daily stream: when a brave new life is forced upon you…
2013’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is on Prime in the US, Disney+ in the UK.
Ben Stiller
daily stream: crime under cover of giant Thanksgiving balloons
2011’s Tower Heist is on Hulu in the US, Prime in the UK.
Locked Down movie review: criminally awful
Ejiofor and Hathaway are game, but they’re grasping for something solid, and don’t find it. A deeply unsatisfying novelty artifact of the pandemic that fails to create a necessary sense of transgression.
Brad’s Status movie review: when a white man can’t bear not having all the privilege
Ben Stiller is having another midlife crisis, and only his sincere, heartfelt performance saves this pile of unchecked white male privilege from self-parody. But only just.
Zoolander 2 movie review: fashionably foolish
A tad dated and scattershot, but the messy package is inventively absurd… and unlike many Hollywood comedies, able to carry that absurdity to a silly end.
While We’re Young movie review: 40 is the new 14
This stinging GenX midlife meltdown is a bit strained in its plot, but that’s balanced out by lots of melancholy wisdom and bittersweet wit.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty review: Ben Stiller’s excellent adventure
An airy fairy tale, buoyed by an infectious joy, about the very modern, bittersweetly pragmatic ache that comes with maintaining your soul and integrity as the world falls apart around you.
your awards-season cheat sheet… or how to sound like an insider (even if you’re not)
Shhh! don’t tell anywhere where you heard all this…
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty trailer: photo realistic
I like the looks of this. So elegant and evocative.
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (review)
This is sheer manic animated anarchy, endlessly frenzied and funny; tickles and surprises both visually and intellectually…
