Oh boy, this was a fun film. This wasn’t necessarily grand opera, but it was really enjoyable. I think I liked this film a bit more than I should have – a bunch of teenagers smoking and drinking and not much happening? Normally that would fall between “Yeah, so?” and “Not interested” on the scale…
Tag: comedy
The Lego Movie (2014)
The song that features throughout The Lego Movie is entitled “Everything is Awesome”, and everything about the film is awesome. The Lego Movie is probably the best animated film since Toy Story, and will go down in history as one of the greatest of all time. First of all, this film had razor-sharp writing –…
August: Osage County (2013)
In all my years of watching films, I have never quite seen a film like August: Osage County. That isn’t to say it is better or worse than all the other films I’ve watched, just it is incredibly unique and unlike any other family drama, I have seen. This is the type of film you…
R.I.P.D. (2013)
I did not like this movie. Not one little bit. This was one of the poorest efforts of 2013. I really did not like this film. It never really reaches the point where it is a real stinker of a film, but it is an awful film. The problem with this film is that it…
American Hustle (2013)
David O. Russell is an oddity as a filmmaker – he is purely an actor’s director, and he’s grabbed 11 nominations for his actors over his past three films, with three wins. The man clearly knows his craft and how to work with actors. Of course, up until today, my favourite film of his was Silver…
Harold and Maude (1971)
Yes, this film does sound horribly gross – a young man romancing an elderly lady? In theory, that is a disgusting idea. However, Harold and Maude is essentially a film about friendship and finding someone you enjoy spending time with, regardless of the age difference. Ruth Gordon once again gives a magnificent performance…
Me and Orson Welles (2009)
Orson Welles was an odd fellow – one of the most ambitious filmmakers and genius performers ever to live. However, his life has been shrouded in reports of him being difficult or a diva, it doesn’t surprise me. I often wondered why a film didn’t actually explore this side of him. Then I discovered a…
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
The French New Wave is quite an odd period of filmmaking – for once, filmmakers could depart the silly mainstream and actually use this newly-found genre to make minimilistic passion projects and express their love of nihilism (can one love nihilism though). To me, two films represent the apex of the French New Wave –…
An Appreciation of…Christopher Guest (1948 – )
I want to pay tribute this week to one of the greatest artists in cinema history who I feel is painfully underrated and doesn’t receive the popular acclaim he does. That is why this week, I am Appreciating the great Christopher Guest… In recent years, our most popular comedy shows have all been mockumentaries –…
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
As long as I’ve been alive, I’ve been hearing stories about different people becoming attached and detached to an adaptation of the classic short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty which was turned into a 1947 Danny Kaye comedy. Since then, the likes of Jim Carrey, Owen Wilson, Sacha Baron Cohen and Mike Myers were…
