Obnoxiously shiny and expensive cars hurtle through busy public streets, directed from overhead by a misappropriated traffic aircraft, while slimy trust fund kids and the lame old police try to spoil all the fun. A clunky plot, limp dialogue, charmless tech pandering and some bolted-on 3D set pieces fail to soup up proceedings, and the…
With St. Patrick’s Day celebrations already dwindling into dim and distant memory (perhaps dimmer for some than others) thanks to time zones and the cruelty of this year’s calendar, it’s time to seek some more lasting mementos of Irishness. Where better to go looking but the cinema? Ireland may have the highest rate of cinema attendance…
“I’d spill torrents of blood to give you rivers of diamonds.” “I’d settle for less.” It’s hard to believe that this monolith of a film was put together under the World War II circumstances that it faced, its completion amounting to an act of cultural defiance. How far you believe the tales of the production’s…
If there’s a criticism I could have made of Half Nelson, it’s that the whole thing is sometimes a little too cool and goodlooking – the soundtracking choices and cinematography sometimes showcase Gosling (admittedly a man very fit for showcasing) like he’s floating through an exceedingly credible music video. That said, given how in keeping that style…
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