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It’s a no-brainer We love zombies here at Picturenose headquarters. From the sublime and groundbreaking Night of the Living Dead (1968), through the witty and respectful Shaun of the Dead (2004) to the contentious Zack Snyder remake of Dawn of the Dead (2004). Why contentious? Because I thought it was crap, that’s why. Running zombies? I [...] Follow this car As James started the ball rolling with ‘films we really should have reviewed’, I thought I’d have a stab at a French classic, Taxi (1998). Even before I knew any French, this was a favourite. A note to students of French: if you’re only intermediate, I’d still opt for the subtitles. Maybe it’s [...] ‘Maid’ to measure Brit director Paul Weiland (a graduate from TV’s Mr Bean) and writers Adam Sztykiel and Deborah Kaplan manage to move this Patrick Dempsey vehicle away from what might justifiably have been predicted – God-awful trash – into something that’s just a little sharper and funnier than its set-up may give you cause to [...] Zut alors! I have never had a really guilty secret in my life, and that is why I need to get this off my chest. Another night in with The Divine P saw me take my eye off the ball and let her have possession of the remote control. The day I invent a remote control [...] Not quite a monarch, but never the knave There is a lot written about Cameron Crowe’s 2005 outing Elizabethtown that is negative, rubbishing the film and saying that all of it is bad. But this is wrong, as it is better than many critics have given it credit for. The photography is as fine as in [...] None more black Amazing to think that some 17 years have passed since writer-directors Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde put Belgium on the cinematic map, big time, with C’est arrivé près de chez vous (1992), n’est-ce pas? Poelvoorde has since gone on to be one of the Low Countries’ most succesful exports but has [...] The right notes Comedies make you laugh, and tragi-comedies do too, but how to describe Radu Mihaileanu’s latest film Le concert (2009), asks Gerald Loftus? Its Russian settings, with hilarious takes on all the cliches we’ve come to expect of post-Cold War Russia – thuggish, gun-toting Mafia lords and their cash approach to culture, aging [...] Spinal rap Car chases, explosions, cities being destroyed, torrid love scenes – this film hasn’t got any of them, and a bloody good job that is too. While not even close to his earlier films such as This is England (2006) or Dead Man’s Shoes (2004), this is a beautiful little slice of ‘rockumentary’ fun from Shane [...] |
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