Posts Tagged ‘Daniel Radcliffe’
Episode 122 – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story & Black Adam
In this week’s podcast, we list our favorite Weird Al parodies and review his new comedy biopic, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Keith also gives us his solo review of the new DC superhero movie Black Adam. For our streaming homework, we review the 1996…
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Film Review – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Growing up, Weird Al Yankovic existed in a strange place in my memory, which he would probably take as a compliment. With his curly hair, mustache, and accordion, I always knew him as the musician who made those funny parodies of popular songs. As I got older,…
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SXSW Review – The Lost City
We all need some comedy in our lives and maybe just a little bit of awkward romance; The Lost City (2022) is exactly this film. Directed by Adam Lee and Aaron Lee and written by them with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox, it bridges a…
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Film Review – Guns Akimbo
Well, I got to give Daniel Radcliffe this credit: he sure picks interesting projects. Since leaving the Harry Potter franchise in 2011, Radcliffe has taken a very deliberate approach in trying to shed the boy wizard image. This includes physical efforts such as growing horns…
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Film Review – Now You See Me 2
***Warning: The following contains spoilers for Now You See Me (2013)*** One of things I hate – and I mean really hate – about movies featuring magicians, con artists, or master thieves, is that the chosen profession of the characters automatically creates an easy out…
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Film Review – Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein (2015) starts by telling us that we already know this story, which is a weird way to kick things off. If we know what this is about, what’s the point of telling it all over again? The “Frankenstein” story is not prohibited from…
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Film Review – What If
I am always whining about the state of modern romantic comedies, because – for the most part – they suck. There have been a few good ones in the past couple of years (Your Sister’s Sister and Austenland come to mind) but mostly I feel…
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Film Review – Kill Your Darlings
John Krokidas’s new film, Kill Your Darlings, uses the murder of professor-turned-janitor David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) to show how the Beat poets first came together. (This film is based on a “true story.” Which is all good and fine, but the spin on some…
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