“Randomness is very difficult to achieve”, or so says Stéphanie, the love interest to our main character, Stephane, in the gloriously weird and absolutely wonderful surreal comedy The Science of Sleep (La Science des rêves). Michel Gondry has proven himself to be a remarkable director of surreal and mind-bending comedies that both serve as entertaining…
Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990)
I was one of many people around the world absolutely dumbfounded to discover that beloved thespian and character actor Alan Rickman had died. He was the ultimate actor – he managed to become a fan-favorite of the biggest film franchise of all time, all the while balancing a healthy amount of comedic and dramatic fare,…
Creed (2015)
I’m not the biggest fan of sports movies, or sports in general. However, I do often enjoy sports movies that are well-made and interesting, and which tell a fascinating story. Sports movies also happen to either be inspiring, energetic films, or saccharine, clichéd messes. I am very reluctant to write this review, because quite honestly,…
Rosewater (2014)
I won’t pretend that political drama films are an unexplored genre – as long as there has been politics, there have been representations of politics in entertainment and the media. That doesn’t mean that it is a trite, overwrought genre in any way – instead, political films can be thrilling, captivating and very well-made, depending…
The Big Short (2015)
In 2013, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up for a film that would show the seedy underbelly of the world of stockbrokers in their masterpiece dark comedy, The Wolf of Wall Street. It was a roaring success, and it was both an outrageously entertaining but also very informative and fascinating film – and it…
88th Academy Awards…Final Nomination Predictions
The Academy Award nominations are only just over a day away, so it is time for my final predictions. I am confident in most of these predictions, and there have been some radical changes, and I do hope that we see some big shocks and surprises tomorrow, because this awards season has been unlike anything…
Some Like It Hot (1959)
It was once said that a great movie always seems new when you watch it. There are a small but powerful group of films that I rewatch constantly, and what amazes me about these films are how I always find something refreshing and new about them – I still watch the story unfolding with the…
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
I will not deny that like the rest of the world, I was in complete shock to hear about the death of musical icon David Bowie yesterday. In response to his sad death, my thoughts naturally wandered to his musical legacy, and his music has been on repeat in my head for the last day….
Joy (2015)
I need to be perfectly honest here – I cannot understand why a film was made about Joy Mangano. She did invent the Miracle Mop, something that did change household cleaning, and many other patented items. Fair enough, the story of how a woman rises from living poverty to being the head of a powerful…
The Martian (2015)
Space – the final frontier (how could I not start with that immortal line?). It seems that every year, there seems to be a film that tells the story of some disaster befalling an astronaut in space. In 2013, we saw Sandra Bullock float around the universe in Gravity. In 2014, we had to endure…
The Postmodern Pelican 