Is it ethical to pay to see a Johnny Depp film?
It’s a question I found myself considering after attending a preview screening of Ebenezer, having just paid to see a Johnny Depp film. Not exactly the moral high ground.…
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REVIEW: Waiting For The Barbarians [LFF 2019]
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Ciro Guerra’s Waiting For The Barbarians is a finely tempered adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s elegantly allegorical novel about the brutal, self-defeating ironies of colonial oppression.
The Magistrate (Mark Rylance) is, despite his grand title, an administrator, whose unobtrusive care-takingof a small nameless settlement on the frontier of The Empire gives plenty of time for pastimes.…
PODCAST: Stan Lee, Suspiria, & The Crimes of Grindelwald [Electric Shadows]
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Episode 52 of The Electric Shadows Podcast sees Robs Daniel and Wallis pulling a late-night recording session after viewing Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
Fittingly, talking from half-past midnight onwards, the pair are uncharacteristically disciplined as they cover a variety of topics.
REVIEW: Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express is undoubtedly a grand production, but lacks the elegant simplicity to be a truly first-class entertainment.
Unlike Sydney Lumet’s 1974 adaptation, this is less a starry, lavishly-upholstered murder mystery than a modern-day blockbuster that just seems to be based on an Agatha Christie novel.…
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge – a franchise barely staying afloat
For a big summer blockbuster, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge is surprisingly nimble vessel.
Even given its comparatively svelte run-time, whether the film is a voyage worth the taking is another question altogether.
Directed by Norwegian duo Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, the film is more akin to the original installment than its first two sequels – lumbering galleons weighed down with double-crosses – or the leaky lifeboat that was Stranger Tides, the film speeds through its first act like it’s afraid of taking on water.…
Black Mass is the parable of Johnny Depp and the Good Acting Choice
Everybody loves a good gangster film.
Whether you prefer the shadowy family drama of The Godfather or the stunning expose of Goodfellas, the criminal lifestyle lends itself to a myriad of different portrayals. In the case of Black Mass, it’s the codependent relationship between the Irish-American Mob in South Boston AKA Southie and the FBI.…
Transcendence gets stuck in the existential mud
As grand themes go, self-awareness is certainly one of the grandest. Descartes’ famous proposition “I think therefore I am” is arguably the foundation of all Western philosophy.
After all, without self, without thought, there can be no perception therefore no knowledge.…
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is one half poet, one half charlatan, and entirely nuts
Okay, let’s get the major issues out of the way: No, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is not former Python Terry Gilliam’s best film.
That honor is reserved for Brazil, Orwell’s 1984 via German Expressionism.
Nor is it the late Heath Ledger’s defining performance – whether you prefer Brokeback‘s closeted cowboy or the anarchic philosophizing of his Joker in The Dark Knight, both are, in my opinion, far more notable.…