Film Review: The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
byThe world is veering off its axis. The moon has the blue shimmer of a stove-top burner. Clocks have stopped working. And in the…
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Film Review: Lean on Pete (2017)
byYorkshireman Andrew Haigh wouldn’t be the obvious person to adapt a novel like Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin, portraying the trials of a…
Film Review: The Death of Stalin (2017)
byThe man who gave us The Thick of It and Veep strikes comedy gold again with his latest feature. Armando Iannucci, one of the…
Film Review: Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
byNote: This film contains traces of Adam Sandler. I feel it’s only good courtesy to point this out to anyone above the age of…
TV Recap: Fargo, S01E04
byThis excellent episode of Fargo makes the first explicit reference to the original Coen Brothers‘ film of the same name. In the opening scene,…
TV Recap: Fargo, S01E02
byIn episode one of Fargo we met similar stand-in characters for ones from the film Fargo is based on, including Lester Nygard (William H….
Film & Event Review: The Big Lebowski Second Annual Big Bash
byEndlessly quotable, over the top and ridiculous, The Big Lebowski is simply put, a comedy classic, and the event is a must for lovers of the film to dress up, drink milk kahlua and vodka, and have a good old time with some fellow nuts.
Film Review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
byRather than a narrative, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone has a series of wacky events weakly held together to arrive at an inevitable conclusion. Thankfully, for a film that is constantly half-baked, the last set-piece is not actually half-bad.
Film Review: On The Road (2012)
byAfter spending over half a century in development hell (it was originally conceived as vehicle for Marlon Brando at the height of his post…