M. Night Shyamalan’s self-funded (five million dollar) mockumentary, The Visit, is a strange brew of humour and creepiness that seems to be intended for the teen market. Shyamalan has said that he recommends the youngest viewer be fourteen or above; I recommend the eldest being seventeen or below. Australian child actors Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould play…
DetailsRename this flick Straight Outta Compton: The Authorised Biopic of NWA, and you’ll have no problem slurping up its many pleasures. Any perceived oversights, white-washings and re-writings of history can be relegated to the internet, while up on the silver screen, jazzy images, fine performances, and awesome music can be smugly devoured. Not that, even…
DetailsIn the realm of stoner action comedies, American Ultra isn’t too bad. But what a weird genre to begin with, right? It seems sort of counter intuitive to have an action movie for stoners. Usually when you’re stoned, the last thing you want is action. You just want to laugh while you’re eating your pizza.…
DetailsA drama with a couple of laughs rather than a comedy, and more a philosophical discussion than a drama, Irrational Man is a very contained, very minor particle of Woody Allen’s huge cinematic universe, and it could’ve been a disaster were it not for the extremely committed performances of its three leads: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and…
DetailsThe plot’s pretty standard, but Guy Ritchie’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E. remake / reboot / whatever has a lot of charm. It’s incredibly stylish, at times breathtakingly beautiful, and features an absolute star-making turn by Henry Cavill as Napoleon Dynamite – whoops, Solo – played long ago on the small screen by Robert Vaughn. I didn’t see…
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