What a chilling, deeply unsettling episode. Just when I thought the Governor was as crazy as he could possibly get, he managed to dial up the crazy to somewhere around Jack-Nicholson-in-The-Shining levels, with Andrea (aided by a newly repentant Milton who still clings to the utterly unrealistic idea that Continue Reading
Movie review: “Oz the Great and Powerful”
Oz the Great and Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi (Spiderman), and based on the books of L. Frank Baum, was always going to be, at least to a certain extent, a victim of nostalgia. While it is effectively a prequel of sorts to the iconic and much-loved 1939 MGM Continue Reading
Scifi-trailer-apalooza: “Star Trek: Into Darkness”, “Dr Who”, “After Earth” and “In the Flesh”
So many trailers, so little time … And all gathered here in one handy easy-to-refer-to post! You’re welcome … STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS MOVIE SYNOPSIS: When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own Continue Reading
Movie review: “Du Vent Dans Mes Mollets” (“The Dandelions”)
Life can be a scary proposition, and people usually react to its many uncertainties in one of two ways. They either retreat to well-fortified, rigidly-controlled positions where caution and common sense are the orders of the day, or they plunge headfirst with heedless abandon into its many sweet rewards, Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “Upside Down”
As I’ve noted on more than one occasion in the past, 2013 is shaping up to be a bumper year for science fiction (sci-fi) fans at the movies. After being treated as the black sheep on the family, who is only occasionally allowed to eat at the big table Continue Reading
Movie review: “la cerise sur le gâteau” (“The Cherry on the Cake”)
Love, they say, is a many-splendoured thing. An admirable, impossibly romantic sentiment for most but not one shared by The Cherry on the Cake (la cerise sue le gâteau), a French romantic comedy that seems to regard love as more of a source of ongoing anxiety and complaint than anything else. Continue Reading
Ooh la la mes amis! Mickey Mouse’s new short Croissant de Triomphe
Mickey Mouse is back in the house my friends and I couldn’t be happier! After spending much of my childhood glued to the Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights way back in them thar olden days – otherwise known as the 1970s – and relishing the myriad of Continue Reading
She’s back! ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog makes a welcome return to the musical spotlight
Nine years is almost an eternity in the ephemeral world of pop music, where popularity one day is often replaced by oblivion the next. And for anyone brave enough to stage their big comeback, fickle attention spans, and the sometimes ferocious world of today’s social media landscape await, examining, Continue Reading
“The Walking Dead”: episode 13: ‘Arrow in the Doorpost’ (review)
You have to admire Andrea’s doggedly optimistic persistence. No really, you do. Even in the face of the Governor’s endlessly duplicitous behaviour, which she has witnessed firsthand but seems powerless to respond to in any meaningful ongoing way, and Rick’s unwillingness to cede an inch of ground in the Continue Reading
Movie review: “Barbara”
Isolation is a harrowing state of being. It is, for most of us, an intolerable plane of existence, a denial of one of our most basic imperatives; that is, to form bonds with others. But for Barbara (Nina Hoss, appearing in her fifth movie for the film’s much revered Continue Reading