The Zero Theorem

Film Title

The Zero Theorem

Synopsis

A talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem

 

Director

Terry Gilliam

Cast

Christolph Waltz
Lucas Hedges
Melanie Thierry
David Thewliss
Lily Cole

‘You’re quite insane, Mr. Leth…’ They say that to really understand someone, you need to see inside their house. If the same thing goes for movies and minds, I think I like Terry Gilliam. He was once a member of the legendary Flying Circus of Monty Python, and since then wrote, among other things, the […]

The Not Quite #7: Dead Man’s Shoes (2004)

Film Title

Dead Man's Shoes

Synopsis

Bullies beware of a returning soldier.

Director

Shane Meadows

Cast

Paddy Considine
Toby Kebbell
Gary Stretch
Stuart Wolfenden
Neil Bell

“God will forgive them. He’ll forgive them and allow them into heaven. I can’t live with that.” So says our heartbroken, self-loathing main man in an ominous voiceover at the start of this revenger. And, of course, he finds ‘them’ and does a wee bit more than issue a stern telling off. Sounds like formulaic […]

Inflatable Bikinis, Erotic Soup Bowls and Randy Nignogs

During the 70s the British film industry churned out more than twenty sitcom-based flicks, probably more than any other country in the world. I’m gonna put my cards on the table and declare the vast majority as dire. Fucking dire. It didn’t stop Joe Public from flocking to see them, though. A handful, such as […]

Hodgespodge

Get Carter remains a fave, a bleak foray into porn, familial ties, corruption, contract killers, revenge and pollution all set in a decaying city. Often hailed as one of the greatest British gangster movies, it’s the viewing equivalent of a kick in the solar plexus from a dirty, steel toe-capped boot. Amazingly, it was assembled […]

Dangerous Friends, A Memoir by Peter Viertel

White Hunter, Black Heart, a novel by Peter Viertel Decision Before Dawn, a film directed by Anatol Litvak White Hunter, Black Heart, a film directed by Clint Eastwood Peter Viertel was the kind writer Hollywood enjoyed in the 1930s and 1940s. Expats, mostly Jews, who had fled Hitler and were welcomed in Tinsel Town and […]

Plane (2023)

Film Title

Plane

Synopsis

A pilot is forced to land a storm-damaged commercial plane in a war zone.

Director

Jean-Francios Richet

Cast

Gerald Butler
Daniella Pineda
Tony Goldwyn
Yosn An
Mike Colter
Paul Ben-Victor

“Plane” – A better movie than January deserves. After the disappointing but perfect-for-January M3GAN, I fully expected Plane to be perfectly January as well. Plane stars Gerard Butler. We don’t need any other information than that to set our expectations. Butler’s filmography contains thirty-eight films (not including Plane or animated films) and just eight of […]

M3GAN

Film Title

M3GAN

Synopsis

So, you think you can dance?

Director

Gerad Johnstone

Cast

Allison Williams
Violet McGraw
Jen Van Epps
Brian Jordan Alvarez
Ronnie Chieng

“M3GAN” – So you think you can dance! As with Violent Night, I went into M3GAN expecting exactly what the movie ended up delivering – a doll committing murders. The difference between Violent Night and M3GAN is that Violent Night leaned all the way into its absurdity and premise, while M3GAN kept having second thoughts […]

RRR: Rise, Roar, Revolt

Film Title

RRR

Synopsis

An Indian historical action epic from the subcontinent of Asia.

Director

S.S. Rajamouli

Cast

Ram Charan Teja
N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
Ajay Devgn
Alia Bhatt
Olivia Morris
Ray Stevenson
Alison Doody

It is nearly impossible to begin describing the relentlessly entertaining over-the-top Indian historical action epic RRR (Rise Roar Revolt), so let’s begin roughly where the movie does, with the introductions of its two lead characters. Based on real Indian revolutionaries from the early 20th century, each is given an entrance that an average action movie […]

Boogie Nights: Much Better Than Not Quite

Film Title

Boogie Nights

Synopsis

A teenager with little formal education and a horse-like cock decides to play to his strengths. Or as he puts it: “Everybody’s given one special thing, right?”

Director

Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast

Mark Wahlberg
Burt Reynolds
Julianne Moore
Don Cheadle
John C. Reilly
Heather Graham
William H. Macy
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Alfred Molina

Do you watch porn? C’mon, you can tell me. Maybe you’re one of those guys who wakes up and immediately staggers bleary-eyed across the bedroom to flip up a laptop lid, a short journey made hazardous by the combination of throbbing boner and ankle-pooled pajama bottoms that necessitate arms thrown out to the side while […]

The Menu

Film Title

The Menu

Synopsis

A lavish and shocking menu is served up to food snobs at a remote island. There is much more than food on the menu.

Director

Mark Mylod

Cast

Ralph Fiennes
Nicholas Hoult
Anya Taylor-Joy
Hong Chau
John Leguizamo


An amuse-bouche of mystery and rising tension bursts into shocking flavor in the early courses with the introduction of a familiar but always startling red claret, finishing with redolent notes ranging from The Wicker Man to Ratatouille (the movie, not the “peasant dish” after which it was named), which combine in the climactic denouement to […]