Pussy Footing around: A review of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Directed by Joel CrawfordScreenplay by Paul Fisher & Tommy SwerdlowStory by Tommy Swerdlow & Tom WheelerBased on Puss in Boots by Giovanni Francesco StraparolaProduced by Mark SwiftEdited by James RyanMusic by Heitor PereiraProduction company DreamWorks AnimationDistributed by Universal Pictures Voices:Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots, a swashbuckling cat fugitive …

Fighting existential angst in your supermarket aisle: a review of White Noise

White Noise Directed by Noah Baumbach Screenplay by Noah Baumbach Based on White Noise by Don DeLillo Produced by Noah Baumbach, David Heyman & Uri Singer Characters Adam Driver as Prof. Jack Gladney Greta Gerwig as Babette Gladney Don Cheadle as Prof. Murray Siskind Raffey Cassidy as Denise Sam Nivola as Heinrich May Nivola as …

“You know a place where nothing is real”: a review of Glass Onion

Glass Onion Directed by Rian Johnson Written by Rian Johnson Produced by Ram Bergman, Rian Johnson Starring Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, a detective Edward Norton as Miles Bron, a New York billionaire Janelle Monáe as Helen and Andi Brand Kathryn Hahn as Claire Debella, the governor of Connecticut, Leslie Odom Jr. as Lionel Toussaint, …

The return of the rat pack: a review of The Amazing Maurice

The Amazing Maurice Directed by: Toby Genkel, Florian Westermann Screenplay by Terry Rossio Based on The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett Produced by Emely Christians, Andrew Baker, Robert Chandler, Rob Wilkins, Julia Stuart Starring Hugh Laurie as Maurice Emilia Clarke as Malicia David Thewlis as Boss Man Himesh Patel as Keith …

Solstice 2022 — In China, “the winter solstice is as big as the new year.”

冬至大如年 (Dōngzhì dà rú nián) In China, “the winter solstice is as big as the new year.” Bryan Zepp Jamieson December 21st, 2022 www.zeppscommentaries.online www.zeppjamiesonfiction.com www.thebigweasel.wordpress.com Back about 500 BCE, some 250 years before Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth using nothing more than two sticks planted about 250 miles apart, a Chinese savant …

Pointing fingers: a review of The Banshees of Inisherin

The Banshees of Inisherin Directed by Martin McDonagh Written by Martin McDonagh Produced by Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh Starring Colin Farrell as Pádraic Súilleabháin Brendan Gleeson as Colm Doherty Kerry Condon as Siobhán Súilleabháin Barry Keoghan as Dominic Kearney Pat Shortt as Jonjo Devine Jon Kenny as Gerry Bríd Ní Neachtain as Mrs. …