Johnny English Reborn
As if there weren’t currently enough reasons to be horribly embarrassed by all things English, Johnny English Reborn is now on Netflix. This 2011 sequel opens with Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) […]
Tag Archives: 2010s
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
What do Cannonball Adderley, Thelonious Monk and Chick Corea have in common? Apart from all having ridiculously cool names, they all recorded on Blue Note Records, the greatest jazz label […]
Diana Ross: Her Life, Love and Legacy
Released on her 75th birthday, this celebration of the biggest diva called Ross since Friends showcases her rained-off 1983 concert in New York, AKA the Fire Island Festival AKA Gimme Shelter […]
Burlesque
Christina Aguilera is Ali, a fresh off the bus singer looking to make it big in LA. There she stumbles into a burlesque club and sets her sights on becoming […]
Us
This home inversion movie follows a woman (Lupita Nyong’o) whose trauma from a childhood funhouse experience resurfaces while on a beach holiday with her family – essentially The Strangers by […]
Tomb Raider
The world’s second most famous ass-kicking archaeologist is back, this time heading to Japan in search of her missing father in this reboot starring Alicia Vikander. Alicia Vikander? From The […]
Captain Marvel
Released on International Women’s Day, Captain Marvel has been ineffectually shunned by misogynists who object to the idea that women can be Captain Marvels – a reaction that puts the […]
What They Had
Blythe Danner’s family comes home for Christmas after she has an Alzheimer’s episode in What They Had, a name so forgettable it’s almost appropriate. Alzheimer’s Episode might be more apt a […]
ROH: Frankenstein
Frankenstein is one of the most-told works of classic literature. On this blog we’ve reviewed the Boris Karloff version, a Christopher Lee version, the Gene Wilder/Mel Brooks version and even […]
Shoplifters
Shoplifters is a Japanese drama that lost the Foreign Language Oscar to Netflix’s Roma, which Steven Spielberg thinks is a TV movie – bit rich coming from the director of […]
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