A decidedly off-balance historical character study, Becket concerns the friendship between Thomas Becket and King Henry II. Taking place within 100 years of the Battle of Hastings, and the conquering of the lowly Saxons by the haughty Normans, the film does not shy from showing the utter corruption that permeates the halls of power. Here, […]
Becket (1964)
September 17, 2020 by
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BecketSynopsis
King Henry’s best buddy becomes too cozy with God after the King appoints him to a high Church position.
Director
Peter GlenvilleCast
Peter O'Toole
Richard Burton
John Gielgud
Donald Wolfit
David Weston
Pamela Brown
(Un Conte de Nol) A Christmas Tale (2008)
November 1, 2017 by
Film Title
(Un Conte de Nol) A Christmas Tale (2008)Synopsis
The need for a bone marrow transplant unites a family just in time for Christmas
Director
Arnaud DesplechinCast
Catherine Deneuve
Jean-Paul Roussillin
Anne Consigny
Emile Berling
Mathieu Amalric
Melvil Poupaud
In A Christmas Tale, the family deals with their defeats with sublime acquiescence, as though marching to the guillotine with a bottle of vodka in hand.
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
April 18, 2015 by
It would be all too easy to attack the immense (and at times immensely shitty) catalog of Cannon Films and the insane Menachem Golan and Yoram Globus overlords who brought it all to fruition. They built a studio out of almost nothing, and began forcing into existence a fuckton of movies with nothing more than […]
Chappie Die Antwoord
March 8, 2015 by
Film Title
ChappieSynopsis
Die Antwoord Die Antwoord Die Antwoord Die Antwoord.
Director
Neill BlomkampCast
Sharlto Copley
Dev Patel
Deon Wilson
Yo-Landi Visser
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Hugh Jackman
Sigourney Weaver
Ninja was thrown off set for sending dick pics.
A Most Wanted Man Review
August 1, 2014 by
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A Most Wanted ManSynopsis
A Most Wanted Man Review: Le Carre moves into the war on terror and maintains quality.
Director
Anton CorbijnCast
Grigoriy Dobrygin: Issa Karpov
Philip Seymour Hoffman: Günther Bachmann
Homayoun Ershadi: Abdullah
Mehdi Dehbi: Jamal
None of us really get to know whether anything we do is worth a damn to the world as a whole, or even to those we care about
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
July 22, 2014 by
Maybe I am taking a movie about monkeys riding horses too seriously, but even the original Planet of the Apes was pretty silly. The subtext was…
Elysium Review
August 11, 2013 by
Film Title
ElysiumSynopsis
A good solid action movie with plenty of interesting subtext and raging badass in Kruger.
Director
Neill Blomkamp
Whenever he is on screen, Kruger seems as likely to kill his audience as anyone on screen with him. Whether stirring steaks on the braai with his ninja sword or…
2 Guns: A Movie About 2 Guns
August 3, 2013 by
Well, yes, the title characters each carry a gun, and so there are 2 guns total carried by the protagonists. Or you could go with the figurative gun, in which case…
