Tag: John Malkovich

REVIEW: In the Hand of Dante [Netflix]

Dante begins The Divine Comedy lost in a dark wood. Julian Schnabel’s In the Hand of Dante invites us to follow him there.

Adapted from Nick Tosches’ notoriously unfilmable novel, Schnabel’s first feature since At Eternity’s Gate is part literary mystery, part gangster thriller, part historical epic, part theological meditation.…

REVIEW: Fool’s Paradise

The directorial debut of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Charlie Day, Fool’s Paradise poses the question, seems initially to pose the question, where is the line between madness and creativity?

Unfortunately, it poses many other questions and without particular clarity, wit or insight.…

RED 2 is a perfectly good geri-actioner

 

Do you remember my review of A Good Day to Die Hard, all the way back in the mists of time?

There’s no reason for you to, but in it I aired my complaints with what has become of the series that gave Bruce Willis a career beyond Moonlighting.…