See How They Run
Looking at the news this past week, you would think the Queen was the only London institution that took up residence in 1952 to entertain tourists with its ritual, scandal […]
Tag Archives: Sam Rockwell
Richard Jewell
Clint Eastwood follows up last year’s The Mule with Richard Jewell in a rhyming couplet worthy of his brother, Tim Westwood. The true story of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing, Richard […]
Jojo Rabbit
Jojo Rabbit is set in Nazi Germany towards the end of WWII – the party’s over and some people are still banging on about Jews with their foot stuck in […]
Vice
Christian Bale shows us his Dick and Sam Rockwell his Bush in Dick Cheney biopic Vice. Surprisingly for a movie that exceeds 2 hours (but unsurprisingly for the director of Anchorman, […]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
New comedy/drama/crime flick Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is the best Woody Harrelson film with an unwieldy title since War for the Planet of the Apes. Frances McDormand gives another powerhouse performance as […]
Galaxy Quest
When the cast of a cult sci-fi series are mistaken for a real starship crew, it’s time for the reluctant actors to face a genuine space adventure – and indeed “the role […]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt) commands the loyalty of his bandits as they commit infamous train robberies, but when loner Robert Ford (Casey Affleck) tries to become part of the […]
Charlie Kaufman: Human Nature and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
My love of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich is well documented on this blog, so naturally I expanded my viewing further into the world of Charlie Kaufman, the screen writer […]
The Way Way Back
The Way Way Back belongs in the “crap title, decent film” school of cinema, alongside Pacific Rim. Written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (who also star), this is a coming-of-age […]
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