Comedy

Les robots sont fous! – a review of BigBug

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet Written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant Produced by Frédéric Doniguian, Richard Grandpierre Starring Isabelle Nanty as Françoise Elsa Zylberstein as Alice Claude Perron as Monique Stéphane De Groodt as Max Youssef Hajdi as Victor Claire Chust as Jennifer François Levantal as Yonyx leader Alban Lenoir as Greg Marysole Fertard as Nina …

Over the bounding mien: a review of The Sea Beast

Directed by Chris Williams Screenplay by Chris Williams, Nell Benjamin Story by Chris Williams Produced by Chris Williams, Jed Schlanger Starring Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, Marianne Jean-Baptiste Edited by Joyce Arrastia Music by Mark Mancina Production company: Netflix Animation Distributed by Netflix The Sea Beast represents Netflix’ first foray into feature-length animation, and …

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 …

Eve of Deconstruction: a review of The Adam Project

Eve of Deconstruction: a review of The Adam Project Directed by Shawn Levy Written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin Produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Shawn Levy, Ryan Reynolds Cinematography Tobias Schliessler Edited by Dean Zimmerman, Jonathan Corn Music by Rob Simonsen Production companies Skydance Media, Maximum Effort, 21 …

Who You Gonna Call: a review of Ghostbusters Afterlife

Ghostbusters Afterlife Directed by Jason Reitman Written by Gil Kenan & Jason Reitman Based on Ghostbusters by Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis Produced by Ivan Reitman Cinematography Eric Steelberg Production companies Columbia Pictures Bron Creative Ghost Corps The Montecito Picture Company Right of Way Films Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing Carrie Coon as Callie (née …

“It’s a very very fine house.”: a review of The House

The House Directed by Emma de Swaef & Marc James Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza Screenplay by Enda Walsh Produced by Charlotte Bavasso & Christopher O’Reilly Starring Mia Goth, Claudie Blakley, Matthew Goode, Mark Heap, Miranda Richardson, Stephanie Cole, Jarvis Cocker, Dizzee Rascal, Will Sharpe, Paul Kaye, Susan Wokoma, Helena Bonham Carter Cinematography …

The Truth is Up There: a review of Don’t Look Up

Don’t Look Up Directed by Adam McKay Screenplay by Adam McKay Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota Produced by Adam McKay & Kevin Messick Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, Himesh Patel, Melanie Lynskey, Michael Chiklis, Tomer Sisley, Paul …

Blowing up the diet: a review of Gunpowder Milkshake

Gunpowder Milkshake Directed by Navot Papushado Written by Navot Papushado & Ehud Lavski Produced by Andrew Rona & Alex Heineman Starring Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, Chloe Coleman, Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, Paul Giamatti Imagine if the Powerpuff Girls was written by Garth Ennis. Charming, chirpy, insane and violent. Gunpowder Milkshake has that vibe, …

Killer Kittens in Space: a review of Space Captain: a Captain in Space

Written by Jeff Sproul Directed by Lindsey Moore and Jeremy Mather Cinematography and Editing by Jeremy Mather “Xayno,” & “World Space Council Themes” Ben Lindvall Costume Design Caroline O’Hare Sound Design Jeremy Mather Puppet Design Anna Paniccia Spaceship Design Jeff Sproul CastRocky Lazer: Matthew WiseJean Jarvis: Alicia BarnatchezDr. Karlock: Jared WarnerChip Skipper: Jeremy MatherKing Xayno: …