There’s a quote in this film by Ben Stiller’s character that really struck a chord with me. “I feel like a child imitating an adult”. I think a lot of people of a certain age (I’m 37, Stiller’s character in the film is 44) feel exactly like this and it is the idea that is carried throughout the film as the central theme.
The story follows a married couple, Josh and Cornelia, who are struggling to relate to their friends.…
I’ve been a fan of Jon Favreau since he wrote and starred in Swingers, it is one of my favourite films of all time and I think it brilliantly portrayed one man’s struggle to get over it.
I’ve followed his career closely and its was surprising to see him develop from small indie film-maker to Hollywood Blockbuster Director, he nailed Iron Man however his work on the sequel and Cowboys and Aliens gave the impression of man losing his way…
Kill List was my favourite film of 2011 so naturally I was eagerly anticipating Ben Wheatley's follow up film Sightseers.
Whilst it isn't, in my opinion, as good a film as Kill List it is still an extremely entertaining one.
Kill List had some dark humour running through it but in truth was closer to a horror film in terms of it's genre. Sightseers however is a flat out comedy, albeit it a very very dark one, bordering sometime on…
Well that was weird.
It was good.
But it was weird.
I mean like really weird, and messed up, and disturbing, and weird.
Did I mention it was weird?
Odd
But good.
But weird.
Antonio Banderas plays a Doctor who's an expert on skin. He lives in an impressive house where he is seemingly holding a woman prisoner whilst he works on her skin.
To say much more would ruin the film really but the central mystery is who is…
