Mindhorn movie review: fame and fatuity
A wonderfully silly sendup of fandom and nostalgia… and an absolutely hilarious smackdown of actorly pomposity and delusions of celebrity grandeur.
Kenneth Branagh
Cinderella movie review: fifty shades of ash
A product of the Disney princess machine. Its highest ambition is to move a new line of toys. Or to evoke despair in the fairy-tale-ization of girls’ lives.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit review: CIA you again
Why reboot remains a question, but this is a smart popcorn thriller with a surprisingly sensitive performance by Chris Pine, and a wonderfully badass one by Kevin Costner.
Thor: The Dark World review: Viking with a chance of wormholes
Think heavy-metal Lord of the Rings. With wormholes. It’s completely mad and kind of awesome.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit trailer: reboot in name only
If they really wanted to do something different, here’s an idea: Jacqueline Ryan.
The Artist will have a good night (and other Oscar predictions)
Here’s an at-a-glance look at my picks for tomorrow night’s Academy Awards…
‘Thor’ joke demonstrates how entrenched the male gaze is
Is Thor the gayest movie ever? Of course not… but it’s clearly making some dudes uncomfortable…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Kenneth Branagh is a Whovian
Listen for Craig Ferguson pimping out Karen Gillan to Branagh. Also, there’s a quite bad double entendre about the TARDIS. Fun!
Thor (review)
I knew it! I knew Kenneth Branagh was a geek. Oh, sure, he got famous for all that snooty Shakespeare stuff, but deep down, he’s mad for comic books and superheroes and all that pulp-fiction stuff. He’s a dork.
trailer break: ‘Thor’
Oh, dear. This is going to be very silly, isn’t it?
