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Bad times at casino el royale11/16/2023 First appearing are Darlene Sweet (the fantastic and multi-talented Cynthia Erivo), a lounge singer trying to find a cheap place to stay before a gig Daniel Flynn (Jeff Bridges) an amiable priest and vacuum salesman Dwight Broadbeck (Jon Hamm, playing a countrified version of his Mad Men persona). ![]() The film then jumps to 1969, where a coterie of guests individually congregate to the run-down, once popular El Royale, built literally on the borderline of California and Nevada. Would this film have been made by Walt Disney? Probably not.īad Times opens in 1959, with something being buried underneath the floorboards of a hotel room. ![]() Along that line of thought, it’s worth pointing out that 20th Century Fox green-lit the film before they were recently purchased by the Walt Disney company. It’s a wonder such movies even get funded in today’s climate. It’s not a sequel or a remake or part of a franchise. One of the film’s strengths is that it’s its own thing. ![]() The movie’s audience has a much better time. Drew Goddard’s new neo-noir flick serves up lots of bad times for its characters. Rarely has a movie lived up to its wry title to the degree this film does.
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