Because, honestly, what else is there?
Life Lessons In An Education This is, hands down, one of my favourite movies (meaning I’ve seen it more times than I can count). Set in London in 1961, schoolgirl Jenny is seduced by the perceived worldliness and glamour of an older man. Seeing him as an escape from her mundane existence, Jenny undergoes …
You Can Only Milk a Cow So Long Before it Either Dies Or Bites You on the Fucking Face The Wachowski siblings’ classic sci-fi action film The Matrix is being set up for a remake by Warner Bros. I wish there was some far-reaching, metaphysical ultimatum that I could put to you after that statement, that you …
“Bury Me Here” Isn’t As Dead On Arrival As it First Appears Over a dusty guitar overture, we’re shown a brief montage of the denizens of The Kingdom, shot from the perspective of the rear of a truck. They solemnly appear and, one by one, each enact a small part in placing and securing …
Heart Pumping Action In New Aussie Film Project Eden: Vol. 1 This is an Australian-made film that is practically bursting at the seams with cinematic force. It is designed with the very purpose of being watched at the movie theatre: drenched in sound, surrounded by tense bodies hidden in the darkness, gasping together as …
“Say Yes” Says The Walking Dead… And I Almost Did, ‘Cause I’m A Sucker A dim light shines through yonder trees, a breach of risen morning upon a secluded forest, casting the dim world into an incandescent blaze of warmth and clarity. Does this striking opening shot signify a new dawn for The Walking Dead? If …
A Painter’s Vision Soars in the Illustrious Frida There are many disparate elements within this film, as there are many aspects to the life of the famous Frida Kahlo: Mexican, woman, survivor, lover, artist, icon. Early on in the biopic, an event of irreversible consequence occurs when the bus Frida (Salma Hayek) is riding on …
“Hostiles and Calamities” Departs From the Main Group to Tell the Story of a Cowardly Lion and a Grinning Jackass We open on Dwight discovering the body of Fat… uuh, I wanna say… Billy*? Y’know, the guy who got in Daryl’s way as he was making his escape from Negan’s compound and had to …
The Oscars Deliver Basically What We All Expected, Give or Take a Single Riotous Upset Look, I’m not a monster: Justin Timberlake is a veritable G and a consummate entertainer; he can get definitely get it, and should on the regular. Then again, do we really need him to open both the Golden Globes …