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A Year in review: a review of 2023

A Year in review: a review of 2023 2023 was another great year for television. Among other great shows we watched (and I reviewed) this year were Gen V (outrageous spin-off of The Boys), One Piece (excellent live-action version of a rather dumb anime), a new BBC remake of War of the Worlds, an engaging …

Oppie Oppie Fission Free: a review of Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer Directed by Christopher Nolan Screenplay by Christopher Nolan Based on American Prometheus by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven & Christopher Nolan Cast Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist and director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Emily Blunt as Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer’s …

What the caged turd rarely flings: a review of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Directed by Tom Gormican Written by Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten Produced by Nicolas Cage, Mike Nilon, Kristin Burr, Kevin Turen Starring Nicolas Cage Pedro Pascal Sharon Horgan Tiffany Haddish Ike Barinholtz Alessandra Mastronardi Jacob Scipio Neil Patrick Harris Cinematography Nigel Bluck Edited by Melissa Bretherton Music by Mark Isham …

Dream a little meme of me: a review of George Carlin’s American Dream

George Carlin’s American Dream Directed by Judd Apatow & Michael Bonfiglio Starring George Carlin Patrick Carlin Jr. Kelly Carlin Music by Jeff Morrow No. of episodes 2 Production Executive producers Teddy Leifer Judd Apatow Michael Bonfiglio Jerry Hazma Kelly Carlin Nancy Abraham (HBO) Lisa Heller (HBO) Producer Wayne Federman Animator Stefan Nadelman Editor Joe Beshenkovsky …

Winnie down the Tube: a review of Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour Directed by Joe Wright Written by Anthony McCarten Produced by Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski Starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, Ben Mendelsohn Cinematography Bruno Delbonnel As a child, I was taught, over and over, that Winston S. Churchill was the greatest …

Liquidating Consequences: a review of Chernobyl Abyss

Chernobyl Abyss Directed by Danila Kozlovsky Written by Aleksey Kazakov & Elena Ivanova Produced by Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov, Danila Kozlovsky, Vadim Vereshchagin, Rafael Minasbekyan Starring Danila Kozlovsky, Oksana Akinshina, Filipp Avdeev, Ravshana Kurkova, Nikolay Kozak Cinematography Kseniya Sereda Edited by Mariya Likhachyova Music by Oleg Karpachev Production companies Central Partnership, Group of Companies Gpm …

Spanking the Organ-Grinder Manky: a review of Mank

Mank Directed by David Fincher Produced by Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, Douglas Urbanski Screenplay by Jack Fincher Music by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Cinematography Erik Messerschmidt (shot in black and white) Edited by Kirk Baxter Production companies; Netflix International Pictures, Flying Studio, Panic Pictures, Blue Light Cast Gary Oldman as Herman J. Mankiewicz Amanda …

Hoffman Squared: a review of The Trial of the Chicago 7

The Trial of the Chicago 7 Directed by Aaron Sorkin Produced by Stuart M. Besser, Matt Jackson, Marc Platt, Tyler Thompson, Written by Aaron Sorkin Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Daniel Flaherty, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Noah Robbins, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, Jeremy Strong Music by …