My first cinema experience of 2026 . I am hopeful that this will be a strong year because cinemas need some big hits but Marty Supreme isn’t necessarily going to be a blockbuster but I saw this at 4:20pm on New Years Day and there were about 30 people which is more than I was expecting. This is directed by the other half of the Safdie brothers. Benny gave us the mildly interesting The Smashing Machine and what we get with Josh’s take on a confident if somewhat flawed sportsman. The film tells the story of Marty Mauser who is someone who is quite good at table tennis and believes he could be the greatest ever. He just needs money to get him to the world championships in Japan but on his way there he comes across a comedy of errors that seems to come up to stop Marty from achieving his destiny. Whenever he talks about asking money from people he talks like his victory is a foregone conclusion. As good as Timothee Chalamet is, it is quite hard to really like Marty. Yes he is confident and...
Reviewing films seen since 2016