Film Review: Lucky (2017)
byFor one last time we can be witness to the work of prolific actor, musician and singer Harry Dean Stanton and also say goodbye in John Carroll Lynch‘s…
no country for old men
Film Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
byThere must be a “franchise blockbuster checklist” that gets ticked off whenever a new movie rolls off the big studio production line. Disney’s latest…
Film Review: Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
byArriving in the same few months as Son of Saul comes the first feature film of Giulio Ricciarelli. Set in West Germany during 1958, just…
TV Recap: Fargo, S01E10
bybs, When a show is as good as Fargo you don’t want it to end. The final episode starts off with the sound of…
TV Recap: Fargo, S01E09
byThe ninth, and penultimate episode of Fargo is an extremely tense and absorbing experience. The show again starts off with something visually disorienting –…
TV Recap: Fargo, S01E08
byThe eighth episode of Fargo starts with happy music and shots of robotic arms and other mechanisms beavering away in an industrial factory….
TV Recap: Fargo, S01E01
byI was pleasantly surprised to hear that this show was being made. Fargo (1997) is one of the best films by the Coen Brothers,…
Film Review: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
byThis is truly virtuoso, expertly crafted film making, the only problem is that it’s just a little soulless, and just a little soullessness is a fairly big problem if it stops you caring about the characters. The Brothers, as usual, are more interested in the world they’re creating – and it’s impeccably done – but they forget to make us care about the people that populate it. Offering little resolution does little for them either.
Film Review: The Counselor (2013)
byExpectations are high for The Counselor. It comes from the first produced screenplay by Cormac McCarthy, one of the greatest living novelists, whose work…