Paul Thomas Anderson’s films are full of charismatic psychopaths and charlatans who rule crazy corrupt mini-empires and use twisted faith to exploit the emotionally fragile. It seemed inevitable, therefore, that Anderson would tackle the world of cults. His latest film The Master which is set in 1950 takes us within a strange organisation known as The Cause which may or
Read moreLike Falling Down and Taxi Driver, God Bless America sees a disillusioned middle-aged white American flip out and go on a killing spree. After losing his job, being dumped by his wife and discovering that he’s terminally ill, doughy downtrodden middle-aged guy Frank (Joel Murray) decides to he has to kill the sort of selfish, hateful people he thinks have
Read moreAlex Cross, the character originally played by Morgan Freeman in Kiss The Girls (1997) and Along Came A Spider (2001) now appears in a self-titled film starring Tyler Perry who’s best known at least in the US for his feisty drag character Madea. This film arrived with dire warnings that it was one of the turkeys of the year and
Read moreThe Sessions is the moving, funny and true story of Mark O’ Brien a writer afflicted with polio who at the age of 38 decides that he wants to have sex. Although unable to voluntarily move anything below his neck he still has bodily sensation and the ability to get an erection. Given the fact that he has to spend
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 16th NOVEMBER 2012 1. SPIDERBAIT – Outta my head.(Aus) 2. DEAD KENNEDIES – Kill the poor. 3. BLACK FLAG – Rise above. 4. THE REPLACEMENTS – Customer. 5. KISS – I was made for loving you. 6. THE CLASH – I fought the law. 7. RADIOHEAD – Karma Police. 8. WILCO – I might. 9. MIDLAKE
Read moreSeven Psychopaths is the latest film from In Bruges writer/ director Martin McDonagh. While In Bruges was a wonderfully melancholic crime drama with a sly sense of humour, Seven Psychopaths is a more bizarre beast as it both indulges and parodies the clichés of violent gangster and serial killer movies. In this film Colin Farrell plays Marty a struggling alcoholic
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