Seriously Funny: 10 Times Comedians Played it Straight Thom Denson January 10, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 With the upcoming releases of both Stan & Ollie and Beautiful Boy, starring funnymen Steves Coogan and Carell respectively, it felt as good a time as any to shine the light on a selection of other...
The Legacy of The Truman Show James Andrews June 5, 2018 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia "And in case I don't see you: good afternoon, good evening and good night!" It's one of the most memorable Jim Carrey lines, up there with "aaalrighty then" and "somebody stop me!" It's also from the film...
Jim & Andy – Venice 2017 Review Jack Blackwell September 5, 2017 Reviews As hinted by its nicely simple title, Jim & Andy is a documentary exploring the brilliant but difficult comedy minds of Jim Carrey and the late Andy Kaufman, centring on how those minds became one on the...
Top 10 Films Starring Standup Comedians Calum Baker June 16, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 There is a great tradition in cinema of the normally "comic" actor going "serious"; even more of a risk, however, is when a full-time standup makes the transition to acting in the first place. It can be...
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Filmmaking Decisions Cathy Brennan January 10, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance If you clicked on this article, hoping for a pleasant piece of hagiography on a forgotten family film from 2004, then I am sorry to say you have taken a wrong turn. What we have here is not a happy tale of...
The Bad Batch – Venice 2016 Review Cathy Brennan September 10, 2016 Reviews Ana Lily Amirpour falls victim to the sophomore slump with The Bad Batch. Like her strong debut, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, she creates a strange world for her characters to inhabit. However, a languid...