This show is an absolutely unhinged tornado of ideas and visuals. Yet it is kinda captivating for that reason. I have an odd relationship with Farscape. I remember when it first aired in 1999; I was neck deep in Star Trek at that time. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and the Star Trek: The…
Tag: comedy
Review: The End of Oak Street
I am grateful that Oak Street ended. An American family find their neighbourhood uprooted and surrounded by a prehistoric land. With predatory dinosaurs roaming their backyard, can they survive? The End of Oak Street is written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. The same David Robert Mitchell that gave us 2014’s incredible horror It Follows….
Review: The Invite
A wicked comedy with an earnest core. Joe and Angela, husband and wife, live together in an apartment. They bicker and frustrate each other regularly. But this evening Joe is especially surprised; Angela has invited their upstairs neighbours to dinner… Directed by Olivia Wilde, written by a writing team including Rashida Jones (Parks & Recreation)…
Review: The Drama
A quirky, feisty, modern soap opera drama with plenty of entertainment value. While Charlie and Emma plan for their imminent wedding, and reflect on their life together, some unexpected truths emerge. While small, the consequential overthinking, doubt, and gossip threaten to ruin everything. Writer/director Kristoffer Borgli brought us the unorthodox Dream Scenario in 2023 with…
Review: Cold Storage
That was pretty silly. But an enjoyable kind of silly. A highly contagious, fatal fungus from space is sealed within a forgotten military bunker. But when it starts to break out, hapless heroes have to save the world. Cold Storage, directed by Jonny Campbell, stars Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Joe Keery (Stranger Things) and Liam Neeson…
Review: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Your mileage will certainly vary with this one. A man from the future bursts into an American diner and recruits several customers at random. His intent? To save the world from impending AI catastrophe. Is he talking nonsense? Can the team succeed if it is true? Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is directed by…
Review: Send Help
Classic Raimi. An undervalued office worker finds herself marooned on an island with her new, and belittling, boss. Can they reconcile their differences and survive? Send Help is the newest film from director Sam Raimi, creator of classics such as The Evil Dead and the Spider-Man trilogy. It stars Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Spotlight) and…
Review: No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook you’ve done it again. A veteran worker at a paper factory has it all. A wife, two children, two dogs, two cars, his family home. But when it is all suddenly threatened, he sees no other choice but to take extreme measures to protect his family. Director Park Chan-wook is most familiar to…
Review: Eternity
This higher concept rom-com actually worked for me. Good job. Joan wakes up in the afterlife to find it a hotel where souls decide how to spend their eternal life. But it isn’t an easy decision to make; her lifelong husband is here, and her first husband who died in the war… and has been…
Review: Wake Up Dead Man – A Knives Out Mystery
The Knives Out anthology continues with excellence. A young, optimistic priest is the top murder suspect in a small rural town, after its aggressive head priest is found dead. Only detective Benoit Blanc can possibly solve this “locked room” mystery. Director Rian Johnson appears to have found his calling, alongside star Daniel Craig. The 2019…