Pauline at the Beach

Pauline at the Beach is a 1980’s French film recently shown at ‘The Metrograph’ in New York by French ‘auteur’ Eric Rohmer. I shuddered a little inwardly when I wrote the ‘A’ word but ever you want to call him Rohmer and his circle of actors produced some interesting and philosophical romantic comedies. Pauline at …

Unbreakable

Tina Fey’s ‘30 Rock’ is one of the few comedy gems of the 00’s, the sort of show that becomes career defining. No one is necessarily expecting anything as good let alone better. Then along comes ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’, a show with the same crazy off kilter gags as ’30 Rock’ but with a little …

Fifty Shades of Sexy

For along time I’ve felt that the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ has been lacking a certain something. And at last it has been revealed to me what that something is; the dulcet tones of Gilbert Gottfried reading this magnum opus of soft porn. Now that is sexy, as I’m sure you’ll agree when you watch …

Submarine gives me that sinking feeling

One of these days I’m going to see a coming age movie where the protagonist is a burly 6ft beer-drinking rugby player who has a crush on a hot blonde girl who really likes him. They shag like rabbits and live happily ever after. It’s about as likely as hen’s teeth but sooner or later …

The Trip

  Like last year’s ‘In the Loop’, ‘The Trip’ shows British comedy at it’s finest. Directed by the prolific Michael Winterbottom, it stars two Brit comedy favorites Steve Coogan, star of 24 Hour Party People and Rob Brydon, a welsh impressionist and comedian who is rather less known outside the sceptered isle. The way I …

American Original

Just finished watching American: The Bill Hicks Story. As an aside, I always find it funny when figures who are seen as critical of America like Hicks, are pictured with large American flags as some kind of salve to right wing ‘Love it or leave it’ types They should picture him grinning manically next to …