Posts Tagged ‘Ralph Fiennes’
Top 15 Films of 2024 – Allen’s Picks
Normally, when I sit down to write these end of year lists, I have a fairly good understanding of where certain films will land. The top five to seven entries are usually locked into place, and it’s just a matter of sorting out the remaining…
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Film Review – Conclave
Electing a new Pope is a sacred one steeped in rituals and looking to God for guidance. On the other hand, it is also a popularity contest or at least one that examines all the potential candidates for how virtuous they are in the eyes…
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Episode 124 – The Menu
Ashlee joins the podcast this week to review the new dark comedy, The Menu, starring Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy. We also reminisce about our days as video store clerks, just before the DVD market bottomed out. Finally, as our streaming homework, we review the…
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Film Review – The Menu
The Menu (2022) operates as a black comedy involving the rituals of fine dining. In broader terms, it can be seen as an allegory for consumerism, art, and the commodification of basic human necessities. Whether a person has a fancy luxury vehicle or a cheap used…
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Film Review – Official Secrets
Official Secrets takes place in the post-9/11 world, one that grows closer to the war on Iraq. What preceded the U.S. invasion of Iraq was a vote by the United Nations Security Council to vote in favor of the impending war. There was immense pressure on the…
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Film Review – The LEGO Batman Movie
Good News! Everything is still Awesome! Back in 2014, The LEGO Movie was a shot of pure joy. It was the best kind of surprise, a property that was likely to only be a 90 minute commercial for a toy line was in actuality a…
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Film Review – Hail, Caesar!
Hollywood’s golden era was famously controlled by giant production studios that lorded over their workers as if within fictitious fiefdoms of entertainment and prestige. Studios like MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) hired people known as fixers to maintain a positive public image of the people they employed by…
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Film Review – Spectre
Over the course of fifty-three years, the character of James Bond has created enough appeal to stretch out over what is now twenty-four movies, not including the non-official Bond flicks such as the first Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again. It’s impressive simply because…
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