Against my better judgement I couldn’t help but snag a torrent of this. Sure enough, as the opening credits kicked in, my housemates assured us it was rubbish. But then what happened is that I proceeded to love it. Clearly Continue reading
The Earth obligingly stood still for us twice this week, on back-to-back nights. In each, a lone alien man arrives in a spaceship with his giant robot buddy Gort, to tell humans that they must mend their destructive ways or Continue reading
Directed: The Coen Brothers, 1996. Some brilliant performances, some lovely moments. Emminently watchable. Interesting point, I don’t know about Fargo itself, or The Dakotas, but the fine residents of Minnesota will insist that they neither sound or act like the Continue reading
Director: Andrew Stanton I resisted for quite a while, expecting cloying superficiality. I was wrong. Or at least I like this kind of cloying superficiality. Clearly made with love by a truly dedicated army of master artisans. Featuring sound effects Continue reading
Director: Brian de Palma (1983) Oh, I don’t know, my expectations were too high or something. I expected an intense study of greed, corruption and criminal will. Maybe I’m desensitized. All I found was that it frequently descends into simply Continue reading
There is, of course, no point whatsoever in me posting a belated review of the Simpsons Movie, which I and everyone else gleefully watched many months ago now. To the now long abandoned discussions of its merit I have absolutely Continue reading
It got a right drubbing critically, and was a box-office failure, but I found it powerful and compelling. It may not be crafted with the greatest finesse, but nevertheless it raises interesting and powerful questions, of the competence of our Continue reading