Tag Archives: John C Reilly

Film review | Carnage – It isn’t pretty when the mask of politeness slips

Posted on 3 February 2012 by Jason Best

Human nature red-in-tooth-and-claw is stripped bare in Carnage, Roman Polanski’s darkly comic screen adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s hit stage play God of Carnage, a wickedly satirical four-hander in which two ostensibly well-mannered middle-class couples meet on polite terms to patch … Continue reading →

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Film review | We Need To Talk About Kevin – Bad seed or bad mom? Tilda’s Eva is left in agony

Posted on 22 October 2011 by Jason Best

Tilda Swinton delivers one of the finest performances of her career as an American woman grappling with grief and guilt in the aftermath of a terrible crime committed by her teenage son in We Need To Talk About Kevin, director … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Cedar Rapids – Ed Helms’ small fry insurance man, a fish out of water in the big city

Posted on 19 September 2011 by Jason Best

Best known for his supporting roles as nerdy dentist Stu in The Hangover and pompous salesman Andy in the US version of The Office, Ed Helms takes the lead as an incredibly naïve Midwesterner in Cedar Rapids, a smutty comedy … Continue reading →

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Cedar Rapids – Ed Helms’ small-town naif loses his innocence in the big(gish) city

Posted on 28 April 2011 by Jason Best

Best known for his supporting roles as pussy-whipped dentist Stu in The Hangover and pompous salesman Andy in the US version of The Office, American comedian Ed Helms takes the lead as an incredibly naïve Midwesterner in Cedar Rapids, a … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Step Brothers

Posted on 27 November 2009 by Beth Williams

I made a disparaging reference to this movie in one of my posts last year, around the time it came out at the cinema. You’ll see, if you read the post here, that I had a good old rant about … Continue reading →

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The Best View | 9 – Too grim for children; not clever enough for grown-ups

Posted on 28 October 2009 by Jason Best

Animated movies have reached such heights of visual sophistication that we’ve come to take the most astonishing feats of technical virtuosity for granted. Which is all to the good. Now that we’ve stopped gasping at animators’ skill at rendering fur … Continue reading →

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Freak Out | Sally O’Shaughnessy takes a cousinly interest in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

Posted on 20 October 2009 by Movie Talk

I confess to a personal interest in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, the forthcoming movie adaptation of Darren Shan’s cult teen horror novels, The Saga of Darren Shan. Now on his 14th Darren Shan novel, my 11-year-old son is … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 4 March 2009 by admin

Taken Rescue mission… A former CIA agent uses all his skills in an attempt to recover his daughter who has been abducted by sex-traffickers in France. Get Smart Mission impossible… A bumbling secret agent is charged with bringing down an … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 25 February 2009 by admin

Taken Rescue mission… A former CIA agent uses all his skills in an attempt to recover his daughter who has been abducted by sex-traffickers in France. Mamma Mia! Dancing Queen… Meryl Streep can dance. Meryl Streep can jive. Meryl Streep … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 19 February 2009 by admin

Taken Rescue mission… A former CIA agent uses all his skills in an attempt to recover his daughter who has been abducted by sex-traffickers in France. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or … Continue reading →

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