London photo: a Rik Mayall postage stamp?
I like the idea of a Royal Mail stamp to honor Rik Mayall, too.
Year: 2014
Happy Christmas movie review: can’t choose your family
Compulsively watchable. Joe Swanberg is a master of subtle dramatic observation, and his films are unlike anything other filmmakers are giving us right now.
Hercules movie review: he fights the lion!
Grading on the Ratner Curve, this is a positive triumph. The cheesy clichés are at least passingly entertaining. You could do worse.
London photo: destroy Calvin
I can’t decide if the underwear model is wearing a salon-type hairdryer on his head, or a combat helmet.
London photo: supersoldier graffiti
I don’t know much about graffiti, but I know that I like this guy. He’s like a combination of Lord Nelson and Iron Man.
The Zero Theorem movie rating: yellow light
Terry Gilliam descends into near self-parody with this mess of a mind-frak about a mathematical formula for the meaning of life that has little to say.
London photo: kitty gets some lovin’
At Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium.
The Purge: Anarchy movie review: standing up to power and privilege
Doubles down on the first film’s angry approach to inequality and violence, and again reflects an image of America that is ugly but only slightly distorted.
Grand Central movie rating: yellow light
French drama about nuclear workers is riveting when it focuses on the dangers of the job, less so when it devolves into a sexy working-class soap opera.
Finding Vivian Maier documentary review: secret art comes into the light
An extraordinary examination of a remarkable photographer, part portrait unraveled by meticulous detective work, part sharp criticism of the hidebound art establishment.
