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Follow the yellow brick road
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 21/06/2019
» There is a newly-invented subgenre of the rock biopic: the queer, British, 1970s-set rock biopic, preferably with family trauma and cruel (or at least unsympathetic) parents. First was Bohemian Rhapsody, the shoddy Freddie Mercury flick, whose status as an Oscar-nominated title still befuddles. Now comes Rocketman, in which Taron Egerton preens and struts in Elton John's greatest hits of wardrobe flamboyance, even at his AA session.
Toronto top picks
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/09/2017
» A showcase of Oscar hopefuls and world cinema highlights, the film festival which wrapped up last weekend is one of the most influential in the world. Here are our highlights
One Marvel-ous adventure
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/05/2015
» Marvel aspires to set their superheroes in stone, marble, or bronze, like a monumental statue of the ancient gods, or of tireless labourers that the world can't live without. The end credits of Avengers: Age Of Ultron testifies to that ambition. Like in a Soviet sculpture exalting workers, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, The Hulk — who did I forget? — yes, the new additions Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and Vision, appear as sombre figures set in a giant, smooth slab of stone, eyes gazing intently into the future.