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PADDINGTON IN PERU MOVIE REVIEW
If you’re slow to catch this train, Paddington 1 and 2 rank among the best children’s films ever made. If even Pedro Pascal and Nic Cage cry together about how wonderful they are, you can give them a shot. So, when the most adorable bear ever returns for a third film, we here at One Of Us aren’t afraid to admit that we were very excited to see him come back. Paddington in Peru follows the seemingly growth-stunted bear and his adoptive family, the Browns, as they travel to Peru together to visit his Aunt Lucy. Lucy lives in the jungle in a Home for Retired Bears run by a gaggle of nuns led by the outrageously happy, Reverend Mother Clarissa (Olivia Colman). When the Browns arrive, Clarissa informs them that Lucy disappeared in the night to places unknown in the jungle. Paddington discovers in her room a map to an ancient standing stones ruin in the jungle and so, off they go. With the help of a riverboat captain (Antonio Banderas) and his daughter (Carla Tous), the dangerous journey begins that will take them to places that a proper English family is notably unsuited for, and it might just lead to the fabled City of Gold, El Dorado. Chris, Wright, Ben, and Marco get a little lost in the jungle on this one, but still think it’s an enjoyable romp in the probably never-ending IP of Paddington.
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DIRECTED BY: Dougal Wilson
STARRING: Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Carla Tous, Ben Whishaw, Imelda Staunton, Hayley Atwell, Aloreia Spencer, Joel Fry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Robbie Gee, Ben Miller, Jessica Hynes, Simon Farnaby, Ella Bruccoleri
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)
Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.
Ben Glasthal (Highly Suspect Review, Screener Squad, Breakfast Pub, Unstabletop Gamers, Video and Audio Editor)
Born in Boston, then ending up in Dallas, Texas in the early 2000s, Ben has always had a passion for film. He started in film school not long after where he launched MovieReelizations.com where he still writes reviews to this day. He’s since moved to Austin where he has been also hopping on podcasts and both editing and shooting videos for One of Us. A fan of films from almost all genres, and many that predate him more than makes sense, he is anything if not eclectic in what he’s watching at any point. For the rest of his free time, he can be found biking, drinking craft beer, being an amateur photographer, and playing video games by himself or on Twitch. He’s best found on Instagram or Twitter as @MovieReelBen.
Marco Noyola (Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Audio Editor)
By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.
“You don’t need to follow me. You don’t need to follow anybody!”
Wright Sulek (Da Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox. As of 2024, Wright has now been inducted into the Austin Film Critics Association as well as co-owns the One of Us network with Chris Cox.
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