Month: September 2014

This week we talk about feelgood film Begin Again and the latest Elmore Leonard adaptation Life of Crime, which is incidentally a prequel to Tarantino’s Jackie Brown. Speaking of Jackie Brown, I finally saw the light and realised that it’s an absolute cracker of a film. I’ve always thought of it as a bit of a misfire and Pete has… Continue reading Beaten to the Punch

This week we talk about the latest young adult novel adaptation The Giver and found-footage disaster picture Into the Storm. Along the way Pete gets worked up enough to pull out the stops and fix the ailing found-footage genre… so that’s worth the price of admission right there! For homework we have Jan de Bont’s Twister, the granddaddy of indie found-footage blockbusters… Continue reading Increasingly Poor Decisions

This week we talk about the exceedingly titled The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, the inevitable sequel The Expendables 3, and the vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows. Which, by the way, we really can’t praise highly enough. For homework we have Woody Allen’s Zelig, classic Dracula pic Nosferatu, and a colourful take on the… Continue reading Lost Boys