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REVIEWS PREVIEWS: The submarine story
Liam Neeson and Harrison Ford join forces as comrades-in-arms of an ill-fated Russian nuclear submarine, in Hollywood’s latest inspiration K-19 The Widowmaker. In early 1961, during the height of the Cold War, the Kremlin was under immense pressure to counter the might of the American Navy. Seeing the threat, it orders one of its own nuclear subs to go on a reconnaissance mission to the North Atlantic Sea. Its mission is to go to the North Atlantic and test fire a nuclear missile. This would show the Americans what the Soviet Navy is made of. However, the captain of K-19, Neeson, initially rejects the orders, requesting that his ship needs immediate repairs. In fact because of its dilapidated condition, the crew call their ship ‘The Widowmaker.’ But the politicians in Moscow reject Neeson’s request and even demote their officer for his inability to accept orders. Harrison Ford plays the new captain of K-19. He is the best in the Soviet Navy but even he knows that more is at stake than just egos.
The events of 1961 were never made public until the fall of the Soviet Union. The nuclear leakage on board K-19 was so deadly that altogether 17 people died. Neeson and Ford put up a good performance. The movie is similar to Hollywood’s earlier production, Crimson Tide.—K.A.
The best man
If you’re tired of all the sins of the world, Best man in a grass Greek will lift your mood. The movie takes a delightfully funny look at a serious subject — ‘human relationships.’ Through the laughter and the funny situations we can see the bittersweet feelings and longings of human beings who want to love and be loved.
Adam Lewis (John Newcombe) finds himself unexpectedly stood up at his own wedding. Life is bad when even after three years, he remains unmarried and his career is on the line when he is unable to sell his comic strip to any newspaper. At a lunch meeting Adam meets an insecure editor (John Hines). The editor agrees to buy the strip on the bizarre condition that Adam serve as best man at his upcoming wedding. Despite the fact that both are strangers, and despite his hatred for weddings, Adam succumbs to the arrangement. But the wedding turns out to be a disaster. Firstly, Adam discovers that the editor has told everyone that they are college buddies for some reason. Secondly, the bride’s unkempt boyfriend threatens of dire consequences if the wedding goes on. It’s at this point that Adam cannot help but think that he is living his own doomed marriage.
Best man in a grass Greek has all the ingredients to keep the viewers in stitches.—N.M.
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