Tag: Olivia Colman
The Roses Pales in Comparison to Its Far Bolder and Darker Original, The War of the Roses
Jay Roach is no stranger to directing remakes of “darker” films that are much more diluted than the original. Take, for example, 2010’s Dinner for Schmucks, [Read More…]
Wonka’s Saccharine Tincture Will Give Those With Functional Tastebuds A Stomach Ache
It is said that one is supposed to get more jaded (read: wiser) with age. That’s obviously not so with director Paul King, best known [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #21: The Crown Season 4 Not Making Use of Prince Charles’ Tampongate Fiasco
With the unfortunate casting of Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín’s forthcoming biopic, Spencer, all we can count on now for a more [Read More…]
(Mis)carried Away No More: Fleabag Season 2 Puts an End to the Show And Our Heroine’s Usual Histrionics
After waiting four long years (almost as long as we had to wait for another Marina album–what is it with those U.K.-born women and letting [Read More…]
Nepotism Equals Schism: The Favourite
“If you look like a badger, I’m going to tell you that you look like a badger because that’s what love is.” If that’s really [Read More…]
Murder on the Orient Express Reminds Us to Embrace the Gray Areas of Life
Remakes of classic films–and worse yet, classic films based on equally as classic books–tend always to be dicey. And even with Kenneth Branagh’s faithful rendering [Read More…]
Fleabag Speaks to the Piece of Shit Inside All Of Us
The eponymous character in Fleabag (played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge) speaks to the self-loathing, insecure piece of shit masquerading as someone who doesn’t care inside all [Read More…]
The Lobster: A Boiling Romance
The somehow not so far-fetched concept of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster centers on the love-oriented travails of David (Colin Farrell), a man whose wife falls [Read More…]
