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| The Guardian - Culture: Film | | | | One Piece Film: Red review – eye-popping hijinks in spectacular anime franchise | | by Sammy Gecsoyler Nov 2, 2022 | | There are frequent stretches of nonsense in this anime about a pop star, but with music and a central story this good, they shouldn’t bother you too much It’s Saturday morning, the rain outside is relentless, the TV is on but the remote is nowhere to be seen – it’s likely down the back of the sofa. You’re stuck watching children’s cartoons, sucked in by the bright colours and high-stakes, save-the-world narratives. One Piece Film: Red is in this great tradition: a sugar rush of stunning animation, great music and a strong central story with frequent stretches of utter nonsense. The One Piece franchise centres on Monkey D Luffey and his crew of pirates; this one-off adventure introduces us to Uta, a beloved, stadium-packing singer from Luffey’s past who turns renegade and attempts to use her special powers to trap her fans in an alternate universe. The pirates work to take her down – and then a lot more happens as several dozen new characters and new subplots sputter and zigzag with little concern for cohesion. Narrative discipline is not the first concern here, but the core story about Uta and her motivations is emotionally resonant. Continue reading... | | | | | The unlikely bond between Julia Roberts and Martin Luther King Jr | | by Erum Salam Nov 1, 2022 | | The civil rights activist and his wife paid the hospital bill for the birth of the actor because her parents couldn’t afford it An astounding but little-known fact about Julia Roberts has resurfaced after her recent 55th birthday prompted a consultant to call attention to a link between the actor’s birth and revered civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Roberts, whose birthday was 28 October, first shared the story about the day she was born with journalist Gayle King this September in Washington DC during a HISTORYTalks live event for the History Channel. That day, she said during the talk, the activist known to many simply as MLK – as well as his fellow civil rights champion and wife Coretta Scott King – paid off the hospital bill for her birth because Roberts’s parents were poor and couldn’t afford it. Continue reading... | | | | | |
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