Fans of Denmark’s The Killing will love Prisoners. By which I mean it’s a not very good pot-boiler murder mystery (well, abduction mystery here) that has been made arty (in The Killing’s case this just means subtitled really) which means… Continue Reading
Is this Steven Soderbergh’s last movie? I hope not, but if it is, it’s a brilliant way to go out. I knew nothing of Liberace before this film, aside from the extravagant dress sense, that he played piano, and that… Continue Reading
Denmark has, in recent years, become the centre of dramatic revolution, with television series like The Killing and The Bridge wowing highbrow television viewers in ways that a British series hasn’t for a long time, while films like The Hunt… Continue Reading
There is only one thing wrong with What Richard Did, and that is its title. The film is 90 minutes long and the event the title refers to takes place at around (I’m guessing here) the halfway mark. Where a… Continue Reading
So another swift(er) review. The Wreck-It Ralph one ran to 500 words in the end anyway. Blimey. Let’s see if we can do this a little quicker. I’ve wasted 27 already. That’s four more…. The Sessions might sound a bit… Continue Reading
It’s nearly there. I have completed editing, barring two things. 1) I have created a technology for the story that I am not totally settled on a name for. I need to select one and go through, making my choice… Continue Reading
I stand to be corrected on practically everything I say on this blog, but I am going open with a rash statement off the top of my head: There are two ways to open a story. Nowadays, with shorter attention… Continue Reading