Renfield movie review: it mostly sucks
Nicholas Hoult is lovely. Hammy Nicolas Cage is amusing. But everyone in this movie is in a different movie; the tonal mismatches are baffling. Was it the first draft of this script that was greenlit?
Shaun of the Dead
a message from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost…
…in the time of coronavirus.
Anna and the Apocalypse movie review: it shuffles along like the undead
A zombie musical comedy set at Christmas should be a can’t-miss. But this one isn’t scary or funny; its characters are one-note, and the whole shebang — blah songs included — is emotionally flat.
Early Man movie review: primordial goop
A huge disappointment, crude and simple compared to Aardman’s earlier, more sophisticated and multilayered work. No satire or subversion, just a bog-standard triumph-of-the-underdog story.
Baby Driver movie review: common car-nage
Edgar Wright used to send up cinematic clichés with gusto and with huge humor. Here he just embraces them — and his sullen, unengaging hero — unironically.
The World’s End review: the very bitter (and lager) end
Its humor is a little more uncomfortable than that of the other Cornetto flicks, and it’s more far satirical, in a far more cynical way, than I ever would have anticipated.
fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Jun 8-14 2013
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me):
Edgar Wright is undead-blogging the making of Shaun of the Dead
The director is posting photos from the ten-years-ago shoot starting today…
question of the day: What’s your favorite pop-culture weapon?
Lightsaber? Phaser? Or maybe you prefer something that also exists in the real world, such as Harry Callahan’s Magnum or SG1’s P90? Or Shaun’s anti-zombie cricket bat?
question of the day: What is your weapon of choice for the upcoming zombie apocalypse?
I’m gonna go with the impenetrable bunker and a year’s worth of food, water, and diversionary activities to pass the time till a cure is found.
