Plays with multimedia can feel a bit gimmicky and therefore disappointing, but this isn’t the case with This is Not About Me at the Soho Theatre. Written by Hannah Caplan, it’s a two-hander about friends who have tipped over into ‘with benefits’ on three occasions, which threatens their friendship. They are opposites who somehow fit […]
God I love original, old school Law and Order so much. For the first 5 or 6 seasons at least, every person on the cast is just incredible. Absolute cinema shit.
In an extraordinarily synergistic match of concept and material, Cats: The Jellicle Ball explodes with giddy energy and fiery passion. Note: having attended a preview performance, this review is more of a […]
I am again caught in paradox, because I am OUTRAGED at Quaritch stabbing the murder panther with whom Neytiri had just made friends, it’s a real kick the dog moment;...
I think the movie wants us to root for the cops who are trying to out-brutality each other, versus drug boss Sammo Hung who had the parents of a “cute” child murdered before they could testify against him. I chose to wish righteous death upon everyone onscreen, and nearly got my wish. Each cop has […]
I realized just before hitting play that I meant to grab Manhandled (1924), not Manslaughter (1922), for the series I’m watching. But I haven’t ever named or mentioned this series and I’m accountable to no one, and I’ve got Manslaughter on DVD with an Alloy Orchestra soundtrack, so we’re making a substitution. Ultimately the movie […]
As a quintessential Cold War child, still fixated on it, I periodically revisit films and documentaries about its most prickly moments. For years, I’ve observed, and occasionally joined, debates surrounding the two key films that managed to capture the 1980s collective paranoia: nuclear annihilation. The first, in 1983, was the American The Day After. A year later, the British Threads emerged. The debate has historically crystallised on a rigid duality in interpreting t...
A sequel to New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, made between 2001 and 2003, is in the works. Much of the interest in the story to date though has centred on Stephen Colbert, who is to be one of the screenwriters. Colbert will collaborate with Peter McGee, his son, […]
A classic obsessive variant appears in My Demon s01 (Netflix, 2023).
I crunched the numbers on almost 3,000 movie scripts too see what the data actually says about the film industry's most famous rule of thumb.
PBS Masterpiece brings a reimagined version of John Galsworthy’s ‘Forsyte’ novels from the U.K. to
“You tell him, and I will smack you. I will smack you like a bad, bad donkey, okay!" This is a threat from a crustacean approximately eight inches tall. It is delivered with complete sincerity. That’s the whole energy. Who Is Pepe? Pepe the King Prawn burst onto the scene in Muppets Tonight (1996), initially as half of a vaudeville double-act with Seymour the Elephant. He quickly eclipsed his partner, because of course he did. Pepe doesn’t share the spotlight. He’s small, Spanish-accented, a...
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is … Continue reading →
1890 horror, dir. Stanley Kubrick, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall: IMDb. Months isolated in an otherwise empty hotel, that doesn't sound stressful at all.
The Reviews are in for the one night only showing of Melanie and Eric’s wedding: “This Wedding Reception was better than my own.” – Mother of the Bride “The Reception was amazing, almost like a Broadway show.” – random Wedding guest “That is the best Wedding band I’ve ever heard.” – staff at the Red […]
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The first recording today starts with a trail for Don’t Get Screwed. Then there’s 60 Seconds of news. Then it’s a repeat of Doctor Who – Last of the Time Lords. Media Centre Description: Earth has been conquered and the Master rules supreme, with the Doctor his prisoner. Can Martha Jones save the world? Recorded from BBC […]
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If HippFest has a problem, it’s a fairly benign one — how to continue the very popular Laurel & Hardy screenings, since Stan and Ollie made relatively few silents. Happily, there are multiple solutions available — repeating films from earlier years, since these are among the most rewatchable movies ever made, and you can show […]
Yesterday Dana, the kids, and I went to the theater to watch The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist, the well-reviewed new documentary about whether AGI will destroy the world. This was surely the weirdest family movie night we’ve ever done. Firstly, because I personally know probably half of the many people interviewed […]
“All the women around here are perfect sex-kitten bimbos.” I read the book so now I’m watching the film adaptations of it. This one stars Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick. It’s a much jauntier affair than the book. It’s quite a funny n...
Chilling, heart wrenching, as well as disturbing. I recommend it but only if you can handle this. 4 stars
