Posts Tagged ‘Michael Winterbottom’
Episode 105 – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
For this week’s podcast, we review Marvel‘s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Keith reviews the new Nicholas Cage meta-comedy, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. We also talk about the history of the American rating system and debate the merits of the…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Trip to Greece
Who would’ve thought that a story about two middle aged friends going on a food tour around beautiful European locations would spawn a franchise? And yet here we are, returning again to watch Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan play fictional versions of themselves, bickering and…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Trip to Italy
In a Q&A session for The Trip to Italy (2014), Steve Coogan was asked what was done differently in this sequel compared to the first film, The Trip (2010). Coogan looked at the audience member, and in a calm and composed manner answered, “It’s the…
READ MOREFilm Review – Trishna
Taken from the classic book Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented, by Thomas Hardy, Michael Winterbottom’s Trishna (2011) tries to put a modern spin on this story, but seems to have gotten it mixed up in the translation. Trishna (Freida Pinto) is…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Killer Inside Me
You may not have heard of The Killer Inside Me. Or maybe you have and don’t realize it. This is the film that caused an uproar at Sundance this year. People walked out of the theatre, and many people who wanted to walk out decided…
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