Nominated for 5 Oscars, including Best Picture & Best Actor. “Much of the emphasis in Bryan Singer's Queen biopic is on late frontman Mercury, played by a resplendent Rami Malek, fake buck teeth and all. His fellow band members get some screen time too: guitarist Brian May (Gwilym Lee), drummer Roger Taylor (Ben Hardy) and bassist John Deacon (Joseph Mazzello).
“Yet there’s one divine scene that shows how these “four misfits who don’t belong together,” to quote the screen Mercury, managed to rise above petty differences. It’s when Deacon unveils the irresistible disco bass riff to “Another One Bites the Dust,” and his bandmates immediately stop arguing and start grooving.
"Mercury’s tragic death from AIDS in 1991 at age 45, long after the band’s 1970s-’80s heyday, is respectfully observed but not to the point of overwhelming the film’s basic feel-good vibe. Ditto for his sexual enthusiasms. The two main loves of Freddie’s life, Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton) and Jim Hutton (Aaron McCusker), are given more than cameo status, enough to show how much they mattered to Mercury.” - The Toronto Star
About Cine Babies:
Every Wednesday, 1:00pm at the Twin. Cine Babies is presented by the Princess in partnership with Balancing from Birth to Baby
Cine Babies is a movie program for new parents (and their friends and family) to attend with their infants. Films will be presented with a lowered volume to protect sensitive infant ears, as well as dimmed lights and convenient amenities like change tables and bottle warmers.
See a new movie every week and stay connected with other new parents in the area. Join us! New titles updated weekly. Stay tuned!
If you want to grab a lunch at Princess Cafe before Cine Babies, just tell them you're attending and you'll receive 10% off your purchase.
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