Tag Archives: Monty Python

Review in Brief: The King (2019)

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

There’s a fine balance between under-acting and over-acting and THE KING doesn’t always manage to strike it. They cram every hot English-speaking character actor in there somewhere, with Joel Edgerton as a tragicomic Falstaff, Ben Mendelsohn a mad king, Sean … Continue reading →

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Review: The Death of Stalin (2017)

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

If there’s a darker comedy out there than THE DEATH OF STALIN, I’m not sure I want to see it. This is the blackest of black humour, a seemingly impossible situation to derive laughter from, but Armando Iannucci somehow manages … Continue reading →

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Review: Jesus, Bro! (2017)

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

For the uninitiated, MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS is a popular web series of car seat film reviews. Often said screenings are of so-called “faith movies”, which are popular in certain quarters of American Society, and quite baffling to everyone else. JESUS, BRO! … Continue reading →

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30 Years On: Withnail and I (1987)

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

There are few films out there that will make me laugh myself to tears every time I watch them. Monty Python does, as does Mel Brooks, but as I’ve mentioned before, I also have to add the gem that is … Continue reading →

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Review: Deadpool (2016)

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

DEADPOOL is exactly what it should be. It’s not big (by superhero standards) and it’s not clever but it’s lewd, violent and supremely self-aware, just like its titular scarlet-clad antihero. Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) makes a dishonest living as a … Continue reading →

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Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

It’s at an end. Peter Jackson has left Middle-Earth behind. For real this time. Probably. THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES gives the lengthiest chapter in Jackson’s career so far an appropriately grand ending, but wisely he doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Review: Paddington (2014)

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Many might groan in distress at the thought of yet another childhood icon given a lavish live-action film adaptation. Even more alarm bells ring once you hear of the involvement of the producer and a few of the cast of … Continue reading →

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Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL is Wes Anderson-y even by Wes Anderson’s standards. A vividly colourful cornucopia of eccentric characters on an elaborate farce barely contained within Mr Anderson’s utterly unique “Wesworld”, it’s certainly an experience to watch. It’s also probably … Continue reading →

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Fifteen Shades of Black: Part 2

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

This article was originally published on Subtitled Online May 2013 It’s time for the second part of my countdown of my absolute favourite black comedies from Britain and Ireland (Here’s part 1). You’ll definitely laugh at them, but you might  sometimes feel … Continue reading →

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