An "absurdist dystopian comedy-drama" that reduces people to a single characteristic, making them much less interesting than they should be.
read more'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' - Movie Review
Unlikely to satisfy fans of Jane Austen. May entertain zombies, or fans of zombies incapable of logic.
read more'North by Northwest' - Movie Review
Perhaps not my favourite Hitchcock, but still a very good film.
read more'What We Did On Our Holiday' - Movie Review
The "dying relative, dysfunctional family" trope gets another go-round with a good crew of actors.
read more'Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale' - Movie Review
Wikipedia lists this as a "Finnish horror-dark fantasy-thriller" movie. Seems like a lot to pack into one movie, but they left out "comedy" which is another major element.
read more'Run Silent, Run Deep' - Movie Review
A good Second World War submarine warfare movie with a U.S. sub taking on a notoriously effective Japanese destroyer in a lethal cat-and-mouse game.
read more'Samsara' - Movie Review
An hour and a half of the most beautiful images ever committed to film.
read more'Safety Last' - Movie Review
A Harold Lloyd classic movie that's been so strip-mined of jokes nothing in it looks original.
read more'Side by Side' - Movie Review
A fascinating movie about the accelerated evolution of digital film production (and the concomitant death of photochemical film).
read more'Castles in the Sky' - Movie Review
A fascinating technical achievement (the invention of radar) doesn't entirely translate into "drama."
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