Film Review: Your Sister’s Sister (2011)
Having not properly dealt with the death of his brother, Jack (Mark Duplass) is sent by his friend Iris (Emily Blunt) to go and stay…
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Film Review: Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Bachir Lazar (Mohamed Fellag) is an Algerian immigrant who shows up looking for employment at a Montreal elementary school following the suicide of a teacher. After…
TV Recap: Rake, Season 1
As season two of Rake approaches, it feels appropriate to look back to what has happened so far. Last season saw our beloved Cleaver Greene…
Wednesdays with Woody: Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Woody Allen’s offbeat comedy Deconstructing Harry opened to 1997 Venice Film Festival. After failing to get Elliot Gould, Albert Brooks, Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Hopper…
TV Recap: The Newsroom, S1E3
As the opening title sequence appears for last night’s third episode of The Newsroom, I was struck by two things. The first was that…
Film Review: Hit & Run (2012)
Hit & Run is classic B-grade, run-of-the-mill Hollywood comedy. For 100 minutes, you get all the archetype ingredients: fast car chases, gratuitous nudity and…
Film Review: Damsels in Distress (2011)
No matter how many ways I look at it, there is just something that isn’t right about Damsels in Distress, the new comedy written and directed by Whit Stillman. It’s just…
Festival Review: August Eighth (2012)
Young mother Kseniya (Svetlana Ivanova) sends her young boy Tyoma (Arytom Fadeev) to stay with his father (Egor Bereov), a peacekeeper stationed in South Ossetia, so…
CLOSED: Your Sister’s Sister Giveaway
Courtesy of Madman Films, Film Blerg is giving away 5 double passes to YOUR SISTER’S SISTER, in cinemas from Thurs 6 September. Film Synopsis: One year…
CLOSED: Beasts of the Southern Wild Giveaway
Courtesy of Icon Films, Film Blerg is giving away 5 double passes to BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, in cinemas from Thurs 13 September. Film Synopsis:…