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Playing Catch-Up —The Kid Who Would Be King; Total Recall; The Old Man and the Gun

April 30, 2019May 1, 2019 Dan Seeger

The Kid Who Would Be King (Joe Cornish, 2019). After his feature directorial debut, Attack the Block, Joe Cornish seemed positioned to jostle with a few others — including Edgar Wright, one of that film’s producers — for the distinction … Continue reading Playing Catch-Up —The Kid Who Would Be King; Total Recall; The Old Man and the Gun

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Take a left, a sharp left, and another left, meet me on the corner and we’ll start again

October 18, 2011April 30, 2019 Dan Seeger

There’s a wholly earned stereotype surrounding British films, best encapsulated by Eddie Izzard, who referred to the standard as Room with a View and a Staircase and a Pond type movies. These are the sort of efforts that reach their … Continue reading Take a left, a sharp left, and another left, meet me on the corner and we’ll start again