Review: The ins and outs of a friendship with Graham Greene

Review The ins and outs of a friendship with Graham

Michael Mewshaw’s My Man in Antibes is an entertaining, moving memoir, spiced with intriguing literary anecdotes about his sometimes fraught friendship with Graham Greene. (It seems anyone who knew Greene had a fraught relationship with him.) It calls to mind two other books about Greene: The Man Within My Head, by Pico Iyer, and Greene … Read more

Review: Neil Patrick Harris Directs Explosive Tick, Tick … Boom! at Kennedy Center – TheaterMania.com

Review Neil Patrick Harris Directs Explosive Tick Tick … Boom

Brandon Uranowitz stars in a new production of the Jonathan Larson musical. Brandon Uranowitz (center) stars in Tick, Tick…Boom!, directed by Neil Patrick Harris, at the Kennedy Center.(© Teresa Castracane) Tick, Tick … Boom!, which was originally created as a semi-autobiographical rock monologue by writer Jonathan Larson and had an Off-Broadway run in 2001 following … Read more

Daniel Sloss, Can’t, review: a masterclass in controversy – but no mention of Russell Brand

Daniel Sloss Cant review a masterclass in controversy – but

When Daniel Sloss became the only comedian to go on the record in support of Russell Brand’s accusers last year on Channel 4’s Dispatches, it was behaviour very much in line with the 33 year old’s established comedic persona: fearless, moral, ruthlessly cutting through bullshit. But in another sense it was an interesting example of … Read more

Michael Fassbender and Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins movie review

Star cast: Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana, David Fane, Rachel House, Beulah Koale, Will Arnett, and Elisabeth Moss Director: Taika Waititi Well, I have seen many underdog stories through world cinema. Academy Award winner Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins is no different but the filmmaker’s signature style of humour has made it different and unique … Read more

American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing with Jeffrey Wright

American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing

All this coincides with Monk awkwardly reconnecting with his Boston roots, checking in on his ageing mother and trying to build bridges with the younger siblings he basically abandoned. But an unexpected change in family circumstances means he finds himself with urgent cashflow problems. That financially lavish book contract starts to look not just tempting … Read more

REVIEW | Based on a True Story – Capítulos 1, 2 y 3: Kaley Cuoco en una serie de true crime que funciona

REVIEW Based on a True Story Capitulos 1

BASED ON A TRUE STORY — “The Great American Art Form” Episode 101 — Pictured: (l-r) — (Photo by: PEACOCK) Natalie Dyer (Stranger Things) está hablando con una amiga por teléfono mientras hace ejercicio. De repente, un hombre encubierto se acerca por su espalda y la apuñala repetidas veces. Natalie cae al piso cubierta de … Read more

‘Quiz Lady’ Review: Category Is – Awkwafina and Sandra Oh Deliver Laughs in Fun Hulu Film | AFI FEST – AwardsWatch

Quiz Lady Review Category Is – Awkwafina and Sandra Oh

People like consistency, and having a regular routine or ritual can be calming and therapeutic. Watching the same program at the same time every night doesn’t have the urgency it used to before the advent of streaming and on-demand, but it’s reliable and doesn’t change, unlike so much else in life. Quiz Lady presents a … Read more

The Miracle Club – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Maggie Smith

The Miracle Club The DVDfever Cinema Review Maggie

The Miracle Club begins in Dublin, 1967, where Chrissie Ahearn (Laura Linney – Ozark) is attending her mother, Maureen’s, funeral, even though she’s been away from the area for 40 years, having left under rather a cloud, and is being castigated for her absence by the narrow-minded residents who’d rather sit in their own backwater … Read more

‘Sick Girl’ Review: Warning – Nina Dobrev’s Ailing Cancer “Comedy” May Be Harmful To Your Health

Sick Girl Review Warning – Nina Dobrevs Ailing Cancer Comedy

If you are going to do a so-called “hilarious” comedy dealing with cancer you better know how to do it. Unfortunately, writer/director Jennifer Cram, for her first feature film in those jobs, does not knock it out of the park. Sick Girl which stars Nina Dobrev as Wren, a bit of a mess of a … Read more

REVIEW | Loki – Temporada 2 – Capítulo 1: la serie vuelve con viajes temporales y misterios multiversales

REVIEW Loki Temporada 2 Capitulo 1 la scaled

(L-R): Ke Huy Quan as O.B. and Owen Wilson as Mobius in Marvel Studios’ LOKI, Season 2, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Gareth Gatrell. © 2023 MARVEL. Hubo que esperar dos años para volver a encontrarse con el personaje favorito del universo cinematográfico de Marvel, el primero en tener su propia serie individual y el … Read more