Ten Best of the 2010s
Remember the 2010s? Trump? Brexit? That weird dress that was two different colours? It all seems so long ago now. More importantly the decade gave us some of the best […]
Monthly Archives: December 2019
The Two Popes
During the reign of Pope Benedict XVI (Anthony Hopkins), Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) tenders his resignation, disillusioned with the way the church is going. Benedict summons him to Rome […]
To Catch A Thief
The film opens with a woman screaming after someone pinched her family jewels. A cat burglar is on the loose in France, with the claw of blame pointed squarely at […]
John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch
The juxtaposition of cute children and grown-up subject matter has been a staple of comedies ranging from South Park to Little Monsters, but American comedian John Mulaney gives it a […]
Fear and Desire
Deep behind enemy lines, four soldiers who are cut off from their army (Paul Mazursky, Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp, Steve Coit) ponder their fate and their prospects of finding a […]
Little Women (2019)
Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic stars Saoirse Ronan as Jo, the writer; Florence Pugh as Amy, the artist; Eliza Scanlen as Beth, the pianist; and (presumably as some […]
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Inside a snowflake, snowflake the Grinch (Jim Carrey) is triggered by the seasonal antics of the Christmas-loving Santaphiles in Whoville, the only place where Christmas doesn’t get earlier every year […]
Krampus: The Christmas Devil
Santa and his brother Krampus team up to ruin Christmas, Band Aid style. Originally released in 2013 but repackaged 2 years later for the sake of tricking people wanting to […]
On the Buses
I’ve never witnessed the sitcom adventures of Blakey (Stephen Lewis) in On the Buses, although I have listened to Art Blakey on plenty of buses. And technically I’ve only half-seen […]
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Calvin (Sam Harris) is a World War Two veteran who killed Hitler in a secret mission, and now lives out his life peacefully in a small town. That is, until […]
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