I was listening to an introduction to Wild Horse Nine, where the presenter discussed the connection between Martin McDonagh and The Coen Brothers. Having watched this excellent comedy thriller, I can understand what he was saying. McDonagh, who gave us the brilliant In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Banshees of Inisherin, has…
Tag: comedy
Wicker
It is a week for the bizarre. We have I Love Boosters out at the same time as Wicker, another film that defines description. This British comedy is as strange as it gets and could be described as a mature equivalent of Pinocchio. Filled with top names, it goes back to those days when bawdy…
I Love Booster
I often say that movies have become too routine and predictable. I certainly can’t say that about I Love Booster, a genre-bending, idea-driven film directed by Boots Riley, a filmmaker who refused to conform to the norm. His previous work was the brilliantly twisted Sorry to Bother You. With a colour palette that would make…
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
I confess. I am a huge fan of the BBC TV series Ghosts. The creators of Horrible Histories made a sitcom with all the elements of the children’s show, plus a touch of Monty Python and the odd slice of pathos thrown in for good measure. The series centred on a woman called Alison, who…
Digger
Looking back at cinema history, the 1970s were one of the most interesting periods, thanks to studios giving directors more control, which is why so many films from that decade are incredible. Then Heaven’s Gate came along and destroyed a studio, and the doors shut on the auteurs and their control. Now it seems the…
Shaun The Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
50 years ago, Aardman Animations burst onto screens in 1976 when a plastacine character named Morph appeared on the art programme Take Hart. Since then, the studio has grown, not only in size but in reputation, with creations like Wallace and Gromit, winning Oscars and hitting the big screen with movies like Chicken Run. One…
Resident Evil
Since it burst onto the PlayStation back in 1996, we have had six movies, from the husband-and-wife team Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich, and a reboot back in 2021 subtitled Welcome to Raccoon City, which has been forgotten by almost everyone, as well as a short-lived TV series. Enough time has passed for another…
Practical Magic 2
Practical Magic was a minor hit back in 1997 and while a strong cast, wasn’t that memorable. In fact, before visiting the sequel, I had to revisit and watch the original. It’s a fairly sweet natured tale of witches that made more of an impact when it hit home entertainment than in the cinema. Now,…
One Night Only
In Hollywood, a web platform lets writers submit their work for executives to vote on the best unproduced screenplays. In the past, films like Juno and The Imitation Game topped the site, so we are looking at quality work that eventually was made. I have a question. How did One Night Only get to be…
Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
The slasher horrors of the 80s are often easy targets to ridicule due to the ridiculousness of their premises, particularly the Friday the 13th series. Yet no one has ever approached the popular horrors as a way to deal with the nature of the films, the sexual chaos of the franchise or even how they…
Coyote Vs Acme
Some films are never sure things, even after they’re completed. Coyote Vs Acme is one such film. Made back in 2023, it was shelved by Warner Bros Discovery as a tax write-off. However, Ketchup Entertainment managed to buy the rights and saved the film from never being seen, and we can thank them for doing…
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Someone recently said that the superhero movie was done and dusted, that public fatigue had grown, which is why films like Supergirl had failed miserably. Well, looking at the box office takings of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, it seems that there is still a hunger for the web-slinger. This fourth outing for the current incarnation…
