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Rob Lowe fronts a documentary sarcastically explaining the concept of “tropes” to people too lazy to look it up for themselves. This is a web page that’s been turned into a TV show, so maybe this is where Netflix is getting its cheaper content from now? Harmless/entertaining enough – but any doco which describes “The…
Chuck Jones was a bona-fide once-in-a-lifetime legend, so this documentary with footage of interviews with him and his contemporaries was pure gold dust. Such a mind, a heart, and an attitude. There’s something about listening to people casually describe how they adlibbed/improvised things which went on to become details meticulously obsessed over years later by…
It was a long night – but once you rewatch Deadpool it’s foolish not to play on. Not sure if the streamed version of this was different to the last one I watched, or whether my recollections differ due to sleep deprivation. At the same time as saying that though…. “shirtcockin’ it” is still a…
I’d feel a lot better/smugger about having engaged with this – purportedly, the greatest film ever made – if I’d managed to stay awake for more of it. Hey ho, that’s newborn-induced sleep deprivation for you… It’s not exactly The Hitman’s Bodyguard, is it? To get this film, I’m gonna need to watch it again,…
WHY would any sensible person tackle a Gilliam-esque French semi-surreal film when affected by sleep deprivation!? That said, I loved it! The quirkiness called to mind Amelie – and then a big facepalm as I read in Wikipedia that it was the same director! I really enjoyed the cartoonish sinister-ness of the butcher on the…
In the wee small feeding hours it suddenly hit me that I hadn’t seen the original film, only the (smash hit) musical. Zero Mostel is a conundrum of charisma: seemingly having none whatsoever, but having LOADS at the same time. What a wonderfully ludicrous romp.
Once I’d gotten past the eeriness of a younger Alec Guinness being very reminiscent of the face of Kevin Spacey, I really enjoyed this little larcenous romp. Also deligthed to recognise the bloke from My Fair Lady as well (although then got further distracted by humming the songs every time he came on screen). I…
Now, watching this came about by accident cos I thought Netflix had restarted Underworld, whereas I knew I had 40 mins til the end. So I pressed play, fast-forwarded through to the -40m mark, and then rewound back through again cos I didn’t recognise anything… only to find I’d clicked on this sequel instead of…
Nice bit of fairly mindless vampire action nonsense here, with a suitably arcane backstory – albeit somewhat odd to think of Bill Nighy as an ancient vampiric lord once you’ve seen About Time. I think my subconscious interest in this came about from reading that it was on this film Kate Beckinsale met Michael Sheen…