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INSIDE OUT (2015)
It’s hard to imagine there’ll be a film this year as inventive and audacious as Pixar’s newest offering Inside Out. That might seem like a bold statement, but consider the facts: this film, ostensibly aimed at children, eschews loveable toys and superheroes to take place almost entirely in the mind of an 11-year-old girl named…
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HANNIBAL, 3.7 – ‘Digestivo’
As Hannibal has always been at its best when it walks a fine line between high art and pulp, any episode that references both Francis Bacon’s ‘Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X’ and John Woo’s Face/Off is bound to be a good one. “Digestivo” didn’t disappoint. Anyone who has read the book Hannibal…
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HUMANS – series one, episode six
Where last week’s episode felt like a holding episode, part six of Humans was packed with incident, both physical and emotional, and boasted plenty of revelations. After sleeping with the Hawkins’ family Synth Anita (Gemma Chan), Joe (Tom Goodman-Hill) found himself sleeping on a friend’s sofa, ostracised by his family for his actions. Joe is still…
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TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.5 – ‘Other Lives’
“It’s never too late to start all over again.” How very true Ani (Rachel McAdams)—although, in the case of this season’s True Detective, I’d add this corollary: the more things change, the more they stay the same. Thus, while “Other Lives” began two months after episode 4’s shootout, with the Caspere case closed and the characters in different…
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CLUELESS (1995)
If you were a teenager in the 1990s, there’s a big possibility you still use lines from Clueless in your everyday life. Between “As if!” and “You’re a virgin who can’t drive”, the trend-setting 1995 teen flick was like the best earworm ever, wriggling its way into the lives and minds of young adults everywhere.…
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ANT-MAN (2015)
Ant-Man, the newest film in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a little rougher around the edges than some of the studio’s recent offerings, but it makes up for that by telling a great little story with heart and humour. And, of course, it helps that it’s anchored by charismatic and charming performances from those involved, especially comic…
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PENNY DREADFUL – Season Two
Penny Dreadful’s second season opener “Fresh Hell” effectively restates the show’s modus operandi. The snowbound confrontation between its two female leads, Vanessa Ives (Eva Green, enthralling as ever) and Evelyn Poole (the brilliantly matched Helen McCrory), immediately established this year’s arc. Using the reappearance of Evelyn—formerly known in her professional guise as spiritualist Madame Kali in season one—creator John…
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HUMANS – series one, episode five
Week five of Humans is very much a holding episode, but that’s not to say it doesn’t boast some knock-out scenes. Principal among them were the discussions between George (William Hurt) and Niska (Emily Berrington), with the latter hiding out with the amiable doctor while the authorities searched for the perpetrator of the violent attack…
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Trailer: SUICIDE SQUAD
What’s it about? A key cog in DC Comics’ shared cinematic universe ambitions (which began with Man of Steel), Suicide Squad will directly follow Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice next year. For the uninitiated, the Suicide Squad are a ragtag team of anti-heroes blackmailed into doing black ops missions for the U.S government, in exchange…
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TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.4 – ‘Down Will Come’
We’re half way through this second season of True Detective, and one of my biggest problems remains the constant line it walks between addictive drama and outright parody. It’s an issue that largely stems from a tendency to be too on the nose. Thus, it’s not enough for Ray (Colin Farrell) to astutely note that he,…
