When someone is asked what they would do for their family in a time of need, most would answer “anything”. Some family dynamics can be strained and difficult to maintain while others are close and strong no matter what the…
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Movie Review: Lily James Shines in Cozy 1940s Romantic Drama
If one didn’t know any better, they might mistake The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society for a Fall Out Boy or Panic! At the Disco song — one from the bands’ hypothetical folk-driven albums that would come later…
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Movie Review: A Superb Sun-Soaked, Sentimental Sequel
There are three things in this otherwise unknowable life of which I am certain. The first is that the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be infinitely more fun than it already is if studio brass would hand Taika Waititi the keys…
First trailer for “Darkest Hour” starring Gary Oldman
I hear Oscar bells for Gary Oldman! We’ve seen him as pretty much everyone in the last 25 years: Sid Vicious, Dracula, Egor Korshunov, Mr. Zorg, Sirius Black, James Gordon, the list goes on. Is there anything Mr. Oldman can’t…
Ansel Elgort takes the wheel in Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’
In Edgar Wright we trust. Do I trust him enough to believe that Ansel Elgort makes for a good leading man? I’m not so sure but if SXSW first reactions are anything to go by, it would seem that fans…
TV Review – War and Peace (2016) | A great melodrama, a mediocre adapation
This past Christmas, I received an opulent Folio Society edition of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace from my father. I spent the next month setting out on what fans of the novel refer to as “The Long March.” Even at…
‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ cast talks zombies
Zombies, swords and corsets are three things you can find in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. This take on the classic story gives the Bennett sisters swords along with their gowns, and it’s the perfect combination. Lily James plays a…