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.
Year: 2014
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.
Divergent review: girls just wanna do everything
No, it’s not wildly different than other science fiction, hero’s journey, and adventure movies. Sometimes we call such stories archetypal. Mythic, even.
The Railway Man review: a derailment on the line
Almost entirely ignores the amazing aspect of this true story that makes it worth telling, and even the very good performances point us in another direction than the intended one.
