Friday, 27 June 2014
UPSTREAM COLOR [2013]
MOVING (INSTAGRAM) PICTURES
2013, USA
Shane Carruth
5 // 10
Is gibberish the new black? Are indie filmmakers hipsters? What would the blue bacon taste like? There's only one way to find out!
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
THIS IS THE END [2013]
WHO IRONS THE IRONY?
2013, USA
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
2 // 10
Oh god, where do I even begin? Is Seth Rogen the new Adam Sandler? Was I drunk or unconscious when I added this disc to the rent list? There's only one way to find out!
Friday, 20 June 2014
THE WORLD'S END [2013]
TWIST THE MELON, MAN!
2013, UK
Edgar Wright
10 // 10
Can you make a sci-fi comedy about alien robots that is not a sci-fi comedy about alien robots at all? Is it possible to present the British pub culture without giving it Al Murray's face? Have I been waiting with my The Sisters of Mercy tattoo for too long? There's only one way to find out!
Labels:
10/10,
2010s,
2013,
Alien invasion,
Aliens,
Bromance,
Comedy,
Cult Cinema,
Damn fine coffee!,
Edgar Wright,
Geek Culture,
Martin Freeman,
Nick Frost,
Paddy Considine,
Robots,
Sci-fi,
Simon Pegg,
U.K.,
W
Thursday, 15 May 2014
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS [2011]
FOR THE FRENCH-HEARTED
(but not for the French)
2011, USA
Woody Allen
8 // 10
Are we one step closer to an ultimate Paris romantic comedy? Is any of that Parisian fantasy actually real? Rhinoceros? There's only one way to find out!
Labels:
2010s,
2011,
8/10,
Adrien Brody,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Katy Bates,
M,
Marion Cotillard,
Michael Sheen,
Oneirism,
Owen Wilson,
Paris,
Romantic,
Tom Hiddleston,
USA,
Woody Allen
Saturday, 10 May 2014
PACIFIC RIM [2013]
NEON GENESIS JEAGERMEISTER
2013, USA
Guillermo del Toro
3 // 10
Does every film need a story? Is it a good idea to target a $190 million production exclusively at illiterate twelve year old boys? Could it possibly get any worse? There's only one way to find out!
Friday, 25 April 2014
THE GREEN HORNET [2011]
THE ADVENTURES OF STINGLESS AND BUZZLESS
2011, USA
Michel Gondry
4 // 10
Why? Why? Why? There's only one way to find out!
Labels:
2010s,
2011,
4/10,
Bromance,
Cameron Diaz,
Christoph Waltz,
Comedy,
Comics Adaptation,
Eye popcorn,
Fish in the percolator,
G,
Martial Arts,
Michel Gondry,
Seth Rogen,
Superheroes,
USA
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
THE THREE MUSKETEERS [2011]
SHUT UP, PLANCHET
2011, Germany/France/U.K./USA
Paul W.S. Anderson
4 // 10
Are the airships the way forward? Should we keep on pushing steampunk style all the way back to the Middle Ages? Is keeping the characters alive killing the story? There's only one way to find out!
Labels:
2010s,
2011,
4/10,
Christoph Waltz,
France,
Germany,
Mads Mikkelsen,
Milla Jovovich,
Orlando Bloom,
Paris,
Paul W.S. Anderson,
Steampunk,
Sword fights,
Til Schweiger,
U.K.,
USA
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