NOBU
This is a look at the life and businesses of restaurateur Nobu Matsuhisa whose drive to be the best chef lead him to have a global empire.
Wildly overlong and kind of empty look at the man and his empire. This is a film that thinks being a successful business man is the interesting part of his life. The reality is boring as all hell and I would rather hear him talk about his cooking and actually talk about his life in detail instead of via cliff notes.
This is a puff piece that you may watch once and never again.
BLUE SCUTTI
A look at the young man who managed to play classic Tetris to the death sceen where it locks up and becomes unplayable.
How you react to this will be determined by how you feel about watching people play video games or wanting to know more about them. For me this was interesting, but in all honesty there isn't enough here to make this feature length. Yes its a good story, but everything feels stretched out. For me this would have been a great You Tube short. On the other hand I know some (video game) people who loved it start to finish)
(Full disclosure Tetris is one of my favorite video games)
RAOUL'S: A NEW YORK STORY
Co-director Karim Raoul tells the story of his family and the restaurant that carries the family name.
One part history of the restaurant, one part history of New York City, one part story of his family, one part story of himself, and one part continuation of a film his fathe made years before this film is all over the place. It's completely clear why Raoul brought in Greg Olliver to help him shape material he shot over decades, because this film is all over the place. What is nominally a story about a family France how came to the US and started an institution gets muddied and ends up including a family in Bali.
It's not bad but honestly it never pulls all the threads together in any real way.
BILLY IDOL SHOULD BE DEAD
The life and times of rocker Billy Idol
Yes this film is exactly what you expect- and it is so much fun. Just see it and enjoy
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