Somebody Up There Likes Me, 2012. Written and Directed by Bob Byington.Starring Nick Offerman, Jess Weixler and Keith Poulson. SYNOPSIS: A comedy about a man, his best friend, and the woman they both adore watching their lives fly by. Bob Byington’s Somebody Up There Likes Me is the kind of quirky comedy drama that will […]
19th Bradford International Film Festival – Sometimes City (2011)
Sometimes City, 2011. Directed by Tom Jarmusch. SYNOPSIS: A portrait of Cleveland, Ohio – a historic midwest city that has endured punishingly tough economic times for decades. What makes people stay in an area that those in wealthier metropolises dismiss with bemused disdain? You’d think any brother of Jim Jarmusch, purveyor of the strange, would […]
DVD Review – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012. Directed by Peter Jackson.Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark […]
David S. Goyer compares Man of Steel to Batman Begins
It’s an exciting time for Superman fans as we count down to the arrival of the third trailer for Man of Steel, and to tide us over while we wait, Co.Create has posted an interview with screenwriter David S. Goyer, who took a moment out from discussing his new Starz series Da Vinci’s Demons to […]
Mad Men Season 6 – Episodes 1 and 2 Review
Piers McCarthy reviews the two-hour season 6 premiere of Mad Men…. From its humble beginnings, starting with Don Draper sitting in a jazz bar, to the exotic locale of Hawaii, Mad Men continues to expand its scope and its subject matter. Major spoilers ahead… As always, Mad Men’s intricate design (whether it is costume, set […]
Hannibal – Episode 2 Review
John Lucking reviews the second episode of Hannibal… The problem of the recap at the beginning of any episode of a serialised drama comes in its blatant sign-posting-if-not-spoilers for the episode to come. If television is a constant battle between art and commerce then the recap is a fight the artists’ never showed up for. […]
Flickering Myth’s Greatest Comic Book Movies: #12 – A History of Violence (2005)
Throughout April, we’re counting down to the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 with our picks for the Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time; here’s #12… A History of Violence, 2005. Directed by David Cronenberg.Starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes and Peter MacNeill. Based upon the 1997 graphic novel […]
Breaking Down Breaking Bad
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Nellie Andreeva writes about the possibility of a Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul: “…the network and series producer Sony TV are exploring keeping the franchise alive with a spinoff series centered on one of Breaking Bad‘s most recognizable supporting characters, Bob Odenkirk‘s unflappable criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. […]
19th Bradford International Film Festival – Me and You (2012)
Me and You (Italian: Io e te), 2012. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.Starring Tea Falco, Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Sonia Bergamasco, Veronica Lazar, Tommaso Ragno, Pippo Delbono. SYNOPSIS: An an introverted teenager tells his parents he going on a ski trip, but instead spends his time alone in a basement. Sentimental and occasionally even soppy, unambitious in […]
19th Bradford International Film Festival – Mumbai’s King (2012)
Mumbai’s King, 2012. Directed by Manjeet Singh.Starring Rahul Bairagi, Dhanshree Jain, Arbaaz Khan, salman Khan and Tejas D. Parvatkar. SYNOPSIS: A mischievous adolescent and a streetwise balloon seller roam the rain-soaked slums of Mumbai, looking to escape the harsh realities of life. Mumbai’s King is just about as far away from the glamour of Bollywood […]