Did you first underestimate Margot Robbie? The trailer for 2013’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” a Kanye West-directed masterwork that marketed Robbie’s character, Naomi Lapagila, as pure eye candy, first brought her international notice. That piqued the interest of the internet. However, because of Robbie’s explosive performance, Martin Scorsese’s classic did not reduce Lapagila to a bombshell trophy wife. Lapagila was a fascinating, lively, and well-rounded person with Robbie at the helm. That drew the attention of Hollywood.
- About Time
Most romantic comedies aren’t about fathers and sons; that would be completely irrelevant on so many levels. Richard Curtis, on the other hand, has never encountered a task he couldn’t turn sentimental, and in “About Time,” he turns a time travel true-love epic into a ballad about familial relationships. It’s a bit cheesy. It’s fantastic.
- Bomb Shell
There is a long tradition of Hollywood A-listers portraying real-life A-listers, most frequently politicians or musicians. Sometimes it pays off, as when Rami Malek won an Oscar for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury. It may be transcendent – Jamie Foxx not only won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles, but he also became the man himself. Sometimes, however, you get Oliver Stone’s “W,” in which the gap between fact and fiction feels like it’s the size of the Grand Canyon, thanks in part to the actors’ half-finished sketches. When impressions are the beginning point, it’s challenging to channel a real person, and it’s even more astounding when a full ensemble provides lived-in work.
- The Suicide Squad
Movies based on comic books are like comfort food. Sometimes they’re elevated, like Sweetgreen’s farm-to-table health fare, and sometimes they’re greasy, like McDonald’s fries. They’re rarely, if ever, difficult. That is frequently the case . So, despite its ultra-violence and glibly vulgar humour, James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” is something of a warm blanket towards the end of the picture. Polka-Dot Man and Starro, among the misfits on “The Suicide Squad,” need compassion. That is the film’s message, and it is a simple one to accept.
- The Wolf of Wall Street
Let’s take the conversation bandage off as soon as possible: Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” is one of his five best films. It’s a mammoth achievement, a rollicking narrative of greed and American business that frequently doubles as gonzo slapstick comedy that’s only 15 minutes shorter than “Titanic.” Its exaggerations, on the other hand, aren’t excesses. The most ridiculous portions of the film are taken directly from Jordan Belfoit’s memoir, on which it is based. The competition for “midget-tossing.” The scene of driving on the Quaaludes. According to Time Magazine’s fact-checkers, everything is true. Too much is the standard in the world of white-collar finance.
- Terminal
Terminal lives up to the medical definition of its term in a painfully derivative form, and is only worth searching out for the most ardent of Margot Robbie completists. In the dark heart of a sprawling and anonymous city, two assassins carry out a sinister mission, a teacher battles a fatal illness, an enigmatic janitor and a curious waitress lead a dangerous double life. Murderous consequences unravel in the dead of night as their lives all intertwine at the hands of a mysterious criminal mastermind who is hell-bent on revenge.
The actress was even in charge of one of the film’s most risqué and iconic scenes, in which Leonardo DiCaprio comes across her dressed just in black stockings and heels. Naomi Lapagila’s emotional intelligence is exposed as much as her body in this scene, and Robbie’s ability to recognize and battle for it before the age of 23 was early confirmation of her chops and acting prowess. Robbie steals the show in a film starring the world’s most famous actor.
