Why Him?, which stars Bryan Cranston, James Franco and Zoey Deutch, attempts to update the old-fashioned Father Knows Best-style comedy to the less wholesome digital generation. It also vaguely recalls Meet the Parents but while that film was genuinely funny and was able to cleverly balance quirky humour with familial warmth this movie subjects us to irritating characters and for
Read moreThe flawed but fascinating Trumbo from Austin Powers director Jay Roach will be essential viewing for anyone interested in the history of cinema and 20th century anti-communist paranoia. The film traces the life of famed Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) who scripted, among many films, Spartacus and academy award winners Roman Holiday and The Brave One. At the peak
Read moreThe latest screen incarnation of Godzilla was preceded by one of the more enticing trailers of recent times. It depicted a team of paratroopers descending through an ominously dark and cloudy sky to the eerie strains of Gyorgy Ligeti’s Reqium otherwise known as the monolith music from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was spooky, menacing and instantly grabbed the attention
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