News Muse – From hero to zero: the rapper formerly known as the actor Joaquin...
It started last October with Joaquin Phoenix’s shock announcement that he was retiring from acting to pursue a music career: (Is it just me, or does the man look like he’s on the trip of a lifetime?)...
View ArticleNews Hound | Mel Gibson has very officially lost the plot (again and again...
News Hound sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t have to get your paws dirty… Mel Gibson is hardly known as a saint, what with his history of...
View ArticleCouch Potato Ponders | How would the film industry differ if lying didn’t exist?
The Ricky Gervais movie The Invention of Lying is the reason why I’m asking this question. This film is set in a world where everybody tells the truth, and sheds a very witty and clever light on the...
View ArticleThe Killer Inside Me | Casey Affleck reveals the dark heart of a murderous cop
On the surface, Casey Affleck’s 1950s Texas deputy sheriff Lou Ford appears to be a courteous, amiable, thoroughly decent small-town cop, yet the protagonist of the pitch-black film noir thriller The...
View ArticleFilm review | Tower Heist – Bolshy Ben takes class war to the penthouse floor
A bunch of working stiffs team up with a petty crook to take down the Wall Street swindler who has robbed them of their retirement fund in Tower Heist, a timely action-comedy caper whose undertow of...
View ArticleOut of the Furnace | Film review – Blue-collar brothers Bale and Affleck...
This tragic revenge drama about a pair of blue-collar brothers battered by fate in a dying rust-belt town is almost unrelentingly grim, but the cast’s powerhouse performances keep you watching, as...
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