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Royal Air Force News Friday, April 19, 2019 R'n'R 3
R'n'R

Film

Mid90s Jonah’s debut keeps it real
Certificate 12A

Playlist TEVIE (Sunny Suljic) is a
Top 10 13-year-old boy in need of a
Srole model, with no friends,
an absent father and a viciously
unpleasant older brother.
Attracted to the antics of some
older kids running the local skate
shop, he sees his opportunity and
swaps the Ren & Stimpy poster on
his wall for skate brand stickers and
two-page spreads from Big Brother
magazine.
Trading Super Nintendo
cartridges for an 80s fishboard,
that has by now fallen well out of
style, he throws himself around on
it until he has enough courage to
spend more time at the shop.
When runt of the group Ruben
passes his water-fetching duties off
onto Stevie he can hardly hide his
idiot grin: he has found his place.
Ruben (Gio Galicia), the boy
closest to Stevie’s age, becomes COOL KIDS: Sunny Suljic, inset, left, stars as Stevie in
a reluctant mentor teaching the Mid90s, Jonah Hill's writing and directorial debut
etiquette that he has learnt himself,
like not saying thank you or sorry take a slam, perhaps the byproduct Kitchen so fresh in recent memory. say. But that’s okay.
because people will think you’re of beatings from his brother Ian But where that had 90s affectations, Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall
gay. (a convincing change of form for this film is period; matching square Street), making his writing and
But Stevie earns respect from Lucas Hedges, Manchester By The formatted 16mm grain to punchy directing debut, manages to get
the others through his ability to Sea). soundtracking of Wu Tang Clan, unbelievably real performances
SQN LDR Mike Ling is the Red Soon Stevie is given a nickname Pharcyde and a little Nirvana. from a perfect cast and fits in some
Arrows’ longest-serving pilot. and taken under the wing of the Where Skate Kitchen felt like it nice stylistic flourishes in a film
Just retired, he said these songs cool kids Ray (Na-Kel Smith) and was suddenly trying too hard to that is bold in its simplicity.
ignite very happy memories of F*ckshit (Olan Prenatt), two decent push a ‘storyline’, Mid90s could be
certain stages of his 21-year skateboarders, though one is set accused of not trying hard enough Review by Sam Cooney
RAF career. (See story on p9 of on turning it into a career and the as there isn't much story at all.
the main paper.) other as a means of escaping life. Instead it remains casually R'n'R Rating:
This coming of age story feels observational, and just like its
familiar, especially with Skate characters, has nothing much to (3 out of 5)
1 Counting Crows
Mr Jones
Book review UK Box
Office
2 Daft Punk Arnhem by William F Buckingham Top 10
Get Lucky
Amberley Publishing amberley-books.com
Nickelback
3 1 Dumbo (pictured below)
Rockstar Absorbing account of famous op

4 The Killers 2 Captain Marvel
Human
HIS YEAR marks the In particular, there is 3 Us
5 Lost Frequencies T75th anniversary of considerable ire directed at
Operation Market Garden,
Lt Gen Sir Frederick ‘Boy’
Are You With Me?
more popularly recognised as Browning (husband of the 4 Fisherman’s Friends
‘A Bridge Too Far’. famous novelist Daphne du
Oasis
6 Just ahead of the Maurier).
Wonderwall anniversary, William F Much of the criticism 5 What Men Want
Buckingham has written is supported with some Fighting With My
7 Kings of Leon Arnhem – the Complete Story evidence, although 6 Family
Sex On Fire of Operation Market Garden sometimes, the author has a
17-25 September 1944. tendency to speculate and leap 7 Die Walkure – Met
This isn’t Buckingham’s
8 My Chemical Romance first contribution to this event, to conclusions. Opera
By way of criticism, this
Welcome to the Black Parade
having previously written a version from Amberley 8 Lucifer
critical insight in Arnhem Publishing (rrp £30) is
AC/DC
9 Thunderstruck 1944. unfortunately off-putting. 9 The White Crow
For this recent account,
The font size is too small for
Buckingham furthers the easy reading and readers may
Snow Patrol analysis but now merges prefer electronic versions of The Lego Movie 2: The
10 10
Chasing Cars this alongside a very the book. Second Part
comprehensive narrative that In addition, there are
covers the entire Operation. some curious omissions –
Most authors have tended such as the impact of the
to focus on the British and loss of Colonel Barlow on 1st
Polish action around Arnhem, Airborne’s attempts to reach
Oosterbeek and Driel, so this Arnhem bridge.
is a very positive contribution, Nevertheless, this is an
given the time devoted in absorbing account, with
the book to the US airborne plenty of theories for readers
divisions and British ground forces. with criticism directed at General to consider.
The author follows up those Browning, the delay of XXX Corps
themes he previously identified, and errors in the planning. Review by Wg Cdr J M Nichols Source: theguardian.com