Three movies in, you wouldn鈥檛 think there was that much story left to tell in the Trolls Universe.
And you鈥檇 be right. There isn鈥檛.
But 鈥淭rolls Band Together,鈥 the new animated jukebox musical featuring the voices of Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake, and now playing in theatres, isn鈥檛 so much about the story as it is the frenetic, psychedelic experience of watching it all unfold.
This time around, the story begins years ago with Baby Branch (Timberlake) making his debut with BroZone, the all-Troll boy band consisting of Floyd (electropop sensation Troye Sivan), John Dory (Eric Andr茅), Spruce (Daveed Diggs) and Clay (Kid Cudi). The pressures of life at the top of the charts, of chasing the perfect sound, is wearing away at the band, and when their choreography goes wrong during a live show, they decide to call it quits.
鈥淲e鈥檙e not in sync,鈥 says elder brother John Dory. 鈥淲e鈥檝e gone from boys to men, and now there鈥檚 only one direction for us to go鈥 to the back streets.鈥
Cut to years later. Branch is now married to Queen Poppy (Kendrick), queen of the ever optimistic Pop Trolls, and hasn鈥檛 been in contact with his brothers since their last show.
鈥淢y brothers walked out on me,鈥 says Branch, 鈥渁nd never came back.鈥
Out of the blue John Dory shows up with bad news. Their brother Floyd is being held captive in a diamond prison by pop superstars Velvet and Veneer (Amy Schumer and Andrew Rannells) who siphon off his talent to enhance their terrible singing voices.
鈥淚 want to be famous,鈥 says Velvet, 鈥渂ut I don鈥檛 want to work for it.鈥
The only way to rescue Floyd is to put the band back together and create the one thing powerful enough to shatter a diamond, the perfect family harmony of all their voices singing together.
The experience of watching 鈥淭rolls Band Together鈥 is not unlike watching a great fireworks display. They both distract the eye, are often super cool looking and may cause temporary elation, but as soon as they鈥檙e over, so is the thrill. The frantically paced film is all spectacle, glitter and musical dance numbers.
There isn鈥檛 a moment for the audience or the movie to catch its breath, as though director Walt Dohrn edited out any moments without action, leaving behind all peaks and no valleys. The razzle dazzle may appeal to younger audiences but parents, despite the addition of adult-level humour, may be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of imagery in every frame.
Still, it鈥檚 hard to dislike a movie that emphasizes the importance of family and community, has credible boy band songs (NSYNC perform 鈥淏etter Place,鈥 their first original song in 22 years) and 2D animation sequences inspired by 鈥淵ellow Submarine鈥 and 鈥淔antasia.鈥
鈥淭he Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,鈥 is an origin story, because what good is a franchise if it doesn鈥檛 splinter off in an origin story or two? The prequel, set 64 years before the events of the successful Jennifer Lawrence franchise, is a big and bold movie about the future ruler of Panem that feels as though it may have worked better as a miniseries.
The new film centers on Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), scion of the once powerful Snow family.
Orphaned during a civil war that divided the nation of Panem into a wealthy Capitol city, where everyone seems to dress like the keyboard player of Spandau Ballet circa 1983, surrounded by twelve poverty-stricken Rocky Mountain districts, where everyone speaks like a Dolly Parton impersonator.
Coriolanus is living hand-to-mouth with his grandmother (Fionnula Flanagan) and cousin Tigris (Hunter Schafer), trying hard to keep up appearances at his fancy school, and hoping to win an academic scholarship.
鈥淟ook at you,鈥 says Casca Highbottom (Peter Dinklage), academy dean and creator of the Hunger Games.
鈥淵our makeshift shirt and your too tight shoes, trying desperately to fit in, when I know you Snows don鈥檛 have a pot to piss in.鈥
Despite his hardships, A-student Coriolanus is a shoo-in to win the scholarship until Highbottom announces that the bursary will no longer be award for grades. As part of the upcoming Hunger Games, a televised gladiatorial death-match that pits kids, or 鈥渢ributes,鈥 from the districts against one another, Coriolanus will have to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. If she survives the game under his leadership, he鈥檒l get his scholarship and an entr茅e into the life of his dreams.
What begins as a battle for life and death becomes a larger story of good vs. evil, of love and destiny, of opportunity and choice.
鈥淭he Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes鈥 is a big handsome movie with a lot on its mind. Fans of the series will know that Snow goes on to become a villain, an autocratic ruler with a sadistic side. This is how he got there, from outcast to insider, from protagonist to antagonist. The detailed descent into evil is born from his instinct for self-preservation that overrides whatever righteousness once resided in his soul.
Fans may enjoy the trip back top Panem, but 鈥淭he Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes鈥 has a different feel from the originals. The first set of films were very much about Katniss Everdeen鈥檚 (who does not appear here) decency as a galvanizing symbol of rebellion against oppression.
This is the anti-hero鈥檚 journey, and, as such, it鈥檚 darker and not as action packed.
It鈥檚 a character study, divided into three sections and stretched to a lengthy two-hours-and-forty-minutes. Each episode covers an aspect of the story, but, particularly as we get to the last section, the storytelling feels disjointed, rushed, as if there is too much story for one movie. The world building is interesting, and Blyth is suitably icy, but as we鈥檙e ushered through the episodic tale, it feels as if this could have used a different approach to fully flesh out the story. A mini-series might have allowed the time the story needed to feel fully realized.
鈥淭he Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes鈥 is a different beast than its predecessors. Lucy Gray鈥檚 musical numbers鈥攊t sometimes feels like 鈥淗unger Games鈥 done by theatre kids鈥攁dd a new dimension, and the tone is different, but it is the study of the banality of evil that really sets it apart from what came before.
In 鈥淩ustin,鈥 a new reverential historical drama now streaming on Netflix, Emmy Award winner Colman Domingo plays Bayard Rustin, a gay Black man whose vision and tenacity had an outsized effect on the Civil Rights Movement. He鈥檚 been largely forgotten by history but 鈥淩ustin,鈥 produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground, serves as a potent reminder of his activist legacy.
The story of the run-up to 1963's March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the famous 鈥淚 Have a Dream鈥 speech, 鈥淩ustin鈥 sets the stage with harrowing images of 1950s segregation.
Cut to 1960 and a plan between Rustin and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (Aml Ameen) to launch a protest march on the Democratic National Convention. The plan is thwarted by U.S. Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr鈥檚. (Jeffrey Wright) threat of a misinformation campaign, linking the two men romantically. Powell鈥檚 allegation, while untrue, causes a rift between the two men that sees Rustin kicked to the curb.
Three years later Rustin hatches another plan, a massive, non-violent march on Washington to pressure the Kennedy administration to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress.
With little to no support from DC鈥檚 power base due to racism, his former communist membership and his sexuality鈥斺淲hen it comes to the old guard,鈥 he says, 鈥淚鈥檓 considered a pariah.鈥濃擱ustin seeks support from his estranged friend King. 鈥淒o this Dr. King,鈥 he says. 鈥淥wn your power.鈥
The next eight tumultuous weeks find Rustin balancing his personal life鈥攁n affair with married preacher Elias (Johnny Ramey)鈥攁nd his work with King and their band of 鈥渁ngelic troublemakers鈥 as they arrange one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history.
鈥淥n August 28,鈥 he says, 鈥淏lack, white, young, old, rich, working-class, poor will descend on Washington, DC.鈥
鈥淩ustin鈥 tells the story of a landmark moment in the battle for Civil Rights, but this isn鈥檛 just a history lesson. It鈥檚 really is a character study of the charming, driven man who made it happen.
The movie itself is stagey and straightforward, prone to grandstanding with an over-reliance on exposition, but it comes alive whenever the charismatic Domingo is on screen.
As portrayed in the film, Rustin is a powerhouse, a man predisposed to challenging authority, to giving voice to hard truths, to never backing down. Domingo inhabits him, embracing the strength to never apologize for who he is or his quest for justice and equality.
鈥淥n the day I was born Black, I was also born homosexual. They either believe in justice and freedom for all, or they do not,鈥 he rails against his detractors. It鈥檚 a muscular, timely performance that makes up for the film鈥檚 other shortcomings.
At times, 鈥淩ustin鈥 feels rushed. Several scenes end prematurely and without explanation, giving the film an odd rhythm. But, the final moments as the march comes to life, are moving, empowering and pack an emotional punch, as does the portrait of a behind the scenes trailblazer and hero.
Charming but slight, Taika Waititi鈥檚 鈥淣ext Goal Wins鈥 is an inspirational, underdog sports movie that falls just short of a win.
Michael Fassbender plays real-life football coach Thomas Rongen, a hothead whose failure to push the Under-20 United States men's national team to the World Cup cost him a prime gig with the league. At loose ends, with a broken marriage and no prospects, he takes a last-chance job with the failing American Samoa soccer team. 鈥淭his guy has been fired from his last three jobs because he can鈥檛 control himself,鈥 says player Daru (Beulah Koale).
How bad are they? 鈥淲e haven鈥檛 scored one goal in the history of our country trying to have a soccer team,鈥 explains Tavita (Oscar Kightley), head of the Football Federation of American Samoa. 鈥淎ll I want is just one goal. One goal.鈥
It's a modest ambition, but this is a team who once gave up 31 goals in a match against Australia. The question is, Can a man who values winning above all else work with a team of such modest ambitions?
鈥淚 can honestly say it鈥檚 the worst bunch of players I鈥檝e ever come across,鈥 says Rongen.
Although based on a true story, 鈥淣ext Goal Wins鈥 leans into every clich茅 in the sports movie playbook. Add to that a boatload of fish out of water tropes, a drunken, angry coach and one big game, and you have a movie that, despite the American Samoa setting, feels very familiar.
It鈥檚 鈥淭ed Lasso鈥 Lite by way of the 鈥淏ad News Bears,鈥 but isn鈥檛 without its humble charms. The script is stuffed to bursting with one-liners and sight gags, delivered by an able and willing cast. The scene stealer here is Kightley, the eternally optimistic federation leader. He鈥檚 a ton of fun and is a nice counterbalance to Fassbender鈥檚 dour performance.
The film鈥檚 beating heart is Jaiyah Saelua (Kaimana), the first openly non-binary and trans soccer player in history to compete in a World Cup game. Known as fa驶afafine, a third gender accepted in traditional Samoan culture, Saelua鈥檚 addition to the story鈥攚hich is based on the team鈥檚 true history鈥攎odernizes the well-worn inspirational sports flick formula with a nod to identity and acceptance.
鈥淣ext Goal Wins鈥 is a crowd pleaser with some laughs, but aside from some timely, sly social commentary on white saviour tropes and inclusion, is as formulaic as sports movies get.
A month after the release of 鈥淗ackney Diamonds,鈥 the latest record from The Rolling Stones, comes a documentary about the largely forgotten musician who started the band. 鈥淭he Stones and Brian Jones,鈥 a new film from Nick Broomfield and now playing in theatres, (and to rent or buy on the Apple TV app and other VOD platforms), examines the man who posted the want ad in 鈥淛azz News鈥 that got the Stones rolling in 1962.
鈥淗e was the heart and soul of the Rolling Stones,鈥 says Broomfield in the film. 鈥淵et, most people today haven鈥檛 even heard of him.鈥
At age 14, Broomfield, director of music docs like 鈥淜urt & Courtney,鈥 鈥淏iggie & Tupac鈥 and 鈥淲hitney: Can I Be Me,鈥 had a brief, chance encounter with Brian Jones on a train. Jones was then a superstar, the guitarist of the Rolling Stones, the dangerous alternative to the clean cut Beatles.
Six years later, the director attended the famous Rolling Stones concert in London鈥檚 Hyde Park, a tribute to Jones who had been found dead less than a month after he was fired by the band he began.
鈥淚f anyone was going to die; Brian was going to die,鈥 Jagger said. 鈥淗e just lived his life very fast. He was kind of like a butterfly.鈥
A light that burned brightly, Jones was an innovative multi-instrumentalist with a love of the blues who embodied London鈥檚 Swingin鈥 Sixties, but harboured a troubled soul. With a mix of new they-were-there interviews from folks like former Stones bassist Bill Wyman, Animals鈥 singer Eric Burdon, model/singer Zouzou and singer Marianne Faithfull, plus archival footage and interviews from Mick jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts, among others, Broomfield builds a portrait of Jones as the bad boys band鈥檚 most rebellious member.
Raised by straightlaced parents, an aeronautical engineer father and church organist mother, Jones displayed antagonism toward authority early on, rebelling against his family and getting suspended from school. Obsessed with blues artists like Elmore James and Robert Johnson, he got his first acoustic guitar at age 17 and began performing at blues and jazz clubs. He was also a womanizer鈥"He just uses people," says teenager Valerie Corbett, mother of his first baby.鈥攁 wild child, uninvited to art college after being labelled an 鈥渋rresponsible drifter.鈥
The story of the beginning of the Stones is more familiar. Jones put the band together, gave them the name, cribbed from 鈥淩ollin' Stone Blues," track five, side one of 鈥淭he Best of Muddy Waters,鈥 taught Jagger to play harmonica and roomed with his bandmates in a grungy apartment on Edith Grove in Chelsea as they developed the intertwined guitar sound that would characterize their music.
With fame, came musical exploration鈥擩ones played everything from slide-guitar and harmonica to recorder and Appalachian dulcimer鈥攂ut also a change in the band鈥檚 dynamics. As Jagger and Richards moved the band鈥檚 sound further away from the blues Jones loved to a more mainstream rock 鈥榥鈥 roll vibe, Jones found himself indulging in two-thirds of the sex, drugs and rock 鈥榥鈥 roll stereotype.
鈥淒rugs destroyed his discipline,鈥 says filmmaker Volker Schl枚ndorff, 鈥渁nd you can鈥檛 be an artist without discipline.鈥
As for the sex, Broomfield details Jones鈥檚 chaotic relationship with actress, artist, and model Anita Pallenberg, who left Jones for Richards. He also dives deep into the decision to remove Jones from the band and his passing, called 鈥渇irst drug/alcohol casualty of our generation.鈥
Much of the biographical information is familiar, but Broomfield props up this section with first-hand accounts, particularly from Wyman, whose enthusiasm for the music, and Jones鈥檚 contributions to it, is infectious.
A note of pathos comes near the end when Bloomfield reveals a personal note from Jones鈥檚 father expressing regret for not being more supportive. The formality of the writing hides a deep well of emotion and acceptance, which, for the musician, came too late to ease his troubled mind.
The old stories are bolstered by the addition of new, fresh interviews but it is the focus on Jones as a brilliant musician and not simply another rock 鈥榥鈥 roll casualty, that elevates "The Stones and Brian Jones." The story has its sordid moments, but Bloomfield emphasizes the very heart of Jones鈥檚 being, the music.
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Specialist divers surveying the wreckage of the US$40 million superyacht that sank off Sicily in August, killing seven people including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, have asked for heightened security to guard the vessel, over concerns that sensitive data locked in its safes may interest foreign governments, multiple sources told CNN.
Twenty-seven year 麻豆影视 reporter and anchor John Vennavally-Rao shares his story of what it was like to have an ostomy bag as part of his health-care battle. 'I鈥檓 grateful for what it did to extend my life,' he writes in a personal column for CTVNews.ca.
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The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah announced that it fired a barrage of missiles at a military base deep inside Israel early Sunday following an Israeli airstrike more than a day earlier that killed at least 37 people, including one of the militant group鈥檚 senior leaders as well as women and children.
A sea lion swam free after a rescue team disentangled it near Vancouver Island earlier this week.
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The British Columbia election campaign is set to officially start today, with Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin issuing the writ for the Oct. 19 vote.
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Donald Trump returned to North Carolina on Saturday, stumping in the southern battleground state with direct appeals to women, claiming he would be a better champion for them than U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is vying to become the first female president.
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The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah announced that it fired a barrage of missiles at a military base deep inside Israel early Sunday following an Israeli airstrike more than a day earlier that killed at least 37 people, including one of the militant group鈥檚 senior leaders as well as women and children.
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Jonathan Aranda homered for the second consecutive game, helping Taj Bradley and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Saturday.
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Cole Haas is more than just an avid fan of the F.W. Johnson Wildcats football team. He's a fixture on the sidelines, a source of encouragement, and a beloved member of the team.
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An anonymous business owner paid off the mortgage for a New Brunswick not-for-profit.
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A growing group of brides and wedding photographers from across the province say they have been taken for tens of thousands of dollars by a Barrie, Ont. wedding photographer.
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Volunteers and staff members gathered along Vancouver鈥檚 Stanley Park Seawall Saturday to pick up litter as part of International Coastal Cleanup Day.
A heritage home in Vancouver suffered "extensive damage" in a fire that broke out late Saturday morning, according to firefighters.
Toronto police are investigating a shooting in Scarborough that left one person injured Saturday night.
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle involved in a collision in Scarborough Saturday evening, Toronto police said.
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The Amherstburg Freedom Museum is celebrating a year of festivities in anticipation of its 50th anniversary in 2025.
The St. Clair College golf teams were successful at the Niagara Knights Invitational tournament on Friday.
A LaSalle high school is celebrating its emerald anniversary this weekend, with everyone who has ever walked its halls invited to return.
A man who was found dead behind a curling rink in Nanaimo, B.C., earlier this month was the victim of a homicide, police confirmed.
A sea lion swam free after a rescue team disentangled it near Vancouver Island earlier this week.
A six-year-old girl who was reported missing in northern B.C. earlier this week remains unaccounted for, and "significant resources from across the province" have joined in the search, police said Saturday.
A pair of runaway pigs are in the custody of an animal sanctuary in the Okanagan after evading police and volunteers for hours earlier this week.
The Red Bridge, a historic landmark in Kamloops, B.C., was completely destroyed by fire early Thursday morning.
Animal protection officers in British Columbia have rescued three pit bulls 鈥 including one that gave birth to 10 puppies 鈥 from a rat-infested home in Kelowna.
Despite the heavy rain, plenty of muscle turned up for United Way鈥檚 annual Pull the Bus fundraiser in Lethbridge Friday.
Lethbridge County has rescinded its fire restriction as a result of the recent cool, wet weathr.
The Lethbridge Hurricanes kicked off the 2024-25 season on a winning note Friday night, defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings 3-1 in a game played at VisitLethbridge.com Arena.
A northern Ontario man is facing a $12,000 fine after illegally shooting a moose near the Batchawan River.
Following an outbreak of COVID-19 on its continuing care floor and just ahead of the flu season, St. Joseph鈥檚 General Hospital in Elliot Lake has opted to re-introduce a universal masking policy until further notice.
A 26-year-old driver from Surrey, B.C., has been charged with three counts of criminal negligence causing death and bodily harm in a crash that killed two youths in northern Ontario last year.
Newfoundland and Labrador's chief medical officer is monitoring the rise of whooping cough infections across the province as cases of the highly contagious disease continue to grow across Canada.
A 16-year-old biennial event aimed at fostering business in the country's eastern Arctic and northern regions has been cancelled indefinitely as a dispute unfolds between Inuit in Canada and a Labrador group claiming to share their heritage.
Jim Lester鈥檚 farm hopped on the cow-cuddling trend in early August, and his time slots have been pretty well sold out ever since.
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