Tag: Benedict Cumberbatch
Eric: Change Comes From Within (Even If You’re Without A Puppet-y Shell)
Set during the time and place everyone loves to romanticize—New York City in the 1980s—Abi Morgan’s Eric isn’t your typical kidnapping story. But then, nor [Read More…]
There’s A New WWI Movie in Town, But It’s Still Not A Very Long Engagement
In the realm of World War I movies, there is an extreme paucity of majors in “comparison” to, say, World War II with all of [Read More…]
A Neurosurgeon Cut Down to Size: Doctor Strange
When you get right down to it, neurosurgeons are, well, assholes. Sure, what they do is of value, but why they do it is, more [Read More…]
Black Mass: Another Gangster Movie to Fall Into The Abyss of the Genre
Like the action/adventure genre, the gangster movie always means a box office draw for Hollywood. One supposes that’s why ever since The Godfather was released, [Read More…]
What the 2015 Golden Globe Winners Say About American Pop Culture Right Now
The Golden Globes have continued to gain more recognition as an awards ceremony that isn’t merely a bastard precursor to the Academy Awards. As its [Read More…]
Topless “Activism”
To quote Lily Allen, “I’ll take my clothes off and it will be shameless ’cause everyone knows that’s how you get famous.” Indeed, this still [Read More…]
