to the point where he gets a bit too into the weeds over the split between FAME recording studio founder Rick Hall and the rhythm-section players who were crucial to creating its “greasy” sound, as Franklin puts it. Those musicians, who became known as “the Swampers,” broke off and...
Scott’s Review #1,314 Reviewed November 16, 2022 Grade: B A remake of the 1990 film starring Anjelica Huston, The Witches (2020) sometimes delivers the goods and occasionally derails off the tracks into campy, over-the-top, wackadoo. Mostly, on the part of star Anne Hathaway who plays...
Scott’s Review #1,388 Reviewed August 12, 2023 Grade: B+ The groundbreaking and highly influential Dirty Harry, released in 1971 spawned four sequels. Sudden Impact (1983) is the third. It is directed, produced by, and stars Clint Eastwood (making it the only Dirty Harry film to be dir...
Fragile Foxopened on Broadway on October 10, 1954. The review by ‘Bron’ in Variety mentioned the play’s virtues but emphasized its faults: “Fragile Fox, reportedly based upon the playwright’s personal experiences, is a frequently sturdy melodrama. The story revolves around two lieutenants wh...
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something down, and that one can change the experience simply by fixating on parts of the screen. So on the one hand the work does things to the viewer while at the same time the viewer can partially control or direct the experience. ...
Cocaine Bear (2023) – Film Review 10th November 2024/Leave a comment “What the Fuck Is Wrong With That Bear?!”– Beth Partially inspired by an incident that took place in 1985, where lawyer-turned-drug smuggler Andrew Thornton took to the skies to drop blocks of cocaine over Knoxville,...
Jump to review index Jump to Favourite Films of 2023 List As a wise man once said, your focus determines your reality. Depending on where one focused on the cinema scene in 2023, it could be described as both a singularly dire and tremendous year in film. Perhaps no recent year has gone...
and hints at what she is working on next. Next, Anna welcomes fellow critic Corrina Antrobus back to the show to review the film. They talk about Nicole's remarkable performance, the nuanced relationships presented onscreen, and the significance of a 'dream deferred'. This jam-packed show al...
Cameras skate and glide, the film finding a rhythm of its own. Of course, nostalgia is involved. But what a bracing modernist statement the film always was. (For a hint of how plenty of bands still mounted shows in 1984, I give you another classic of the year: This Is Spinal Tap.)...