Reminisce reviews professional#
Reminisce reviews series#

“Owo ni koko,” he says on the money-adulating “ Ogaranya” which pairs top Sarz production and the hook prowess of Fireboy DML. It’s the reality of existence that one must speak one’s mind to the lengths he can afford, and Reminisce does that through this project, settling well-formed thoughts and philosophy in groovy production.

Reminisce reviews series#

“ Gbedu” is an electric affair, producer Krizbeatz’s application of percussive instruments peculiar to Fela’s Afrobeat and a voice on loop, saying ‘this kind gbedu/ gbedu wey go wound you.’ Reminisce rides the beat in a series of carefree lines, the record drawing to a 2-minute run time, piquing interest for the listener as it segues into “ Jogodo.” Perhaps the most poignant song on the record, Reminisce crafts an enjoyable experience around the subjects of consent, politicians, religious leaders, inebriation, slay mamas, and hip hop purism –circling back to that “Local Rappers” moment in 2015. “ Vibes” is rapped over TMXO’s drums with the introspection of a diary entry, tracking the things that’s been on Remy’s mind –family, music, money, vibes– and setting the scene for what follows. The wide-eyed curiosity of kids meets the clarity of purpose Reminisce spoke about in the aforementioned interview, where he pledged allegiance to family first. The project opens to the voices of the rapper’s children asking their daddy why he made music. In theaters and on HBO Max.Vibes and Inshallah, according to a Pulse feature, was to be titled “ 30+ vibes” until that was scraped to enable inclusion. Reminiscence Rated PG-13 for action-movie violence, including gunplay and immolation. When she’s not narrowing her focus on big heads, she fills the frame with strong, clear images - a bed on a roof, a city in water - that have a solidity that helps anchor the movie, which is generally better seen than heard. Joy has a feel for spectacle and can handle bodies and bullets flying through space. It’s equally difficult to think of many actors who could handle Joy’s cliché-ridden, melodramatically engorged dialogue, which consistently trips up her actors. One problem with citing favorites is that the imitations often wither when set against their dazzling influences, which is what happens when Mae sings a Rodgers-and-Hart standard in a strapless, side-slit gown clearly modeled on the one that Rita Hayworth immortalized in “Gilda.”įerguson is an attractive if regrettably wan presence in “Reminiscence,” though it’s hard to imagine who, other than a cartoon femme fatale à la Jessica Rabbit, could even approach the devastating charms of Hayworth’s Gilda. Certainly the vision of another lonely man of honor piques your interest as you wait for Joy to clarify her intentions, revealing whether she’s having fun, rethinking golden Hollywood oldies or both. For some viewers, it will likely unleash a chain of associations: Raymond Chandler, Humphrey Bogart, Harrison Ford. When Nick walks down a mean street, the dark city gleaming, the image sets the scene. After clients strip and lie semi-immersed in a tub, Nick plugs them into a machine that renders their memories into lifelike or, rather, movielike 3-D projections. Set in a fairly benign-looking dystopia - Miami is partly underwater but jumping - they run a business where customers can recover favorite and forgotten memories. Here, Newton plays Watts, a crusty, no-nonsense veteran with a booze problem and an obvious thing for her boss, an old war buddy, Nick Bannister (Hugh Jackman in squinty tough-guy mode).

That character is played by Thandiwe Newton, one of the stars of “Reminiscence,” a kinked tale in which the divide between reality and its facsimiles is blurred. “It’s all a construct,” a character says in “Westworld.” “None of it is real.” With degrees of success, they play with time and space, storytelling conventions and human consciousness. The writer-director of “Reminiscence” is Lisa Joy who, with her husband, Jonathan Nolan, created the HBO series “Westworld.” Jonathan Nolan has helped write some of his brother Christopher’s films, notably “Memento” and “Interstellar,” and served as a producer on “Reminiscence.” Although these entertainments have their obvious differences, including in quality, the family DNA is evident in their embrace of narrative elasticity and interest in the labyrinths of the mind (also: gunplay and hot women). It’s shiny and pricey and looks good on the big screen it is also the newest addition to what now plays like the Nolan Family Extended Universe.

Reminisce reviews professional#

It makes no sense (despite all the explaining), but it draws you in with genre beats, pretty people and the professional polish of its machined parts. Highfalutin, lightly enjoyable mush, “Reminiscence” is one of those speculative fictions that are at once undernourished and overcooked.