To say The Menu is a dark comedy is understating the issue. This is BLACK comedy, as dark as it gets. Voldemort doesn’t hold a candle to Ralph Fiennes’ Julian Slowik. Imagine crossing The Bear with Eating Raoul, and you might get a vague idea of what this film is up to.
Putin caught a lot of critical attention right from the get-go, simply because it’s the first film made to use AI to make the actor performing the role of the main subject exactly resemble said subject. Vladimir “Vova” Putin was a sensible choice since his mien is somewhat unco and frigid, a living example of uncanny valley. Given his power and viciousness, perhaps a risky chance, too. Patryk Vega might want to avoid buildings more than two storeys high.
Demi Moore plays Elizabeth Sparkle, a fading sex bomb whose career grinds to a halt on the occasion of her fiftieth birthday. She is cruelly fired by her producer, Harvey (played to brutal, sleazy, sexist perfection by Dennis Quaid). Later that day she crashes her car, and while not seriously injured, gets checked up at the ER. A nurse, learning of her circumstances, tells her there is a drug to be had that restores youth and beauty. He hands her a card with a number.
I didn’t do a lot of reviews this past year. Fifty three in all. It was an election year and I write mostly about politics, and I have a backlog going into 2025. Also, if I think something is rubbish, I’m very unlikely to review it. And there was a fair old bit of rubbish that came out last year.
Joker: Folie à deux Directed by Todd Phillips Written by Scott Silver & Todd Phillips Based on Characters by DC Comics Produced by Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Joseph Garner Starring Joaquin Phoenix Lady Gaga Brendan Gleeson Catherine Keener Zazie Beetz Steve Coogan Harry Lawtey Leigh Gill Cinematography Lawrence Sher Edited by Jeff Groth Music …
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Directed by Tim Burton Screenplay by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar Story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Seth Grahame-Smith Based on Characters by Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson Produced by Marc Toberoff, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tommy Harper, Tim Burton Starring Michael Keaton Winona Ryder Catherine O’Hara Justin Theroux Monica Bellucci Jenna Ortega Willem Dafoe …
Directed by Matt Reeves Written by Matt Reeves, Peter Craig Produced by Dylan Clark, Matt Reeves Starring Robert Pattinson Zoë Kravitz Paul Dano Jeffrey Wright John Turturro Peter Sarsgaard Andy Serkis Colin Farrell Cinematography Greig Fraser Edited by William Hoy, Tyler Nelson Music by Michael Giacchino Production companies Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, 6th & …
Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant Directed by Ariane Louis-Seize Written by Ariane Louis-Seize, Christine Doyon Produced by Jeanne-Marie Poulain, Line Sander Egede Starring Sara Montpetit Félix-Antoine Bénard Steve Laplante Sophie Cadieux Noémie O’Farrell Marie Brassard Patrick Hivon Marc Beaupré Cinematography Shawn Pavlin Edited by Stéphane Lafleur Music by Pierre-Philippe Côté Production company Art et Essai …
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Directed by Gil Kenan Written by Gil Kenan Jason Reitman Based on Ghostbusters by Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis Produced by Ivan Reitman[a] Jason Reitman Jason Blumenfeld Starring Paul Rudd Carrie Coon Finn Wolfhard Mckenna Grace Kumail Nanjiani Patton Oswalt Celeste O’Connor Logan Kim Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd Ernie Hudson Annie Potts William …
Written and Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner Produced by Jamie Hilton, Michael Pontin, Chris Brown Starring Ryan Corr as Ethan Alyla Browne as Charlotte Penelope Mitchell as Heather Robyn Nevin as Gunter Noni Hazelhurst as Helga Silvia Colloca as Maria Danny Kim as Eric Jermaine Fowler as Frank Tony J Black as Officer Miller Cinematography Brad …