Knowing what I know now about The Hangover 2, had some guy with an eye-patch and a pix-axe invited me down a dark alley prior to the screening, I’d probably have acquiesced.
Playing ‘squeal like a pig’ for a couple of hours with Mr One-Eye would have been more enjoyable than what followed. More »
Just because something’s ‘slow’, it doesn’t always mean it’s bad.
Take Stephen Hawkins, for instance. While he lacks the sizzle of Eddie Murphy, what he says counts – his robotic ramblings more captivating than a three-legged banjo player in a trouser shop. More »
We’ve all watched films where you’re lusting after the bad guy’s downfall. That moment where they nosedive from the side of a building, take a bullet squarely in the face or end up trapped, for all eternity, at an Elton John show. Whence hell descends, it’s hard to not to smile. More »
Like a blind tightrope walker in a wind tunnel, there’s something very watchable about Knight and Day. Perhaps it’s the Cary Grant-esque one-liners or the absurdist action? Maybe it’s a mix of the two. More »
Hal Ashby’s 1979 classic Being There is the perfect counterpoint to anyone who claims cinema is the lowest form of art.
Ashby’s beautifully minimalist work rises above the parapet of entertainment with the grace of a Russian ballerina. More »