It was only while watching this film that I came to the realisation that I had never seen a film directed by Joe Swanberg before now. I was familiar with his work and had seen him act in a number of fellow Mumblecore filmmakers’ works, but this was to be my first encounter with un […] Read more »
I caught this on a flight and really that’s the perfect place to see this utterly inconsequential yet mildly diverting comedy. Steve Carell is on autopilot most of the time here, while Steve Buscemi’s involvement in a comedy is both baffling and rather unsuccessful. Jim Carrey does far better here than he did in Kick-Ass […] Read more »
Burt Wonderstone and his sidekick, Anton Marvelton (played by Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi) are old-school magicians enjoying the last days of the stardom as the world of magic starts to change, with the rise of edgier performers like Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), who embody a rougher, less showy kind of stage craft. Soon Wonderstone […] Read more »
Coming off the back of two hugely successful Iron Man movies for Marvel Studios, director Jon Favreau chose a high concept comic book adaptation as his next project, focusing on an alien invasion during the American Wild West of the late 19th Century. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard, Cowboys & Aliens takes its […] Read more »