Ordinary World (aka Geezer) movie review: from manchild to midlife crisis
May be unique in the cinematic annals of manchildren in that its protagonist goes from overgrown adolescent to midlife crisis without any intervening adulthood.
Month: October 2016
Autumn Lights movie review: women make men feel things
Dead and absent women cause a man to have feels, but in an ethereal way, you know, with “artistic” female nudity and nonsensical pseudophilosophical dialogue.
Seville photos: this alien tree, though…
I’m certain someone can reassure me that this tree is of entirely terrestrial origin.
Adam Driver IS the Bus Driver!
Poetry is his weapon…
I, Daniel Blake movie review: this is our shame
Lefty, loud, proud (and heartbreaking and infuriating with it). Rages against systems once meant to help people that have become machines intended to crush them.
Seville photos: Plaza de Espana (aka Theed Palace, Naboo)
The dorkiest ones first.
Keeping Up with the Joneses movie review: no, let them go
Take True Lies and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Remove wit, sexy charm, and satire on marriage. This is a recipe for a movie anyone wants to see?
curated: Jonathan Pie on NHS “outsourcing” and “efficiency savings”
Pie comes the closest to Jon Stewart-style ranting political comedy of anyone in the UK.
curated: Kate McKinnon’s outtakes from Ghostbusters
You’re welcome.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back movie review: don’t go back for the sequel
Jack Reacher is back. And no one seems to know why. Low stakes, a rote plot, and undistinguished action add up to a pointless and unnecessary sequel.
