The Zone of Interest Movie Review by Flick Chick Vique
Our favorite red-vine reviewer Flick Chick Vique is back! This week she joins the Mix to review the new films The Zone of Interest and Lift. Get new movie reviews every Friday on the Arizona Daily Mix and @FlickChickVique on FB!
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00:00 All right, let's all go to the movies.
00:02 Let's all go to the movies and see
00:04 what flick chick says we should see.
00:06 Ah, there he is.
00:07 How you doing, Vicki?
00:08 Oh, God, Brad.
00:09 We're still in award season.
00:10 It seems like it never ends.
00:12 It's always.
00:13 We're talking about that.
00:14 And you know, to qualify, some movies
00:17 play in the bigger cities.
00:18 I don't know why Arizona and Phoenix isn't considered
00:21 one of the bigger cities by now.
00:23 If we can drive an election, we should be
00:25 able to see a movie in advance.
00:26 Thank you.
00:27 Anyway, so some of those movies that are Oscar contenders
00:29 are just now opening.
00:30 And one of the big ones is opening today
00:33 that you're going to be hearing a lot about if you
00:36 haven't heard about it.
00:37 But anyway, I know you always want
00:39 to know why I call myself the Red Vine reviewer,
00:41 because that's how I rate my movies, five
00:43 being the best Oscar worthy.
00:45 One is run, don't walk, run away.
00:49 And you know what, Brad?
00:51 I'm just going to tell you right now,
00:53 we have a five Red Vine movie.
00:55 Whoa.
00:56 Yeah.
00:56 Whoa.
00:57 Oh, yeah, just going right for it.
00:58 Yeah.
00:59 This is called The Zone of Interest.
01:00 And if you haven't heard about this movie yet,
01:02 you're going to be hearing about it,
01:04 because this is actually a foreign film that's
01:06 going to break--
01:07 it stands a lot of chances of breaking and being nominated
01:13 for a best picture, not just best picture
01:15 in a foreign language.
01:17 So we have this idyllic, beautiful family home
01:21 with these gardens, a little wading pool, flowers
01:26 everywhere.
01:27 And it's just so sweet for this family.
01:29 And guess what?
01:30 Guess who their neighbors are?
01:32 Auswisch.
01:33 This is the commandant, Rudolf Haas and his wife
01:38 Hedvig's home right next door to Auswisch.
01:43 It is an insane movie.
01:45 No, it's not based on truth, even though they
01:48 do use the real commandant's name and his wife's name.
01:51 This is all speculated.
01:53 It's not true at all.
01:54 But it is a gripping drama.
01:56 And a fascinating look at the banality of violence,
02:01 because these people--
02:02 the wife in particular, this is her domain.
02:05 And she loves it.
02:06 And she doesn't want to leave this.
02:07 She doesn't want her husband to get transferred.
02:10 This is where she's planting her flag.
02:13 And she loves this space.
02:16 And in the background, we know what's
02:18 happening right on the other side of that fence.
02:21 It is horrifying.
02:23 I sat forward with my hands covering my mouth
02:27 during this entire movie.
02:29 There is not a drop of bloodshed.
02:30 But at the end, you are drained and sickened.
02:34 And it's just so weird to think that there's
02:35 people denying the Holocaust at this day and age.
02:39 It's just insane.
02:40 Is this in English?
02:41 No, this is subtitled.
02:42 Subtitles?
02:43 Subtitles.
02:43 It's a German movie.
02:44 So a lot of movies these days, all these contenders,
02:48 have actors that are in multiple movies that are up for awards.
02:51 We're seeing a lot of that, right?
02:53 Well, the woman who plays Hedwig, the commandant's wife,
02:57 her name is Sander Huller.
02:59 And you're going to hear about her, because I saw her
03:01 in back-to-back movies in "Anatomy of a Fall," which
03:04 is playing right now.
03:06 She deserves an MVP award if there was something,
03:09 because her performances are gripping.
03:11 They're both in dramas.
03:13 The other one, she's suspected of her husband's death.
03:16 This one, she's the wife of a notorious killer.
03:20 And she gives amazing performances.
03:23 Everybody, you know her name's odd because of the spelling.
03:27 But it's Sandra Huller.
03:29 And you're going to hear about her, because she is amazing.
03:33 That's her right there.
03:34 Just an amazing actress.
03:36 "Five Red Vines," Ralph Vatt.
03:37 "Five Red Vines."
03:38 Oh, my gosh.
03:38 Incredible.
03:39 Incredible.
03:40 Haunting movie.
03:41 Really haunting.
03:42 You've got to check it out.
03:42 All right, this one is not a haunting movie.
03:44 I'm going to talk about it.
03:45 Change of pace, though.
03:45 Change of pace a little bit.
03:46 It's streaming on Netflix now.
03:47 And it's Kevin Hart's new movie, "Lift."
03:50 And it's about some art thieves that
03:54 have to steal actually gold from a billionaire who is actually
03:59 trying to rule the world.
04:01 It's kind of funny.
04:02 It's Kevin Hart in a little different--
04:03 Isn't that Elon Musk with the--
04:04 Like that.
04:05 You can think about it.
04:06 But they take on this very great action-packed love story.
04:10 And I'd say, well, Kevin is starting to come into his own
04:12 of not just being the comedy guy.
04:14 He's starting to move into that action kind of guy a little bit.
04:16 I love Kevin Hart.
04:17 It's just something nice and light to sit at home and watch.
04:19 I watched it after grabbing a big old bag of popcorn
04:23 from Harkins and just kind of streamed a little bit.
04:25 And it was kind of good.
04:26 Wow.
04:27 And so, yeah.
04:28 So you got to check out "Lift."
04:28 I'd give it-- if I was doing "Red Minds,"
04:30 I'd probably give it maybe 3 and 1/2.
04:32 And I believe starting today on Apple+,
04:35 you can start to see "Killers of the Flower Moon" too.
04:37 That actually last week very quietly.
04:39 Oh, did it already?
04:39 Oh.
04:39 Yeah, very quietly.
04:40 So yes, that's another thing to stream.
04:41 And so why not go pick up some popcorn
04:43 or get some popcorn at the movies?
04:45 Because today is 50% off popcorn.
04:47 I know!
04:47 Isn't that great?
04:48 Yes.
04:49 And all the theaters have different deals, huh?
04:51 AMC Theaters, guests who buy a movie ticket
04:53 can get unlimited refills of any size popcorn.
04:56 Wow.
04:57 So that's pretty cool.
04:58 Roadhouse Cinema offering 50% off of all popcorn.
05:00 And Harkins Theatre offering 50% off of all popcorn.
05:02 Wow.
05:03 And they were talking about popcorn this week.
05:06 And I had to go out to the mall to pick up some things.
05:10 And--
05:10 So you stopped and got some popcorn?
05:12 Do we have a picture of my big bag?
05:14 Do we have a picture?
05:14 No, we didn't get the picture.
05:15 You didn't get the party bag?
05:16 I got the big bag.
05:17 So you can't buy it at the movie theater.
05:19 You got to go to the desk at Harkins and ask for it.
05:22 The party bag.
05:23 Party bag.
05:23 And they started even doing a bigger party bag,
05:25 I understand, too.
05:26 It's going to be huge.
05:26 Yeah, I love the party bag.
05:28 There it is.
05:29 Vicki, remind them where they can find all
05:31 your different reviews with us.
05:33 Well, I'm on Facebook under Flick Chick Mickey,
05:35 and that's V-I-Q-U-E.
05:37 And then every Friday with you, Brad.
05:38 I like it.
05:39 There you go.
05:39 I love it.
05:40 Thank you, Miss Vicki.
05:41 Next week, no movies, but we're going
05:42 to talk Oscar picks because Oscar announcements are on Tuesday.
05:45 Yeah.
05:46 So, all right.
05:46 There we go.
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