbones in the Captain America movies. I came out a full-on Frank Grillo fan.

So, instead of spoiling the story line, let me share some cool things I learned from the Q&A session that Grillo and writer/director Rush did after the screening that I went to:

Wheelmanwas filmed over 18 nights, in Boston, working/filming for ten hours a night. Some of those nights kept Frank Grillo in the car for eight hours straight.

The movie seriously earned its R rating with an impressive 286 uses of the word �fuck!�

A lot of the dialogue took place through phone conversations. Grillo was talking with a reader, instead of the actual actor onscreen, requiring lots of make believe and great acting for reactions.

Frank Grillo did 85% of his own driving in the movie. He was so physically and emotionally exhausted after making this film that he had to pull out of his next scheduled role to rest.

There was an incident that occurred while filming the (best scene ever) motorcycle scene leading to a real-time reaction by Frank. (I cannot wait until Friday when this comes out on Netflix and I can watch it again!)

Jeremy Rush � the 39-year-old writer and director of Wheelman � was a Production Assistant writing scripts on the side. He kept showing people his work and caught the attention of Frank Grillo. There was little improvisation, because the scripting was really just so good.

Frank Grillo is trained as a fighter and has been fighting for a long time. Wheelman (2017) Movie Review is known to make friends on location with other fighters at gyms. He is currently is working on another collaboration with Netflix, to show the culture and brotherhood of fighting that he feels goes above race or religion. The project has him traveling from country to country, learning about each country�s specialty fighting techniques, while interacting with the people in the gym. He has (so far) traveled to Brazil, Mexico, Senegal, Thailand and Myanmar working on this project.

As a final note, I called my dad on my drive home, to let him know that I had just watched what I suspect will be his new favorite movie, possibly dethroning Taken. We already have plans to watch it together this Friday.

In the Fade review ? ninja heroine Diane Kruger marooned in feeble revenge drama

Fatih Akin?s mediocre revenge drama In the Fade is the TV movie of the week: feebly uncontentious and un-contemporary.

It is about a white German woman whose Turkish husband is killed, along with their young son, by a terrorist bomb-blast. When the bullshit criminal justice system fails to convict the swaggeringly unrepentant culprits, this woman completes the half-finished samurai tattoo she has on her side, and resolves to take matters into her own hands; her late husband?s extended family and community having apparently fallen silent on the subject of legal or illegal means of redress. They are written out of the story, leaving the field clear for the blonde avenger.

The culprits are neo-Nazis and Akin has based his movie on research into Nazi race-hate attacks on minorities in Germany, between 2000 and 2007. Review: In the Fade speaks the languages of grief and revenge is perfectly fair as far as it goes, and the continued and sinister existence of the far right in Europe and the way it has encouraged and normalised xenophobia in mainstream politics is a live issue, right now. But in 2017, this piously formulated storyline feels evasive when Islamist attacks are the obvious issue, along with the Islamophobe panic they are intended to create. This movie ducks all this, and our ninja-heroine?s inner turmoil and inner debate make for a borderline-preposterous liberal drama.

Aus dem Nichts (D/F 2017) plays Katja, who is married to Nuri (Numan Acar) a reformed drug-dealer, now working as a legal adviser to the Turkish and Kurdish communities. They have a young son, Rocco (Rafael Santana). The opening home-video tracking shot sequence, showing Nuri and Katja?s civil wedding in a prison, has a certain style.

But then the horrifying terrorist outrage happens; Akin handles the emotional devastation reasonably well, along with the rancour between Katja?s elderly mother Annemarie (Karin Neuhauser) and Nuri?s parents Ali (Asim Demirel) and H�lya (Aysel Iscan) and then Katya?s growing outrage at the suspicion that the police intend to wrap up the investigation by blaming Nuri?s former associates. But then, out of the blue, comes the news that Nazis are arrested and these issues vanish, a simplification which Akin?s script rather casually lays down.

The trial itself, and the thin-lipped pomposity and cynicism of the Nazis? defending counsel, well played by Johannes Krisch, are controlled and convincing. Denis Moschitto moreover does well as Katja?s lawyer, and the fact that Katja is technically both co-plaintiff and prosecution witness renders her interestingly vulnerable to the opposition?s courtroom wiles. Maybe this whole film would have looked better as a conventional courtroom drama.

In the Fade review ? ninja heroine Diane Kruger marooned in feeble revenge drama

Fatih Akin?s mediocre revenge drama In the Fade is the TV movie of the week: feebly uncontentious and un-contemporary.

It is about a white German woman whose Turkish husband is killed, along with their young son, by a terrorist bomb-blast. When the bullshit criminal justice system fails to convict the swaggeringly unrepentant culprits, this woman completes the half-finished samurai tattoo she has on her side, and resolves to take matters into her own hands; her late husband?s extended family and community having apparently fallen silent on the subject of legal or illegal means of redress. They are written out of the story, leaving the field clear for the blonde avenger.

The culprits are neo-Nazis and Akin has based his movie on research into Nazi race-hate attacks on minorities in Germany, between 2000 and 2007. Review: In the Fade speaks the languages of grief and revenge is perfectly fair as far as it goes, and the continued and sinister existence of the far right in Europe and the way it has encouraged and normalised xenophobia in mainstream politics is a live issue, right now. But in 2017, this piously formulated storyline feels evasive when Islamist attacks are the obvious issue, along with the Islamophobe panic they are intended to create. This movie ducks all this, and our ninja-heroine?s inner turmoil and inner debate make for a borderline-preposterous liberal drama.

Aus dem Nichts (D/F 2017) plays Katja, who is married to Nuri (Numan Acar) a reformed drug-dealer, now working as a legal adviser to the Turkish and Kurdish communities. They have a young son, Rocco (Rafael Santana). The opening home-video tracking shot sequence, showing Nuri and Katja?s civil wedding in a prison, has a certain style.

But then the horrifying terrorist outrage happens; Akin handles the emotional devastation reasonably well, along with the rancour between Katja?s elderly mother Annemarie (Karin Neuhauser) and Nuri?s parents Ali (Asim Demirel) and H�lya (Aysel Iscan) and then Katya?s growing outrage at the suspicion that the police intend to wrap up the investigation by blaming Nuri?s former associates. But then, out of the blue, comes the news that Nazis are arrested and these issues vanish, a simplification which Akin?s script rather casually lays down.

The trial itself, and the thin-lipped pomposity and cynicism of the Nazis? defending counsel, well played by Johannes Krisch, are controlled and convincing. Denis Moschitto moreover does well as Katja?s lawyer, and the fact that Katja is technically both co-plaintiff and prosecution witness renders her interestingly vulnerable to the opposition?s courtroom wiles. Maybe this whole film would have looked better as a conventional courtroom drama.

Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review

Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar are childhood sweethearts from Chandni Chowk. He has a large clothing store and she takes care of their home and their child Pia who is now ready to be sent to school.

She’s fun to watch, with her character finicky about the child eating right, not watching too much tv, playing right (you laugh out loud when you see her sanitise the slide in the park!). But she has ambitions for her child. And the ambitions include getting the child admitted to the best school in Delhi.

Irrfan Khan plays the loving husband, drives the wife to the schools that look more like fancy hotels rather than schools. But at her insistence he moves bag and baggage to a fancy neighborhood so they fulfil the residential requirement that will enable the child’s admission to a fancy school.

Now Irrfan Khan is a good actor, but you see red flags go up when he begins to overdo the ‘acting’ as they leave Chandni Chowk and he laments over Kulche Chhole. The script takes us to the travails of this wealthy but very clearly ‘Hindi Medium’ family attempting to fit into ‘posh’ society. Your jaw drops as the madness to get the child into a good school is pushed further and further and you like when Deepak Dobriyal shows up on the screen as neighbor. The humanity and the way of life is fun up to a point, but you are exhausted by things like ‘kill the Dengue mosquito by humming like female mosquito’ which are meant to be funny.

By the time the lessons are learnt and the hearts transformed, you as audience is exhausted. Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review of how poor kids deserve a good school too is tiresome. Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review is beautiful and unlike TV actors who have not really made a mark on the big screen, she actually shines. Irrfan Khan starts out as a fun guy but tends to ham, ham and ham some more. Deepak Dobriyal is as good as ever. Tillotama Shome hammers home the role of a supercilious prep school head and you shudder because such people exist and terrify new parents as they get desperate to get their kids admitted to good schools.

Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review

Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar are childhood sweethearts from Chandni Chowk. He has a large clothing store and she takes care of their home and their child Pia who is now ready to be sent to school.

She’s fun to watch, with her character finicky about the child eating right, not watching too much tv, playing right (you laugh out loud when you see her sanitise the slide in the park!). But she has ambitions for her child. And the ambitions include getting the child admitted to the best school in Delhi.

Irrfan Khan plays the loving husband, drives the wife to the schools that look more like fancy hotels rather than schools. But at her insistence he moves bag and baggage to a fancy neighborhood so they fulfil the residential requirement that will enable the child’s admission to a fancy school.

Now Irrfan Khan is a good actor, but you see red flags go up when he begins to overdo the ‘acting’ as they leave Chandni Chowk and he laments over Kulche Chhole. The script takes us to the travails of this wealthy but very clearly ‘Hindi Medium’ family attempting to fit into ‘posh’ society. Your jaw drops as the madness to get the child into a good school is pushed further and further and you like when Deepak Dobriyal shows up on the screen as neighbor. The humanity and the way of life is fun up to a point, but you are exhausted by things like ‘kill the Dengue mosquito by humming like female mosquito’ which are meant to be funny.

By the time the lessons are learnt and the hearts transformed, you as audience is exhausted. Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review of how poor kids deserve a good school too is tiresome. Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review is beautiful and unlike TV actors who have not really made a mark on the big screen, she actually shines. Irrfan Khan starts out as a fun guy but tends to ham, ham and ham some more. Deepak Dobriyal is as good as ever. Tillotama Shome hammers home the role of a supercilious prep school head and you shudder because such people exist and terrify new parents as they get desperate to get their kids admitted to good schools.

Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review

Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar are childhood sweethearts from Chandni Chowk. He has a large clothing store and she takes care of their home and their child Pia who is now ready to be sent to school.

She’s fun to watch, with her character finicky about the child eating right, not watching too much tv, playing right (you laugh out loud when you see her sanitise the slide in the park!). But she has ambitions for her child. And the ambitions include getting the child admitted to the best school in Delhi.

Irrfan Khan plays the loving husband, drives the wife to the schools that look more like fancy hotels rather than schools. But at her insistence he moves bag and baggage to a fancy neighborhood so they fulfil the residential requirement that will enable the child’s admission to a fancy school.

Now Irrfan Khan is a good actor, but you see red flags go up when he begins to overdo the ‘acting’ as they leave Chandni Chowk and he laments over Kulche Chhole. The script takes us to the travails of this wealthy but very clearly ‘Hindi Medium’ family attempting to fit into ‘posh’ society. Your jaw drops as the madness to get the child into a good school is pushed further and further and you like when Deepak Dobriyal shows up on the screen as neighbor. The humanity and the way of life is fun up to a point, but you are exhausted by things like ‘kill the Dengue mosquito by humming like female mosquito’ which are meant to be funny.

By the time the lessons are learnt and the hearts transformed, you as audience is exhausted. Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review of how poor kids deserve a good school too is tiresome. Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review is beautiful and unlike TV actors who have not really made a mark on the big screen, she actually shines. Irrfan Khan starts out as a fun guy but tends to ham, ham and ham some more. Deepak Dobriyal is as good as ever. Tillotama Shome hammers home the role of a supercilious prep school head and you shudder because such people exist and terrify new parents as they get desperate to get their kids admitted to good schools.

Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review

Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar are childhood sweethearts from Chandni Chowk. He has a large clothing store and she takes care of their home and their child Pia who is now ready to be sent to school.

She’s fun to watch, with her character finicky about the child eating right, not watching too much tv, playing right (you laugh out loud when you see her sanitise the slide in the park!). But she has ambitions for her child. And the ambitions include getting the child admitted to the best school in Delhi.

Irrfan Khan plays the loving husband, drives the wife to the schools that look more like fancy hotels rather than schools. But at her insistence he moves bag and baggage to a fancy neighborhood so they fulfil the residential requirement that will enable the child’s admission to a fancy school.

Now Irrfan Khan is a good actor, but you see red flags go up when he begins to overdo the ‘acting’ as they leave Chandni Chowk and he laments over Kulche Chhole. The script takes us to the travails of this wealthy but very clearly ‘Hindi Medium’ family attempting to fit into ‘posh’ society. Your jaw drops as the madness to get the child into a good school is pushed further and further and you like when Deepak Dobriyal shows up on the screen as neighbor. The humanity and the way of life is fun up to a point, but you are exhausted by things like ‘kill the Dengue mosquito by humming like female mosquito’ which are meant to be funny.

By the time the lessons are learnt and the hearts transformed, you as audience is exhausted. Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review of how poor kids deserve a good school too is tiresome. Hindi Medium Review – Hindi Movie Hindi Medium Review is beautiful and unlike TV actors who have not really made a mark on the big screen, she actually shines. Irrfan Khan starts out as a fun guy but tends to ham, ham and ham some more. Deepak Dobriyal is as good as ever. Tillotama Shome hammers home the role of a supercilious prep school head and you shudder because such people exist and terrify new parents as they get desperate to get their kids admitted to good schools.