Tag Archives: Comedy
The Toxic Avenger (2023/25)
Macon Blair’s Troma remix has plenty of squelchy gore and grotesquery, as well as good work from Peter Dinklage, but it never strikes quite the right tonal balance as the original. A terminally ill janitor (Dinklage) runs afoul of corporate … Continue reading
Review in Brief: The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
“I feel very safe myself”. On the whole I think I’m much more of a fan than many others of Wes Anderson’s latest career stage where his unmistakable style has never been more prominent but he continues to experiment with … Continue reading
Review in Brief: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024/25)
Small wins for art are worth savouring, especially in an age when it is seemingly under attack from all sides. In the first cinematically released, all-animated Looney Tunes feature film that was thankfully sold to Ketchup Entertainment rather than being … Continue reading