AUDITION (1999)
[usr 4.0] The early-2000s were the era of the Japanese horror movie. Films like Ring, Dark Water, and The Grudge occupied the supernatural part...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 2.3 – ‘Amarillo’
[usr 3.5] How long will the honeymoon period at Davis & Main last for Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), who’s more of a lone wolf than...
VINYL, 1.3 – ‘Whispered Secrets’
[usr 2.5] Sometimes when I’m watching Vinyl I wonder: ‘would it have been a better drama if we’d spent a bit of time with...
MARCH 2016: The Best of Film & TV
Spring has almost sprung, so below I’ve selected some of the most notable television shows and films debuting in March 2016. If you think...
The 88th Academy Awards – 2016 Winners
Last night, the 88th Academy Awards were held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, hosted by black comedian Chris Rock (a fact...
SUFFRAGETTE (2015)
[usr 3] Wonder Woman is a child of the suffragette movement. The symbols we associate with her strength and power belonged to the American...
Brie Larson: Room at the Top
Every generation has their breakthrough artists, but when it comes to Hollywood stars the concept is relative and volatile. Brie Larson represents the epitome...
Star Trek 2017: Set Phasers to Prediction
Bryan Fuller was recently announced as the showrunner of CBS’s new Star Trek TV series, due for launch in early-2017 (first episode on CBS,...
DEUTSCHLAND 83
[usr 3.5] There has always been a big market for Ostalgie. From Goodbye Lenin to The Lives of Others, life in Germany during the...
THE X-FILES – ‘My Struggle II’
[usr 1.5] While not as distasteful as “Babylon”, the finale of The X-Files’ so-called ‘event series’ was a preposterous mess that bit off more...
BONE TOMAHAWK (2015)
[usr 3.0] Bone Tomahawk is, for the most part, a character-driven western with lots of talky scenes. It’s also a bloody and violent western...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 2.2 – ‘Cobbler’
[usr 3.5] The big picture is yet to emerge for season 2 of Better Call Saul, but “Cobbler” concluded last week’s storyline very amusingly,...