Dark City (1998)
This sci-fi tale is from the director of 'The Crow'.

In voiceover at the beginning Dr Schreber (Keifer Sutherland) explains: "First there was darkness then came the strangers. They were a race as old as time itself. They had mastered the ultimate technology: the ability to alter physical reality by will alone. They called this ( Read more... )

In pre-WW1 Vienna, Eisenhem (Edward Norton) is an illusionist who loves Duchess Sophie von Teschen (Jessica Biel). But she is going to have to marry Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell) who is the moustache twirling snidely whiplash villain. Eisenhem and Sophie plan to run off together. But Leopold's spy Chief Inspector Uhi reports on their plans to ( Read more... )

Anthony Hopkins of 'Westworld', Oliva Colman, Mark Gatiss, Rufus Sewell of 'The Man In the High Castle' and Oliva Williams star in this story (based on a play) of a man with dementia. There are ACTINGS and drama in this UK film.

A man (Hopkins) misperceives the world and does and says unamiable things. He lives in his daughter Anne's massive flat. ( Read more... )

Judy (2019)

This film is coy about Judy Garland's last weeks. We get flashbacks to her formative years which shaped her into a star with a drug addiction and eating disorder. Judy was quintessentially remote. We see the 'Wizard Of Oz' set. Judy is disaffected. This was flimsy. Her life was impossibly restrictive. Her past was turbulent.

We see Judy's ( Read more... )

Dirty Money (2016-?): Drug Short

Wall Street is a place of extremes. A commotion started over the drug company Valeant which was a house of cards. Valeant caused fear, anxiety and deep sadness by predatory drug pricing which is still going on. Things get absolutely worse. Sick people have trepidation and the Valeant elite have no fear they would ( Read more... )

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Billionaire Boys Club (1987) Part 3

There is cheque forging and synth music. Joe promised an unending wave of good fortune - he lied. People make no atonement. The DA/cops ignore the BBC, Joe's sins are innumerable. Joe causes ineffable unease and is calculatedly ambitious. People claim to be terrified of Joe. The BBC were bad people and were ( Read more... )

The Durrells 4x05

The King of Greece is visiting. The lemurs are seen. Spiro wanders around in his vest holding his massive tool. Leslie jokes about shooting Gerry's lemurs and putting them in a pie: no wonder he died alone and nobody went to his funeral. Louisa is morally corrupt. Margot heads back to Corfu - with what money? The Gare de Lyon is ( Read more... )

The New World
This glowingly stylised series is loosely based on the Philip K. Dick novel. Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, DJ Qualls, Joel de La Fuente, Cary-Hiroyuki and Rufus Sewell star in this okay drama. The opening credits are great and show how the Axis powers won WW2 and divided American between them. It is 1962.
The Germans dropped a H-Bomb on ( Read more... )

‘The Man In The High Castle’ trailer
America was defeated and divided between the Japanese and Germans. This is dark, dingy and looks good, hellish, oppressive and soul-draining. Rotten inside people are living in a mad nightmare.

Best Lines:
“The Axis powers of America.”

“One nation under rule.”

“Liberty and justice for none.”

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