Monday Triple pt.1 of 3: Overcooked, but still pretty magic…

Midnight In Paris (Spain/US ’11)
First at the Capitol with Cory, then again during my first ever visit to the Lido “Lounge”.

Man, it’s difficult not to fall in love with this film’s magic, at least for a dude like me who has shared similar fantasies and obsessed over certain times and places in the past. Woody (via Owen Wilson) throws himself unapologetically head-first into this daydream, cramming his every fancy into 90-odd minutes. I was happy to get swept up in it all, there were so many characters and references whizzing past my head that it didn’t take me long to queue for another ticket. I love getting to pat myself on the back for getting the joke – the confusion over El ángel exterminador (aka The Exterminating Angel)(Mex ’62) made me warm – and I’m sure that you could pick up on new stuff every time you watched it. There was also casual time-jumps throughout, the camera would linger on folks I was probably s’posed to recognise, there were things mentioned that the audience wasn’t shown…all hinting at a bigger world. I’m always excited by the feeling that I’m just getting a glimpse at a fully-realised universe.
The movie was loveable from word go; we kick off with three minutes of Sidney Bechet’s incredible Si tu vois ma mère playing overtop wordless shots of Paris, then straight into set-up dialogue while we stare at static white-on-black credits…audacious, but I was instantly in love with its cheekiness. The enjoyable cringe that was the long take of Michael Sheen (in a George Lucas beard, if I’m not mistaken) lecturing on Versailles like a dick, Owen Wilson’s face as everything silently dawns on him, exciting little turns like Alison Pill’s Zelda…
Unfortunately, I also found it rather overcooked. It was unnecessary having Djuna at the dance, not everybody needed to be somebody. There was so many folks that a lot of them were strictly caricatures (every word Ernest said was forced, though I s’pose that’s exactly why I loved Adrien Brody’s scene). Woody, Gil and Owen were painfully clear as they explained their way step by step through the lesson we were to learn, gettin’ all educational an’ shit with zero subtlety. It’s like they’ve tried to keep the main thread plain and obvious for the lowest common denominator out in the audience, then dot all the other shit in the background, which should’ve worked. But they’ve gone too blatant with the plot so that half the movie is screaming at you while the other half keeps its mouth shut for the more learned viewer. Leads lecture one another in pointed little monologues and nothing is left to the imagination; yet the place is littered with throwaway genius that is far from forceful…
There were other things in it that seemed a little slack for such a seasoned writer/director too; I haven’t seen Owen Wilson this good in ages, but there was still too much Woody in his performance (keep your fucking hands still!) and there was some dopey shit during the daytime, like the wacky stolen earrings segment.
But I’m still coming out of this a fan. There is a lot of beautiful to escape into here.

Monday Triple pt.2 of 3: 1983 Chicken Nuggets

Beginners (US ’10)
Lido Lounge again, I could spend all day in here! 

Ewan MacGregor (way up there in my least favourite actors list) plays a dude that is filled with sadness, but is trying his best to be fun and alive. That Basterd Shosanna fits nicely alongside him, as her eyes always look rather sad. But the entire fucking film is like that (which I’m sure is no coincidence). It spends a bunch of time doing fun shit like vandalising walls and roller-skating, but never feels fun.
The whole thing is put together kinda like Medianeras (aka Sidewalls)(Arg/Spa/Ger ’11), Submarine (UK/US ’10) or a Miranda July thing, with lots of quirky cutaways to old photos, shots of peanut butter and coins and so on. There is stilted narration, callbacks, revisions and whatnot, yet this movie doesn’t have any of the happiness found in those other things.
The timeline is all over the show (which is fine). It begins with Ewan clearing out his Dad’s place after he dies from cancer; it shows his Dad’s life in flashback (Christopher Plummer gets to put in a neat performance full of cheek as he comes out of the closet, gallivants with boyfriends, etc); we see glimpses of Ewan’s childhood with his wry mother who can slay him with the wave of a hand; we get the start of Ewan’s relationship with this new girl, their eventual break-up, the re-conciliation…and all of this is chopped up and served between indie cartooning, a phone-call muted by laryngitis and gay pride colour cards flashing at us. It’s full of great ideas and neat observations, but I found it to be a bit of a drag.
Apart from the subtitled dog (which was too much for me), there was nothing particularly wrong with this, it was just far too mopey and glum for my liking (not to be confused with tearful, ’cause it was never that). Perhaps I wasn’t in the mood.

Movie Marathon pt.10 of 14: Monster mash

Blood (US ’74)
Was pretty sure I made it through this, yet my memory is patchy…

Not fair, I was really enjoying this! But showing up onscreen at six in the morning after NINE other films? It was too much for me. I won the battle against my eyelids by sticking to a strict routine of shifting my arse in the seat every 10-30 seconds, however it turned out that my brain was taking very little of it in.
I spotted that our hero was the grandson (or some sort of descendant) of The Wolfman, stuck in a loveless marriage to Dracula’s granddaughter (or something). The vampire is kept alive by a serum extracted from the man-eating plants in the basement. The plants are kept alive with blood taken from the vacant (is mongoloid offensive?) servant Carlotta by the two sane servants, one who has lost his legs to bites from these plants and the other who is limping towards the same misfortune.
Genius set-up, right? Where to from here?
Well, there is a beef with their real-estate agent, the main guy falls for another woman, plus financial woes result in a confrontation with a solicitor. Not quite what I was expecting…Which’d usually be fine, but I was far too dopey at this stage to be following any of it.
The ‘effects’ were getting through though, I have a few a those embedded in my memory. The highlight:

That right there is the vampire’s skin condition – far more severe than the Ailurophobia found in The Night Of The Cat (US ’73) - when she is caught without her serum. Other magic movie moments included novelty vampire teeth, greenery wobbling about with evilness, a very sharp chest-lid and half a mouse (in stark contrast to the rest of the film, I couldn’t tell if that mouse was real or not; perhaps it was the sleep depravation).
One of those special films that seems to have been made without a filter, as if ideas were thought up and committed to film immediately without scrutiny. It didn’t seem to care what anybody thought of it or whether anything came across as a little too silly, it just went for it. I’d love to see this again fully stocked up on sleep, as I could sense that there was a lot of oddness – truly effortless insanity, not manufactured bizarreness – to be appreciated here. All lost to me now in a blurry sea of awful film memories.

Woah…THAT’S what they did with this premise??

In Time (US ’11)
Poor Cory struggled through a St. Lukes Event screening with me & Chiaki…

Pretty weird; everything* about this film was wrong, wrong, wrong. And yet I feel no hatred.
I mean, this sucker ain’t anything like Sucker Punch (US/Can ’11)(my thoughts here) or Rango (US ’11)(my thoughts here) where I emerged from the theatre angered; It’s not even Water For Elephants (US ’11) or Hop (US ’11)(my thoughts here) that had me shudder at the incompetence and forget it instantly. No, this flick was a disaster, but by no means an embarrassing or a painful one. In fact, I enjoyed sitting through this far more than I did ‘good’ films like The Way Back (US ’10)(my thoughts here) or even that Des hommes et des dieux (aka Of Gods And Men)(Fra ’10).
I feel almost like I would if a favourite friend of mine had made it; I can see all of its many, many flaws, yet it doesn’t offend me. “Good try mate, I can see what you were aiming for, you gave it a go, better luck next time”. Perhaps it was the enthusiasm I could sense behind every awful decision, like it was tripping over itself in excitement rather than falling into lazy filmmaking or dull formula.
There were some great shots (naturally, Roger Deakins was behind the camera), a wonderful performance hidden amongst the mess courtesy of a Mr. Vincent Kartheiser – apparently from Mad Men (US ’07), a show I have yet to catch up with – and I thoroughly enjoyed the overall idea. Just read that this is from the same writer/director/producer of Gattaca (US ’97), S1m0ne (US ’02) and Lord Of War (Fra/US/Ger ’05), so this guy obviously digs his lofty ideas. I reckon this is the kind of film that needs a remake or a sequel by somebody else (not often a sentence like that‘d come from me). I’d love to see a lo-fi or a mumblecore flick revolving around this premise, because this movie really seemed to be quite proud of itself and could’ve done with being a lot less forceful.
However there aren’t many people like myself that look for the good in crap films, so let me just make it very clear; this shambles is rubbish and has a long list of idiotic atrocities to be sorry for. But it’s out of my control; for some reason, I just can’t hate it.

*Why were the cars all that style and why did they sound like that? Why was time stored on a multitude of silver scanners? How did he drive all night and through many borders without losing any time? Why was the cop dressed so dopey? What was with that fucking English gangster and where the shit did he come from? What the fuck?!?

What’s On (that’s interesting) Thurs Oct 6th – Wed Oct 12th

I love the movies. At any stage this week, I can pop out and see the wonderful Mia Wasikowska on the big screen, there is three Emma Stone flicks to choose from, Rinko, Audrey Tautou, Julianne Moore, Mila Kunis, Saoirse & Blanchett, Shoshanna & León…we’ve got L, JT, Jet Li & Jackie Chan, Gleeson & Cheadle, Bacon & Gosling, Pitt & Penn, Giamatti, Fassbender, works from Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Tom McCarthy, Malick, Herzog…Then there’re things like Ladri di biciclette (aka Bicycle Thieves)(Ita ’48) at the Italian Film Fest or The Room (US ’03) is playing again down at the Academy, if that’s your kinda thing…And this is all after I’ve ruled out two-thirds of the shit on screen this week that didn’t grab me. I love the movies.

Only one NEW ONE that I give a shit about this week…
- ノルウェイの森 (aka Norwegian Wood)(Jap ’10) – Rialto only…
I missed this at the Fest (on purpose, I knew it’d return and I needed to make room for all the other wonders) but this sounds great. Starring “L” from the live-action Death Note flicks and Rinko from Babel (Fra/US/Mex ’06) and shit, this looks and sounds pretty. Mind you, it’s about dealing with suicide and whatnot, so I imagine I’ll cry-cry even though I’ll already be happy-weepy from all the Japanese goodness. I love you, Japan.

…and a few NOTABLE SCREENINGS happening…
- Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (Can/US/Fra/Ger/UK ’10) – Weekend premieres at Rialto…
Werner Herzog is an interesting enough director to get me along to almost anything, so when he films ancient cave paintings and I’m allowed to go see it in 3D?? Done. THIS however, appears to be non-3D sneak previews, so I’ll wait and see what goggles add…
- Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (aka Amélie)(Fra/Ger ’01) – Back at Academy!
I think John has got this back to give the ladies something to do mid-sports-madness, but this is definitely one of my favourite films of all time, I’d go a Big Screen rewatch!
- Patu! (NZ ’83) -Film Society at Academy, Monday 10th Oct, 6:30pm…
Footage of the Springbok riots back in ’81 assembled by Merata Mita, the lady behind Mana Waka (NZ ’90) that played earlier this year. I’m up for this glimpse back in time.

Plus, there’s OTHER SHIT playing all week, if you haven’t seen ‘em already!
- 辛亥革命 (aka 1911 or Xinhai Revolution)(Chi/HK ’11) – Event Queen & St. Lukes…
I reckon Jackie Chan is like a big kid, so it sometimes pays to catch whatever he’s been up to lately (he’s co-directing this one, too). A historical epic about revolutionary forces taking down the Ming Dynasty, it’s politics, war and an enormous cast. I’ll take a peek, ‘specially with the 2-for-1 deal they’ve got on this.
- La Rafle. (aka The Round Up)(Fra/Ger/Hun ’10) – Rialto only…
I tend to shy away from true stories, ‘specially when they’re war-time Jew-killing horror tales, but this has got León (aka The Professional)(Fra ’94) and Shoshanna from Inglourious Basterds (US/Ger ’09) on the poster. Perhaps that’ll get me along?
- Friends With Benefits (US ’11) – Th’ ‘Plexes…Event’s $9 Film Squad deal this week…
Worth a mention (only one), funny R-rated stuff with neat cast, but eventually gets dopey.
- The Guard (Ire ’11) - Capitol & Rialto…
A great black comedy with Brendan Gleeson in full politically-fucking-incorrect mode.
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. (US ’11) – Down to Newmarket Event only!
Julianne Moore, Emma Stone (swoon) and a brilliant cast armed with hilarious dialogue.
- Les petits mouchoirs (aka Little White Lies)(Fra ’10) – Rialto only…
Apparently from the writer/director of Ne le dis à personne (aka Tell No One)(Fra ’06), starring the main guy from that plus the dude from À bout portant (aka Point Blank)(Fra ’10) and of course Marion from Inception (US/UK ’10) and whatnot. Perhaps I’ll find time for this one…
- Abduction (US ’11) – ALL the ‘plexes…
Team Jacob (I’m unfamiliar with this kid, that’s just what I’ve heard) goes all Bourne? I saw Sigourney, Molina, Maria Bello and the original Mikael Blomkvist in the trailer, which is enticing enough for me.
- 白蛇傳說之法海 (aka The Sorcerer And The White Snake)(HK/Chi ’11) – Some ‘plexes…
No idea what this is; but I’ve seen some pretty cool Jet Li shit over the years, so I’m still willing to give him a chance. I saw the phrase “romantic fairy tale” in the write-up though, that’s a little scary!
- Win Win (US ’11) – At both Rialto & Capitol by my place!
Amusing Paul Giamatti drama from the genius behind The Station Agent (US ’03).
- The Tree Of Life (US ’11) – Final two screenings at Rialto…?
Father vs. son and the story of the universe. Didn’t love it, but interesting at least!
- Hanna (US/UK/Ger ’11) – Final two screenings at Rialto…?
The Chemical Brothers score an assassin girl’s coming-of-age fairy tale? An exciting mess!
- Incendies (Can/Fra ’10) - Still hanging in there at Rialto Newmarket…
Storytelling masterclass; hugely engaging mystery with a great cast that I don’t recognise.
- Jane Eyre (UK/US ’11) – Rialto, Capitol & Lido
Fassbender & Wasikowska make this classic literary adaptation seem alive. Moody!
- The Help (US/India/UAE ’11) - Rialto, Lido & Newmarket Event
Emma Stone & co. make this lengthy maids vs. white society ladies in the 60s kinda fun.

FUNNY, but acknowledging your shit music don’t make it right.

Friends With Benefits (US ’11)
Cheapy Film Squad special at St. Lukes Event with Gem and Louis…

Why do movies always start off so fun and then turn into suck-a-bag-of-dicks?
It was really, really funny (I’ve even chucked in a Top 5 Lines for you below as proof*) but it should have stayed there. Messy bro and sad too, that they went so far out of their way to take the piss out of rom-coms (with the help of Jason Segal & Rashida Jones), dreadfully manipulative soundtracks and Katherine Heigl…then do the exact same fucking thing. I imagine they were thinking along the lines of what B-Rabbit taught us in 8 Mile (US/Ger ’02) and were trying to tease themselves before we did. Fail. My guess? The entire cast thought they were in an R-rated sex comedy. ‘Cause when they were in those scenes, everybody was on point; JT and Mila, Patricia, Woody…Truth is? It was only THAT movie for around 45 minutes; the rest of it, they were making up for ‘lost time’ by having explanatory monologues accompanied by the same music that they know drives us crazy. Oh, but they’re in on the joke? They understand our pain? Then DON’T make us spend so much time with it.
I felt like great writing and dialogue went to waste and got lost in the juggle, which I think I gotta blame on the directing. That gets me scared because A/ it’s from the same director that gave us Easy A (US ’10) – an Emma flick I was excited about hunting down – and B/ it’s further proof that having all the right elements doesn’t mean you can pull them together into a masterpiece – which was sorta my strategy for when I’m a filmmaker one day, dagnabbit.
But I was still appeased by the talent on display. JT & Mila are a perfect match; they have both continuously tread slightly too far into “I’m Acting” territory, but always have so much fun that charisma explodes outta them (I’m extra proud of JT too because I feel like he’s sacrificed a lot of his ‘clean-cut’ fans from his earlier days to make jokes about how he likes his asshole fingered). Emma Stone was awesome yet again, but only got a minute or two of screen time (which is near-inexcusable). Patricia was glorious, I love seeing her have this much fun. Plus Dick Jenkins – though he was lumbered with the ‘sad’ arc of the film – was present and that always makes me happy.
But its hilariousness only made it worse that they pulled everything together so sickeningly by the end; after wacky Mom, the flash-mobs and Woody’s boat all got pulled together, I felt that I had been cheated, as if every single enjoyable moment had only been there as a stepping stone to this perfect bow. Lucky those moments stuck with me longer than the annoyance that was the second half.
* “I didn’t say I was gunna rape her”, “Slam away. I think this is great; it’s like the 70s in here!”, “Next time, just shit on my face”, “You cannot deny that going to Hogwarts would be a life-changing experience” and “After college, I was really into cargo pants.”

Folks to watch:
JT & Mila – I’ve always kinda liked these two and they were totally loveable yet again…

Haha:
Patricia Clarkson as Lorna (aka Mom). I so wanna be her friend, have since she was hanging out with Finbar in The Station Agent (US ’03).

What’s On (that’s interesting) Thurs Sep 29th – Wed Oct 5th

With the Italian Film Fest and the NRL playing on the Big Screens this week, looking at the Central Auckland cinema guide should overwhelm you with about 75 things playing. Fuck that, I’ve been through ‘em for you, here’re the 27 that have either the oh-so-sort-after Nige stamp of approval or have piqued Nige’s interest. I’ve seen 15 of them already, so I’ll probably sneak to The Change-Up (US ’11) and Friends With Benefits (US ’11) as well, because they’re only $9 each thanks to Event’s Film Squad this week. I’m a little worried about them, but if I managed to get through The Beaver (US/UAE ’11) a few days back, then I can handle them too. Oh, don’t forget that it’s 2Degrees Day on Sunday as well, which means 2 For $22, including 3D flicks this month as well!

Is Jackie Chan’s 100th movie coming out on the same day as Jet Li’s latest (didn’t he say he’d never do period martial arts shit again??) a coincidence? Who cares, I’mma see both! Here’re the four NEW FLICKS out this week that sound worth a watch…
- 辛亥革命 (aka 1911 or Xinhai Revolution)(Chi/HK ’11) – Event Queen & St. Lukes…
I reckon Jackie Chan is like a big kid, so it sometimes pays to catch whatever he’s been up to lately (he’s co-directing this one, too). A historical epic about revolutionary forces taking down the Ming Dynasty, it’s politics, war and an enormous cast. I’ll take a peek, ‘specially with the 2-for-1 deal they’ve got on this.
- 白蛇傳說之法海 (aka The Sorcerer And The White Snake)(HK/Chi ’11) – Some ‘plexes…
No idea what this is; but I’ve seen some pretty cool Jet Li shit over the years, so I’m still willing to give him a chance. I saw the phrase “romantic fairy tale” in the write-up though, that’s a little scary!
- Abduction (US ’11) – ALL the ‘plexes…
Team Jacob (I’m unfamiliar with this kid, that’s just what I’ve heard) goes all Bourne? I saw Sigourney, Molina, Maria Bello and the original Mikael Blomkvist in the trailer, which is enticing enough for me.
- La Rafle. (aka The Round Up)(Fra/Ger/Hun ’10) – Rialto only pretty much…
I tend to shy away from true stories, ‘specially when they’re war-time Jew-killing horror tales, but this has got León (aka The Professional)(Fra ’94) and Shoshanna from Inglourious Basterds (US/Ger ’09) on the poster. Perhaps that’ll get me along?

- Red Hot Chili Peppers LIVE: I’m With You (US/Ger ’11) – Event, 3 days only!
I was never the hugest fan, but a concert on the Big Screen sounds good! Although, they’re playing their new album, so it ain’t like I’m gunna know any of it. Maybe not…
- Pearl Jam 20 (US ’11) –  Back by popular demand? Few more ‘plex screenings!
Celebrating twenty years together, I was kinda swept up in this doco and listened to nothing but Pearl Jam for the rest of the evening. Dudes doing what they love and having it work is inspiring. Sounds good, too!
- The Dark Knight (US/UK ’08) - Event IMAX for one week only. $10!!
I’ve already seen this in IMAX, but it’s such a huge movie (and really very good) that it’s worth taking in multiple times. If I make it this week, I think this’ll be my fourth time? Heath Ledger’s Joker performance makes that okay.
- Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (aka Amélie)(Fra/Ger ’01) – Back at Academy!
I think John has got this back to give the ladies something to do mid-sports-madness, but this is definitely one of my favourite films of all time, I’d go a Big Screen rewatch!
- Real Steel (US/India ’11) – Film Squad Premiere, Mon 3rd Oct 6:30pm Queen St. $10!
This futuristic boxing robots thing looks dopey and dreadful, but I doubt I’ll miss it; I saw all three of Michael Bay’s robot movies on the Big Screen! $10 includes coke and popcorn too, but it clashes with Film Society so you’ll have to enjoy it without me!
- Happy Family (Ita ’10) – Part of the Italian Film Fest at Rialto Cinemas this week…
Can’t say much caught my attention from the brochure, but this one sounds quirky enough for me. Writer tries to write in seclusion, while his characters all come to life and annoy the shit out of him. If I get a chance, I’ll pop along.
- Ladri di biciclette (aka Bicycle Thieves)(Ita ’48) –  Rialto’s Italian Film Festival…
This is the one that I’m REALLY excited about; one of those classics you gotta see (apparently), so to have the chance to catch it in the cinema is brilliant! Lucky me!
- Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: Von der Schönhauser Allee nach Hollywood (Ger ’06)
Film Society at the Academy Cinema on Lorne Street, Mon 3rd Oct 6:30pm.
I’ve enjoyed the Ernst Lubitsch films that I’ve been played over the past few weeks, so look forward to getting his career in a nutshell!

…and all the OTHER GOODNESS still happening, too…
- Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (US ’11) - Event Newmarket hanging onto it…
Franco helps reboot a franchise by making clever chimps. ‘Twas fun and looked great!
- שליחותו של הממונה על משאבי אנוש (aka The Human Resources Manager)
(Isr/Ger/Fra ’10) – Only screening at Academy Cinemas…
Nicely filmed and well structured, with great character work. Perhaps a little pointless?
- The Guard (Ire ’11) - Lido & Rialto still…
A great black comedy with Brendan Gleeson in full politically-fucking-incorrect mode.
- Hanna (US/UK/Ger ’11) – Nearly gone! Rialto, Sylvia Park, a few Events…
The Chemical Brothers score an assassin girl’s coming-of-age fairy tale? An exciting mess!
- Les petits mouchoirs (aka Little White Lies)(Fra ’10) – Rialto only…
I totally ignored this one last week, but I’ve just noticed that it’s from the writer/director of Ne le dis à personne (aka Tell No One)(Fra ’06), which I enjoyed, with the main guy from that plus the dude from À bout portant (aka Point Blank)(Fra ’10) and of course Marion from Inception (US/UK ’10) and whatnot. Perhaps I will find time for this one…
- The Devil’s Rock (NZ ’11) – A couple of ‘plexes still…
Crack kiwi commandos + Nazi occult + gore + demonic forces…I so want this to be good!
- Love Story (NZ ’11) - Going strong at Rialto Newmarket still! Week eight, Florian!
Fantastic storytelling experiment executed well. Florian’s a talented dude, but lead man?
- Horrible Bosses (US ’11) - Ninth week at Newmarket Event…way to go Ra!
Charlie Day & Jason Sudeikis manage to stand out in this cast?! Fucking funny R comedy.
- The Tree Of Life (US ’11) – Short-lived elsewhere, but still clinging on at Rialto…
Father vs. son and the story of the universe. Didn’t love it, but interesting at least!
- Jane Eyre (UK/US ’11) – Rialto, Capitol, Lido, Sylvia Park Hoyts & Event Queen St.
Fassbender & Wasikowska make this classic literary adaptation seem alive. Moody!
- The Help (US/India/UAE ’11) - Rialto, Lido & Th’ Plexes…
Emma Stone & co. make this lengthy maids vs. white society ladies in the 60s kinda fun.
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. (US ’11) – Multiplexes & Rialto still…
Julianne Moore, Emma Stone (swoon) and a brilliant cast armed with hilarious dialogue.
- Win Win (US ’11) – At both Rialto & Capitol by my place!
I’m still at a stage where I’ll watch ANYTHING that Paul Giamatti is in and as this is also from the same writer-director as The Station Agent (US ’03), I’m pretty sure it’s gunna be awesome, right? Something about a struggling lawyer finding happiness as a wrestling coach, but mainly it’s Paul Giamatti in a Tom McCarthy film.
- Incendies (Can/Fra ’10) - Still hanging in there at Rialto Newmarket…
Storytelling masterclass; hugely engaging mystery with a great cast that I don’t recognise.
- Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (UK/US ’11) – Newmarket Event still!
The climax to The Franchise that even Nige came to enjoy!