In Your Eyes review: the light, the heat…
Joss Whedon wrote and produced a sweet little supernatural romance for your geeky pleasure, and you don’t even have to pirate it: he released it instantly on Vimeo.
Month: April 2014
things that are pissing me off today
It seems I’m not giving away enough of my time and effort…
Joe review: the violence inherent in the system
Cage finally gets away from his shouty, cartoony madmen, but it’s hard to shake the sense that this was laboriously constructed around him as a showcase.
London photo: the safe is safe…
…with this multi-spray-painted Christmas tree on guard.
Game of Thrones S04 E03: “Breaker of Chains” (WTF, Jaime?)
From rude manners to someone who has been hospitable to rape and cannibalism: there is no crime that the fine people of Westeros will not commit with glee.
London photo: nope, nuthin’ to see here…
“Is this the way to the secret pumping station?”
Transcendence review: AI yai yai
The neo-luddite attitude is bad, but this commits a far worse sin: it’s dull. If only it worked as a schlocky pile of pulp nonsense, that’d be something…
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review: black and white and web all over
Suffers badly by comparison with the cogent, witty Avengers flicks. This feels like a campy Saturday-morning cartoon left over from the 1970s.
London photo: a monkey riding a chicken
Oh, not a real monkey. Or a real chicken, either. Sorry.
Locke review: riding in a car with a boy
We say things like, “Oh, I’d watch that guy read the phone book,” and this is almost that. Except it really is absolutely riveting, and that’s no joke.
