#Rawiri Paratene

[adamwatchesmovies]

Whale Rider (2003)

When a film is described as “inspirational”, that can often actually mean cloying or manipulative. Take away the empowering and uplifting message in Whale Rider, and you’ve still got a great movie, largely thanks to the direction by Niki Caro and lead actress, Keisha Castle-Hughes. This is a story of powerful emotions.

In a small New Zealand village, twelve-year-old Paikea “Pai” Apirana (Castle-Hughes) dreams of becoming her tribe’s chief. Unfortunately, her grandfather, Koro (Rawiri Paratene), will not teach her to lead. Undeterred, she begins training in secret.

Though this is very much a film about the Māori people, it has universal appeal. It’s not an opioid crisis, or their land being taken away by some foreign power that’s caused the island's society’s decay. It isn’t climate change or the new world stamping out tradition that’s causing people to turn away from each other. It’s something deep within, something too deep to clearly define that's causing the edges of this normally tight circle to fray. Pai’s father left his home to pursue an art career in Germany after his wife and son (Pai’s twin brother) died. This left Pai to be trained by a grandfather who loves his family… but is stubbornly upholding traditions that prevent him from showing it. Other families too, have lost something. If someone - a new voice that can give all of these lost souls direction - doesn’t step up and take charge, the great wake (canoe) will never be completed and the damage - regardless of what caused it - done to these people will never heal.

There are two emotions at this film’s core. The first is sadness. Grandfather Koro can be so cruel that in any other movie, you would hate him. Writer/director Niki Caro takes us to a deeper level than that one emotion. We know why he is so unhappy, why he loses hope with each day. The same goes for all of the other fathers we meet. They’re not bad, just lost. It’s a thousand times more painful to see.

The second emotion is a tiny glimmer of hope. You've seen how determined Paikea is to learn even when she's forbidden to do so. You believe she will live up to her namesake, the man who led his people from Hawaiki to New Zealand on the back of a whale. If only she can learn to believe in herself as well. When she speaks up and defies her grandfather, you want her to keep at it but you know how much that's asking, particularly for a child. There’s a moment when she’s at her most vulnerable that comes in and just obliterates you like a sledgehammer hitting a glass cup. Before that scene, Keisha Castle-Hughes was so convincing in the role, that you just saw her as a person who might’ve been cast because this tale is semi-autobiographical or something. Suddenly, you realize this is something different. She’s good like you never knew a kid that age could be.

Whale Rider is the kind of movie you hold onto tightly. No matter how old you are, now is the right time to meet these characters and hear their story. The performances are spectacular and the emotions are so strong they’ll be as clear as the first time you felt them long after the credits are done. Everyone should see Whale Rider at least once. (October 1, 2021)

#Whale Rider #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Niki Caro #Keisha Castle-Hughes #Rawiri Paratene #Vicky Haughton #Cliff Curtis #2003 movies #2003 films

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#whale rider #keisha castle-hughes #rawiri paratene #vicky haughton #cliff curtis #niki caro #2002

[spryfilm]

Blu-ray review: "Whale Rider" (2002)

Blu-ray review: “Whale Rider” (2002)

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[aboardthescheherazade]

How do you imagine lash to sound like? Any point of reference?

Hmm...it was hard to think of an audio example, just because it's so particular in my head, but I'd say Lash sounds a lot like Rawiri Paratene as Rangi in Footrot Flats:

(He's the first character to speak in this video, so I just linked this without a timestamp) In my head, Lash speaks with a soft but deep voice, but he can yell pretty hard if he needs to

#asks #lash

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Release Date : 04/13/2004 (US)Category : Comedy, Fantasy, RomanceProduction : Country : USRate : Cast : Jennifer Garner,Mark Ruffalo,Judy Greer,Andy Serkis,Christa B. Allen,Sean Marquette,Alexandra Kyle,Kathy Baker,Phil Reeves,After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray and DVD. Ratings are on a four-star scale.John Turturro in Barton Fink (Photo: Kino)(View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray, DVD and Streaming. Ratings are on a four-star scale.)BARTON FINK (1991). Being the first film to win three top prizes at Cannes (Film, Director and Actor) couldn’t prevent Barton Fink from flopping when it finally opened stateside. Nevertheless, this remains one of the most fascinating pictures on the Coen Brothers ledger, with Joel and Ethan serving up a compelling seriocomedy that yields added pleasures with every repeat viewing. John Turturro stars as the title character, a self-absorbed New York playwright who ends up in Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture for a “B” studio r

ack of a whale. Pai displays all the characteristics that would enable her to one day become the village leader, but because she’s female, her tradition-minded grandfather (Rawiri Paratene) dismisses her from consideration, showing controlled love for her as his flesh and blood but lashing out whenever she attempts to step outside what he perceives as her lot in life. Adapted from Witi Ihimaera’s 1986 novel by writer-director Niki Caro (who earlier this year helmed the fine WWII drama The Zookeeper’s Wife), Whale Rider is above all a moving story about a young girl’s efforts to not only find her place in the world but also receive the deserving respect of a patriarch whose own stubbornness blackens an otherwise noble spirit. As Pai, Castle-Hughes delivers a clear-headed performance that, like the film which embraces it, never succumbs to cloying sentiment but instead finds heartbreak and hope in a naturalistic manner. Blu-ray extras include audio commentary by Caro; a behind-the-scenes featurette; and deleted scenes.

Movie: ★★★

FROM SCREEN TO STREAM (Recommended films currently available on streaming services) 13 GOING ON 30 (2004). Kicking off in 1987, this charming comedy centers around 13-year-old Jenna Rink, an awkward girl whose only desire is to be “thirty, flirty and thriving.” She magically gets her wish granted, waking up in 2004 at the age of 30 and not remembering anything that has transpired over the course of the last 17 years. For emotional support, she tracks down her best friend from childhood, now a freelance photographer (Mark Ruffalo), but as she begins to piece together her teenage and adult years, she realizes that she doesn’t like the person she’s become. Jennifer Garner is delightful as the grownup Jenna — she possesses the flair and instincts of a screwball comedienne, and it’s a shame movies haven’t been utilizing her more — and if her performance ultimately isn’t quite as moving as Tom Hanks’ in the thematically similar Big, that might be because the script by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa (the husband-and-wife team behind What Women Want) doesn’t delve as deeply into the dark side of being a child trapped inside an adult’s body.  ★★★ Watch free movies and tvshows on VidooTv

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un by a dictatorial blowhard (a funny Michael Lerner). Staying at a ramshackle hotel (cue Steve Buscemi as chatty Chet the bellboy), Barton ends up suffering from a paralyzing case of writer’s block. He also ends up befriending both a traveling salesman (an amazing John Goodman) and a Faulkner-like writer (John Mahoney), only to find his life soon turning into a surreal nightmare. A complete original, Barton Fink is edgy, innovative, and often ambiguous in its intentions. Although Roger Deakins’ exceptional cinematography won awards from all three major critics’ groups (NY, LA, National Society), the Academy elected to ignore it completely. The movie did pick up a trio of Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Lerner), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Dennis Gassner and Nancy Haigh, who won for their other 1991 feature, Bugsy), and Best Costume Design.Blu-ray extras include interviews with Turturro and Lerner; deleted scenes; and the theatrical trailer.Movie: ★★★½8 HEADS IN A DUFFEL BAG (1997). With 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, Joe Pesci seems to have been inspired by the monologue delivered by his character Tommy DeVito in 1990’s GoodFellas. “I’m funny how? I amuse you? I make you laugh; I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you? How

Blu-ray extras consist of the theatrical trailer and an isolated music track. Movie: ★★ GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 (2017). As expected, the entire gang from the 2014 smash is back, with Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) and Baby Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) enjoying their newfound status as celestial celebrities. But after ticking off the members of a powerful race, the heroes-for-hire find themselves on the run, with Gamora’s sister Nebula (Karen Gillan) and Quill’s mentor Yondu (Michael Rooker) forced to join the motley crew along the way. Half of the gang end up on a planet alongside Peter’s long-lost father Ego (Kurt Russell) and his servant Mantis (Pom Klementieff); the others find themselves held prisoner after a mutiny by Yondu’s Ravagers. The jokey demeanor that informed the first picture remains, even if writer-director James Gunn forces too many gags. And as is the case with many superhero sagas, this one doesn’t know when to quit, with a generous 136-minute running time mostly felt during the CGI-choked finale. But the freshness of the characters remains intact, and the actors continue to interact in a manner that supports the story’s narrative spine involving the notion that family – no matter how one defines it – always comes first (in this respect, the series has much in common with Diesel’s other, similarly fast and furious franchise). Gunn’s scripting and Gillan’s performance bring unexpected poignancy to the part of Nebula, while Rooker’s excellent turn allows Yondu to emerge as the most unexpectedly complex character in the story. Blu-ray extras include audio commentary by Gunn; a four-part making-of featurette; deleted scenes; a gag reel; and a “Guardians Inferno” music video featuring David Hasselhoff. Movie: ★★★ KID GALAHAD (1962). What do Woody Allen and Elvis Presley have in common? Both have been treated right by the Twilight Time label, which has seen fit to release many of these artists’ best films on Blu-ray. While Allen fans have been offered such gems as The Purple Rose of Cairo, Zelig and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * (* But Were Afraid to Ask), devotees of The King have been able to enjoy Flaming Star and Follow That Dream, two of the grandly entertaining pictures he made before his vehicles became too beholden to rigid formula and too affected by spiraling quality control. Now joining the pair is Kid Galahad, which originally hit theaters four months after Follow That Dream, thus providing audiences with an irresistible one-two punch. The boxing terminology is apt, since this one finds Elvis playing Walter Gulick, a young pugilist whose gallantry toward women earns him the nickname Kid Galahad. With his easygoing demeanor and warbling of several catchy tunes, Presley could effortlessly carry this picture himself, but that’s actually not required thanks to the efforts of an excellent supporting cast: Gig Young as Galahad’s unscrupulous manager, Charles Bronson as his trainer, Joan Blackman as his love interest, and Lola Albright (who passed away this past March at the age of 92) as Young’s perpetually patient paramour. Incidentally, Kid Galahad is a remake of a same-named 1937 film starring Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart and (as the title boxer) Wayne Morris. When will Warner Bros. finally bring that version to Blu-ray? Blu-ray extras consist of the theatrical trailer and an isolated music track. Movie: ★★★ WHALE RIDER (2003). Currently appearing in supporting stints on two television shows (Game of Thrones and Manhunt: Unabomber), Keisha Castle-Hughes deservedly earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her startling film debut in the New Zealand hit Whale Rider. Castle-Hughes stars as Pai, a 12-year-old girl who had survived a difficult birth that killed her mother and twin brother. Pai is a descendant of Paikea, who, as the legend goes, first arrived in what would become this Maori clan’s village riding on the b

am I funny?” Pesci’s 8 Heads character, a gangster also named Tommy, is basically the comedic version of his Oscar-winning part in the Scorsese classic — this Tommy similarly has no problem hurting people, but he’s more likely to fret and fume and partake in exaggerated fits of exasperation. Tasked with delivering a bag crammed with human heads in order to prove that a mob hit has been carried out, he ends up in a dire predicament when a college kid named Charlie (Andy Comeau) accidentally grabs his luggage and carts it off to Mexico, thinking it contains his clothing. Charlie is naturally horrified when he unpacks the noggins, while Tommy just wants them back — this leads to whirlwind developments involving Charlie’s roommates (David Spade and Todd Louiso), his girlfriend (Kristy Swanson), and her disapproving parents (George Hamilton and Dyan Cannon). A frantic pace is no match for a scarcity of laughs, and while Pesci is consistently amusing, he receives little assistance from anyone else. Spade and Louiso have their moments but wear out their welcome; Comeau and Swanson are too vanilla for this sort of madcap romp; and Hamilton and Cannon are left adrift under the guidance of writer-director Tom Schulman.

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[thestageyshelf]

SOLD 🎭 Hamlet: Globe To Globe @ The Globe 2014 (#189)

Title: Hamlet: Globe To Globe

Venue: The Globe

Year: 2014

Condition: Good condition

Author: William Shakespeare

Director: Dominic Dromgoole and Bill Buckhurst

Choreographer: Sian Williams

Cast: Keith Bartlett, John Dougall, Ladi Emeruwa, Phoebe Fildes, Miranda Foster, Naeem Hayat, Beruce Khan, Tom Lawrence, Jennifer Leong, Rawiri Paratene, Matthew Romain, Amanda Wilkin

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[filmphilics]

Recommendation of the week: Whale Rider (2002)

Dir.: Niki Caro

Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Rawinia Clarke.

Genre: Drama

Plot: A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Filmphilics score: 8/10

#whale rider #niki caro #keisha castle-hughes #rawiri paratene #vicky haughton #cliff curtis #rawinia clarke #drama #drama films #drama movies #cult movies #cult film #cult cinema #cinema #film #movies

[whitestnoise]

“When you watch that film with a Maori audience, and that child sits, and she sits there, in the front with the men, you can hear an audible gasp. It is so transgressive what she does.” - Director’s commentary

#whale rider #niki caro #keisha castle-hughes #paikea apirana #rawiri paratene #(mine)

[netflixia]

Whale Rider

(2002) PG-13 - 101m

A Maori tribe must contend with the distinctly nontraditional concept of having a female leader when the intended heir to the throne dies.

7.6/10 - IMDB

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#Whale Rider #Niki Caro #film #Keisha Castle-Hughes #Rawiri Paratene #dramas #family features #family #2002 #00s #pg-13 #pg 13

[cadwalladery]

# 86 - Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002)

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[neechees]

ooo! if you decided to cast the witcher as indigenous actors, who would you pick?

You said 'Indigenous' so I'll be including more than just North America, and I'm also basing this on q mixture of vibes/looks/talent & taking inspo from all the games, Netflix series, Polish miniseries AND books

Geralt: Eddie Spears, Kalani Queypo or Te Kohe Tuhaka

Ciri: Kiawantiio Tarbell (young), Devery Jacobs (adult)

Pavetta: Taysha Fuller

Calanthe: Alex Rice

Eist: Mikkel Gaup

Yennefer: Cara Gee, Alanna Saunders or Mere Boynton

Triss Merigold: Alyson Pratt

Jaskier: Jordan Fischer

Mouse sack: Rawiri Paratene

Witcher lads:

Vesemir: Wes Studi

Eskel: Meegwun Fairbrother

Lambert: Alex Meraz

Coen: Christopher Judge

Letho: Temuera Morrison

Lodge of Sorceresses:

Tissaia De Vris: Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell

Philippa Eilhart: Kumiko Konishi

Síle de Tansarville: Elle-Maija Tailfeathers

Sabrina: Alex Raeana

Keira Metz: Kaniehti:io Horn

Margarita Laux-Antille: Aaradhna Jayantilal Patel 

Francesca: Jenna Talackova

Ida: Amber Stevens West

Assire var Anahid: Brittany Leborgne

Aaand that's all I got!

#the #witcher

[saturdaynightmatinee]

CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 4 / 10

Título Original: Man-Thing

Año: 2005

Duración: 96 min.

País: Estados Unidos

Director: Brett Leonard

Guion: Hans Rodionoff (Cómic: Steve Gerber)

Música: Roger Mason

Fotografía: Steve Arnold

Reparto: Matthew Le Nevez, Rachael Taylor, Jack Thompson, Rawiri Paratene,Alex O'Loughlin, Steve Bastoni

Productora: Coproducción Australia-USA; Marvel Enterprises / Artisan Entertainment / Screenland Movieworld / Fierce Entertainment

Género: Action, Adventure, Horror

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TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTUL1GWbrRw

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When Sun & Moon Collide - Auckland Theatre Company ASB Waterfront Theatre June 22, 2017

When Sun & Moon Collide – Auckland Theatre Company ASB Waterfront Theatre June 22, 2017

  Dir: Rawiri Paratene Playwright: Briar Grace-Smith Cast: Jack Buchanan, Joe Dekkers-Reihana, Kura Forrester, Emily Campbell Auckland Theatre Company brought their fourth production of the season to life last night at ASB Waterfront Theatre. When Sun & Moon Collide was written by Briar Grace-Smith and features four young actors who uncover the mystery of two Danish backpackers gone missing in…

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