Tag Archives: reviews
I’m sorry
When I started this blog, I promised myself that no matter what, I would never write a short and/or shallow review and if must be, I’d rather just not write the review at all. I am now going to go … Continue reading
Ah don’t lean on me man cos you can’t afford the ticket
I’m back from Suffragette City! Come on, it had to be done. Suffragette tells the immensely important story of the early 20th century British suffragette movement, whose members took drastic measures to secure women’s rights, the right to vote included. … Continue reading
Can’t Man?
CAN MAN! That up there is Paul Rudd. If you don’t know Paul Rudd, you’ve never watched Friends. Or Anchorman, or Knocked Up, or The 40 Year-Old Virgin, or even Parks and Recreation. I know you haven’t, because if you had, … Continue reading
Fokof ft. Mad as a Frog in a $ock (Blomkamp remixXx)
Chappie. What a dumb name. What a dumb title for a film. It’s up there with Wall-E and that was a stupid fucking name. Yes it was, and you know it, get over it, it’s just a title. It’s not cute, … Continue reading
Selma
I was reluctant to go see Selma. Not because I’m not interested in the story of the Selma marches, or in Martin Luther King, but because I’d much rather see a documentary about it. I like my films to be … Continue reading
Deus, that son of a bitch
Before seeing Ex Machina, it had come to my attention that there was a certain question I apparently should be asking myself, before seeing it. This happens, sometimes, when people attempt to skip to the end because they think they can … Continue reading
Were you rushing or were you dragging?
J.K. Simmons is the kind of actor that has been in so much different stuff, you’re bound to have seen him in something. TV shows, films, small parts, big parts, cartoon voice over, nice guy, evil asshole, he’s done pretty much … Continue reading
You got a problem with me?
A couple of entries ago, I expressed that I was tired of autobiographical films. This is still the case. And it goes for ‘based on a true story’ films, too. I guess my problem is that I find them unimaginative. … Continue reading
The eyes are the window to the soul
Margaret Keane is an American painter, who in the 1950s and 60s created a series of portraits of predominantly children, all characterised by their large, expressive eyes. You might think you do not know this painter but you do, trust me See? You know. … Continue reading