Cinema du Sanity: the Ben Affleck-is-Batman issue
He’s Batman: fan shock as handsome square-jawed actor cast as iconic superhero. Also: Ben Affleck could not possibly care less what you think of him.
Hell Baby review: what the hell?
I’m actually angry at how little the movie even tries. There isn’t enough of anything here to pad out a brief sketch, never mind a feature-length film.
The Way, Way Back review: how to escape from your family
One of the more achingly poignant stories of awkward (male) adolescence I’ve seen. Sam Rockwell steals this movie more than he has ever stolen a movie before.
Doctor Who thing: Episode 4 of The Doctor Puppet!
I love these.
How I Live Now trailer: the apocalypse is for girls, too
Ooo! A (vaguely) science-fictional action survival story… and it’s about a girl? Woo-hoo!
London photo of the day: East End street art 19
There was nothing at all in the vicinity to indicate what had moved the artist to paint a North American Native warrior on this wall.
Pain and Gain review: American nightmare
A bleak, bitter, wicked pleasure that holds up the underpinnings of modern America — self-help, Jesus, and violence — for ridicule.
Rebellion (L’ordre et la morale) review
Sporadically exciting French action drama about a 1988 hostage crisis drags more often than it should.
A Hijacking (Kapringen) mini review
Harrowing drama of modern-day piracy as a sort of illicit corporate takeover; riveting and exhausting.
Doctor Who thing: using the Doctor to explain death to a child
I might have something in my eye.
