The Grand Budapest Hotel

Movie Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel: Written & Directed by Wes Anderson More of a pantomime-style English farce than anything ever composed by Georges Feydeau, Stefan Zweig or Blake Edwards, which it is being compared to, this fantastic comedy is the Wes Anderson masterpiece I’ve been awaiting for […]

The Class of 92

Movie Review: The Class of 92

Above: Champions League Final May 21, 2008. Image by Mitch Gunn / Shutterstock.com ‘This is the One’ strums and crashes in and without an image we already know this is about something special, something extraordinary… and something from Manchester. In 1992 a youth football team won […]

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

Movie Review – Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

Rarely do I recommend documentaries. It’s all subjective of course, but all too often one is confronted by narcissistic directors dealing with ‘real life’ hubris-befuddled people and action is confined to little but talking heads talking their talk talk talk in well-lit rooms. Elaine Stritch: […]