Probably not. But there are such things as free movies. A quick peek around the internet will reveal a rich seam of free stuff to watch. OK, some of it is really, really bad – but sometimes you get what you pay for. As a kind of ‘Free Movies for Dummies’ guide, Picturenose presents enough [...]
[photopress:dodgeball.jpg,thumb,alignleft] A comedy with balls
It would be fair to say that if you are not a fan of slapstick and/or crude gags, then Dodgeball is not for you. There is, however, a certain something that sets it apart from the usual summer ‘comedy’ dross that’s punted out while Hollywood is busy making good films [...]
[photopress:descent.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Wholly terrifying
In terms of that cold heart-thump, the scare that’s so sought after by strange people such as myself but so rarely found, David Fincher’s Se7en (1995) is probably as good as it got during the past decade or so, at least in the US, while Fabrice du Welz’s Belgian horror show, Calvaire (2004) [...]
[photopress:DinnerForOne.jpg,thumb,alignleft] The same procedure…?
I was chatting with a German friend over lunch, and the subject of the Germans’ love of English comedy came up. This in turn led to a discussion of the phenomenon that is Dinner for One. It’s essentially a recording of an 18-minute music hall sketch, performed in English by an English [...]
Don’t pass this Buck
I have to put up my hand and make a confession. You’re not going to get a concise, objective review of this film because I absolutely love it. If you don’t want to read about how much fun it is, go and read one of our other reviews instead – they’re all [...]
A policeman’s lot is quite a gruesome one
Another slab of in-your-face comic genius from Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and many of the usual suspects from Spaced.
Copper-bottomed comedy
Messrs Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright are fast becoming the benchmark for what it means to be funny – comic actor and writer Pegg first paired up with writer/director Wright for the sensational Spaced sit-com, and they have subsequently worked together on the marvellous ‘not with a bang but a belly-laugh’ zombie pastiche, [...]