Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom Review

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Evil is relative in this chilling tale of betrayal and blood starring Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn and Joel Edgerton. When his mother dies from a overdose, 17-year-old Josh Cody (James Frecheville) is taken in by his grandmother (Jacki Weaver) and uncles, the most notorious criminal gang in the city. So when tensions between the Codys and a squad of renegade cops land him at the center of a cold-blooded murder plot, Josh is forced to choose between his treacherous family and the lawless police in this shattering thriller.

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The title leaves no doubt about the nature contained in this Australian crime picture: the law of the jungle prevails, and it's kill or be killed out there. That's the belief within the Cody clan, anyway, the Melbourne criminal family whose exploits give Animal Kingdom its fire. The central character is something of a deliberate vacancy, a blank slate for the movie to write on: 17-year-old Joshua, known as J (James Frechville), is taken in by his grandmother after his mother dies of an overdose (a memorably chilling opening scene). Grandma (Jacki Weaver) is known as Smurf, but don't let the name fool you: she's the Ma Barker-like matriarch of a brood of sociopaths, none more lethal than oldest son Andrew, known as the Pope (a blood-curdling performance by Ben Mendelsohn). Luke Ford and Sullivan Stapleton play her other sons, and Joel Edgerton (The Square) is on hand as an outlaw associate. The way J is brought in and tested in this world of blood-spattered machismo is director David Michod's subject, and even if the film has a few heavy-handed moments along the way, the overall effect is tense and unsettling. J's journey comes up short compared to a contemporaneous study of another unformed youth learning the ropes of crime (Jacques Audiard's A Prophet), but its portrait of amorality thriving in a somewhat ordinary-looking urban landscape is effective. Bonus: Guy Pearce's role as a detective who tries to catch J on the course of his tragic trajectory, a rare glimpse of humanity in an otherwise chaotic zoo. --Robert Horton

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National Lampoon's Animal House (Movie Review)

Arriving on the scene in 1978, is the blockbuster comedy Animal House fraternity that rewrote all the rules and created a generation of filmmakers hoping to replicate its comic genius. The original Saturday Night Live actor John Belushi turned in a breakout film performance that made him a rock star of comedy, led him to fame with the release of The Blues Brothers (1980). Tim Matheson also has his breakout role in the cult classic, which features appearances by actors MarkMetcalf ("Maestro" from Seinfeld), Donald Sutherland and Kevin Bacon.

The film is set at fictional Faber College in 1960. Two roommates incoming freshmen, Larry Kroger (Tom Hulce) and Kent Dorfman (Stephen Furst), visit the various fraternities on campus, in an attempt to find a good group to get in touch. But the two get more than they bargain for when the boys meet the Delta House - a diverse group of beer-drinking, womanizing, party animals. The group is completelyFront of another campus fraternity, Omega House, led by the haughty, condescending, preppies Greg Marmalard (James Daughton), Doug Meyer Neider (Mark Metcalf) and Chip Diller (Kevin Bacon). Tracks by Dean Wormer, the home-omega constantly insults Delta House conspired and sold to Dean Wormer to members of the Delta and have banned their fraternity.

Leading the charge for the Delta House is John "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi), Ladies Man Eric "Otter" Stratton (Tim Matheson), andSchoenstein Donald "Boon" (Peter Riegert). Pledging Delta House, Larry and Kent are the nicknames, as Pinto and Flounder. Carried in the womb, witness the true diversity of the characters who have become brothers. Otter seduced the wife of Dean Wormer and Greg Marmalard spits Bluto's egg while Boon and his girlfriend through the work of their problems.

Things are going well for the men of Delta House and Dean Wormer calls them in his office and put them on "Double Secret Probation." WithOmega and is directed against Wormer, Delta House off campus is violated and distributed its members. But they refuse to go to the great men of the Delta without a fight. Beginning with a parade of returning home to unleash a fury of revenge Wormer and businesses ...

At the end of the film we learn of the whereabouts of all the different characters. The timeless humor of this film, it's no wonder that ascended cult-classic. A powerful and entertaining original comedya fundamental influence on the teen comedy / college, Animal House deserves its place in the hallowed halls of the classics of American cinema ...

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