A Little Chaos, Alan Rickman’s latest film, may not be historically accurate (a gainfully employed woman in the 17th century??), but Glen Falkenstein still manages to find it a lot of fun. “It is deeply historically inaccurate […]
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Spectre: Something Old, Something New
With the latest Bond film currently in production, we speculate on what’s likely to remain the same and what will be shaken up in 007’s 24th outing. The latest Bond film Spectre has completed production […]
Sixty Years Of ‘The Seven Year Itch’
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of 20th Century Fox, we list the 50 Best Films from the Hollywood studio in our latest issue. But we kick off the countdown online with Billy Wilder’s subversive comedy […]
Oscar Spotlight: Whiplash
In the lead-up to Hollywood’s night of nights, we look at the dark horse in the Best Picture race and one of the most intense flicks of last year. In one word – unnerving. You […]
Oscar Spotlight: The Imitation Game
In the first of our articles shining a spotlight on a Best Picture nominee, we take a look at the Alan Turing pic, which departs from its “Troubled Male Genius” template just enough to stand […]
Time To Grow Up
Remakes, reboots, prequels, sequels, re-imaginings – the announcement last week of a new Ghostbusters film is one of many seeking to cash in on our childhoods. With the new take featuring an all-female Ghostbusters cast […]
Taken 3 – The Takening
Remember that dad from ‘Love Actually’ who turned badass and went after the sex-traffickers who kidnapped his daughter? Liam Neeson’s third outing as Bryan Mills takes place 7 years later – his wife’s been killed and he’s […]
The Interview – Someday, This Will Be a Good Movie
Prediction – one day – when Kim Jong-un is busy figuring out what the next state-sanctioned haircut should look like – the events of December 1-25 will making for a really great biopic. It’s the […]
Interstellar – A Space Odyssey for 2014
Nolan. McConaughey. Space. Worm holes. Intense visuals. Emotions. In a starved future, Michael Caine convinces his daughter (Anne Hathaway) and Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) that the only cure for the barren wasteland earth is fast becoming lies […]
GOLD CLASS… and ‘The Judge’…. GOLD CLASS
The Emperor had his box in the Colosseum to watch the gladiators fight; he saw the same spectacle as everyone else, but he wasn’t down there with the plebs. Tickets with the masses weren’t appealing, […]
Madam Secretary beats out The Bachelor
Last night I sat through the finale of ‘The Bachelor,’ a show which neither through casual, serious, nor ironic viewing can surpass the flawed premise that over a dozen attractive, successful women could be so utterly […]
‘Gotham’ – Because we couldn’t wait for Ben Affleck
Ryan from the ‘O.C.’ grew up and moved to Gotham. He’s not popular, he’s different, and he’s having trouble fitting in. James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) investigates the deaths of Bruce Wayne’s parents while navigating the Rogue’s […]
The Giver
In a black and white world where everything is neat and perfect and there are no wars or bickering (it’s on an island in the sky to really drive the point home) Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) lives […]
TMNT – New York Gets Trashed… Again
I have a confession. Don’t judge me. In a childhood preoccupied with Captain Planet and Bananaman, I NEVER watched TMNT. I haven’t seen the show, or the movies, nor read the comics and I never […]
The New Doctor – Raising Eyebrows
Peter Capaldi’s eyebrows have their own stage presence. They are are a distinct and unique entity which operate independently from the rest of his bodily functions. At least so much was made clear by the new […]
Everything wrong with ‘Lucy’
There be spoilers ahead. In Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy,’ an unwilling drug mule (Scarlett Johansson) absorbs a stash into her nervous system, unlocks the unknown recesses of her brain and ultimately becomes an omnipresent reality-twisting force. […]
Jersey Boys: Story and Sound
This is not a musical. Neither is Frankie Valli’s life. In 1951 MGM commissioned “Singin’ in the Rain” because Arthur Freed wanted to showcase his catalogue of songs, ordering the screenwriters to strategically work his melodies into […]
Transformers 4: A Bud Light if you please!
This post is not an ad for Bud Light. I can’t say the same for ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction.’ In this CGI-fest a Transformer powers through a large Bud Light truck strategically centered in the middle […]
22 Jump St – Meta meta could’ve done better
Ever watch 21 Jump St, classic 90’s Johnny Depp star-vehicle? Maybe you saw the first movie when it came out in 2012? Well Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are back, with the exact same schtick, […]
Winners and Losers: Gary Oldman
One of the film industry’s most versatile actors went on a massive rant this week in Playboy’s latest offering. Gary Oldman (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) stated, among other things, that “at the Oscars […]
The Raid 2: Berandal
The Raid is a superbly constructed action film. An Indonesian cop/martial arts master/family man is tasked with raiding a castle-like fortress occupied by criminals waiting to be rewarded for gruesomely killing our hero. On the […]
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