One paradox about my life as a critic is that it seems like the American head offices of various film distributors are more aware of my writing/work than their Irish counterparts. I’m watching a screener of Mary Queen of Scots from the American distributor, not at an Irish press screening.
There's a lot to talk about in Mary, Queen of Scots. But, as with Fifty Shades of Grey, I'm intrigued by how exotic Hollywood seems to think cunnilingus is. In…
The two most remarkable aspects of V for Vendetta remain how firmly anchored the film is in the politics of the Bush era, and also parts of it are somehow more relevant over a decade removed from that context.
Maniac is Inception meets Cloud Atlas, filtered through the lens of eighties retrofuturism.
In other words, it feels like it was grown in a lab just for me.
Full review: the m0vie blog
I can see why Warners sold Mowgli on to Netflix, after a long-delayed postproduction cycle.
To be clear, Mowgli is not bad. I quite enjoyed it. At the same time, it’s a deeply weird film, surprisingly dark and earnest in how it tells its story. It is utterly unlike either of the Disney versions, but in a way that showcases how carefully those versions were calibrated to appeal to a mass audience.
The Disney versions of The Jungle Book offered…
