ANOTHER MASSIVE WEEK

I’ve just added four RIU film reviews, six (!!!) book reviews penned for The Clothesline and an interview that I did for that website too. And you can read them all as follows…

FILM

Cedric Nicolas-Troyan’s THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR is here.

Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam’s remastered MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL: SING-A-LONG is here.

Grímur Hákonarson’s RAMS (HRÚTAR) is here.

and Michael Moore’s WHERE TO INVADE NEXT is here.

BOOKS

Simon Morden’s DOWN STATION is here.

Linwood Barclay’s FAR FROM TRUE is here.

Editor Sean Wallace’s THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF KAIJU: 27 TALES OF MONSTER MAYHEM is here.

Sophie Hannah’s THE NARROW BED is here.

N.J. Fountain’s PAIN KILLER is here.

And Nick Cave’s THE SICK BAG SONG is here.

AND THAT INTERVIEW TOO

My Clothesline chat with Toni Bestard, co-writer, co-producer and co-director of I AM YOUR FATHER, is here.

MOVIES MAGIC MOVIES

I’ve just added another four RIU film reviews, so you can check them all out as follows…

Gavin Hood’s EYE IN THE SKY is here.

Giulio Ricciarelli’s LABYRINTH OF LIES (IM LABYRINTH DES SCHWEIGENS) is here.

Michel Gondry’s MICROBE & GASOLINE (MICROBE ET GASOIL), which is part of the 27th Annual Alliance Française French Film Festival, is here.

And Kirk Jones’ (and Nia Vardalos’) MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 is here.

ANOTHER BUMPER WEEK

I’ve just added six film reviews written for RIU and an interview (in a slightly different style than usual) penned for The Adelaide Review, so you can check them all out as follows…

Luca Guadagnino’s A BIGGER SPLASH is here.

Simon Stone’s THE DAUGHTER is here.

Jennifer Yuh and Alessandro Carloni’s KUNG FU PANDA 3 is here.

Babak Najafi’s LONDON HAS FALLEN is here.

Zack Snyder’s much-ballyhooed BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE is here.

Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush’s ZOOTOPIA is here.

And my interview with Simon Stone for his THE DAUGHTER is here too.

TWO MORE BIGGIES

I’ve just added Rip It Up reviews of two major recent releases, so you can read them both as follows…

Dan Trachtenberg’s hotly anticipated 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE is here.

And Louis Letterier’s less hotly anticipated GRIMSBY is here.

MY FOUR LATEST FILM REVIEWS

I’ve just added four film reviews written for Rip It Up and/or The Adelaide Review, and you can read them all as follows…

Nicholas Hytner’s THE LADY IN THE VAN is here.

Craig Gillespie’s THE FINEST HOURS is here.

John Hillcoat’s TRIPLE 9 is here.

And Robert Eggers’ much-discussed THE WITCH is here. And please note that this title isn’t released in Australian cinemas until Thursday March 17, but I was asked to write it up early and it’s certainly worth publicising in advance, so here it is. Get out and see it!!!

FOUR BIGGIES (OR MAYBE NOT)

I’ve just added four RIU film reviews, so you can read them all as follows…

Michael Bay’s 13 HOURS is here.

Alex Proyas’ GODS OF EGYPT is here.

Joel and Ethan Coen’s HAIL, CAESAR! is here.

And Burr Steers’ PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES is here.

 

MORE MOVIES AND ONE CONVERSATION

I’ve just added four film reviews written for Rip It Up online and one interview penned for The Clothesline Digital Arts Magazine, so you can read them all as follows…

Christian Ditter’s HOW TO BE SINGLE is here.

Peter Landesman’s CONCUSSION is here.

Jay Roach’s TRUMBO is here.

Tim Story’s RIDE ALONG 2 is here.

And my interview with Jed Kurzel concerning his musical score for his director brother Justin’s MACBETH is here.

THE WORDS JUST KEEP ON COMING

I’ve just added nine reviews in total: three film reviews for Rip It Up, four book reviews for The Clothesline Digital Arts Magazine and two DVD reviews for those guys too. And you can read them all as follows…

FILM

John Crowley’s BROOKLYN is here.

Tim Miller’s DEADPOOL is here.

And Ben Stiller’s ZOOLANDER 2 is here.

BOOKS

Cheryl Strayed’s BRAVE ENOUGH: A MINI INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR THE SOUL is here.

Thomas W. Hodgkinson and Hubert van der Bergh’s HOW TO SOUND CULTURED: MASTER THE 250 NAMES THAT INTELLECTUALS LOVE TO DROP INTO CONVERSATION is here.

David Thomson’s HOW TO WATCH A MOVIE is here.

And Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode’s THE MOVIE DOCTORS is here.

AND DVDS TOO

Terry Gilliam’s THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN is here.

And, finally, J. Lee Thompson’s HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME is here.

SLIGHTLY SLOW AND SUMMERY

It’s been a bit of a slow week but, nevertheless, you can check out two film reviews I wrote for RIU and TAR as follows…

Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s ANOMALISA is here.

And Danny Boyle’s (and Aaron Sorkin’s) STEVE JOBS is here.

FOUR MORE ASSORTED FILMS

I’ve just added four more film reviews, three written for RIU and one penned for both RIU and The Adelaide Review, so you can read all about…

Dan Mazer’s DIRTY GRANDPA here.

Sue Brooks’ LOOKING FOR GRACE here.

Lenny Abrahamson’s ROOM here.

And Tom McCarthy’s SPOTLIGHT here.