Book review: Becoming – Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama takes us from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to becoming the first black First Lady of the United States. The first seven chapters, in which […]
Tag Archives: 2018
Aquaman in 270°
Aquaman is the long-awaited sequel to that episode of The Office where Gareth wonders if there will ever be a boy born who can swim faster than a shark. For […]
Mandy
Red (Nicolas Cage) sees red in this red-filtered revenge horror that opens with King Crimson’s Starless from the album Red. I wish I could tell you there was more than […]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
On a plantation in the American South, a family comes together to celebrate the birthday of plus-sized patriarch Big Daddy (Burl Ives). But the high-pressure situation of a family get-together […]
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Tom Waits, Liam Neeson and Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) star in this Western anthology about American mythology. Spurred on perhaps by the episodic nature of Hail, Caesar!, the Coen brothers […]
Mary Poppins Returns
Twenty-five years after the events of Mary Poppins, Banks children Michael and Jane (Ben Wishaw and Emily Mortimer) are grown up and still living in the old house next to […]
Merry Christmas!
Twas the night before Christmas And the tree was a-wobblin’ What’s that beneath it? Behold! a Screen Goblin! She sits by the hearth With her fingers so green And tells […]
