TV RECAP: Louie, S05E07, The Road: Part 1
byThe last episode dealt with Louie’s life as a single father, trying to educate his daughter Lily and then hosting Jane’s sleepover, but this…
TV Recap: Orphan Black S03E05, “Scarred by many past frustrations”
bySarah Manning (Tatiana Maslany) is a magnet for trouble. In season one, she had boyfriend issues, was in trouble with the police and hunted…
TV RECAP: Silicon Valley, S05E06, Homicide
byLast week we hoped that putting plot on hold would be something that Silicon Valley would avoid in the remaining episodes of the season….
Spoiler Alert: This Isn’t Just About the Gambler
byDon’t get me wrong, The Gambler (Rupert Wyatt 2014) is a good, eminently watchable film. Its depiction of a self-destructive personality in free-fall is…
Film Review: Woman in Gold (2015)
byIn Woman in Gold, Helen Mirren stars as Maria Altman, a Jewish refugee who fled Austria for America before the outbreak of World War II, never…
Film Review: The Cut (2014)
byWWI. Inarguably the greatest moral atrocity committed during a period of great moral atrocities was the genocide of the Armenians by the Ottoman Empire….
Film Review: The Dark Valley (2014)
byPosing as a photographer, a lone horseman rides into a remote village somewhere in the Austrian Alps. Going simply by the name Greider (Sam…
Film Review: Wild Tales (2014)
byWild Tales, written and directed by Damián Szifron, certainly lives up to its name. It was nominated as Argentina’s entry for the Best Foreign…
Film Review: Spy (2015)
byMelissa McCarthy is wonderfully funny and warm in Spy, a CIA comedy spoof which is surprisingly well written and directed. The premise of this…
Film Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
byThe long and the short of Mad Max: Fury Road is this: Eat your heart out Michael Bay. George Miller, ex doctor and director…