This is a bleak future, both burning and frozen. Roger Deakins’ cinematography is extraordinary: the sky is by turns orange with a red sun; white, as pretty snow falls onto monolithic buildings; or black as that mind-drumming rain returns to drench brightly-lit tower block windows. Inside, everything is functional. Outside, giant adverts featuring naked women… Blade Runner 2049 Read More
Fishing For Jokes About The New CHiPS Trailer
Any goodwill I might have had for the new CHiPS film is dissipating as it is such a pain typing CHiPS with the CAPS then no cap then CAPS. CHiPS the movie stars Dax Shepard and Michael Pena. Shepard wrote and directed the film, and plays Officer Jon Baker, while Pena is Frank “Ponch” Poncherello. The two LA… Fishing For Jokes About The New CHiPS Trailer Read More
La La Land 4.5 stars
La La Land is an absolute joy, to watch and to listen to. It was probably the most fun two hours I’ve had at the cinema since a really excellent first date back in 1987 with the friend of the guy I was meant to meet but who didn’t turn up (Reader, I didn’t marry… La La Land Read More
Pandemic 3.5 stars
God why are zombies always so MESSY? Streets strewn with debris, rubbish everywhere, sofas and chairs lying in the road, any old how. Tidy people just don’t seem to succumb to these near-constant apocalyptic worldwide infections, do they. They should use this information when creating a vaccine. Or maybe the tidy people are simply stuck… Pandemic Read More