Tim Burton is a tricky filmmaker – I wouldn’t call him a bad director by any regard, but in recent years, he has begun to slip ever so slightly. That isn’t to imply that his films aren’t enjoyable – but in some of his more recent works, he seems to be becoming slightly more self-referential…
Author: The Postmodern Pelican
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Who doesn’t love a good period drama? Certainly, the epitome of period drama has to come from Jane Austen adaptation – there have been many, and whether they are good or bad, they are still selfishly enjoyable and a lot of fun to watch. They’re not too serious, and luckily they are usually very well-made….
The Girl on the Train (2016)
The Girl on the Train is the silliest movie I’ve seen all year. I also, in a very strange way, really enjoyed it. It was a campy, ridiculously overblown and often very pompous mess of a film, and for that, it is truly very enjoyable. To be honest, I really doubt any of us really…
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
In 2014, Taika Waititi, a New Zealand comedian and filmmaker, made a film that I consider one of the very best of the twenty-first century, the soon-to-be iconic cult classic horror comedy What We Do in the Shadows. The success of that film led to him being selected as the director of the upcoming Thor:…
Swiss Army Man (2016)
The amount I’ve heard the statement “Hollywood has run out of original ideas” is seemingly infinite – and for the most part, its true – a lot of mainstream, big-budget films are predictable and dull, and follow a popular formula. However, to say that an original film does not exist is very misguided, and whenever…
Queens of the Scream: The Most Iconic Women of Horror Cinema
Halloween is in a few days, and I really wanted to do a piece about horror cinema. However, there are countless articles that list “the greatest horror films of all time” and “great films to watch this Halloween” – and quite frankly, it’s a tad bit tiring. I wanted to take a new approach, and…
Sausage Party (2016)
I will go ahead and call this the greatest human achievement in history. Better than the pyramids. Better than the Renaissance. Better than Citizen Kane or The Godfather. Sausage Party is undeniably the peak of human creativity, and there has never been a more superb expression of artistic integrity than this film. Who knew that…
The Greasy Strangler (2016)
The problem with being a cinephile who likes to make new discoveries is that sometimes you encounter a film that leaves you utterly confused as to what you just watched. I am not talking about the grandiose and philosophical masterpieces cinema has harboured in the past, such as The Tree of Life and Inception. I…
Mascots (2016)
I have said it before, I will say it again – Christopher Guest is a visionary. I adore his films, and I could quite possibly be his most ardent devotee. I absolutely love him. I think he had the single-best trio of films in comedy history – Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A…
Café Society (2016)
I want to start this review by saying something I have said so many times in the past, but I can’t avoid mentioning frequently – I adore Woody Allen. I actually love him a lot more than many other cinephiles. I cannot think of many directors who have crossed so many boundaries of genre, theme,…
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