The General is another relevant Irish movie, like Intermission (2003), or The Guard (2011), to mention only two others. As you have already guessed, it's not about the 1928 Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman production, a movie with the same title. It was released in 1998 as well, like Great Expectations and a whole more wonderful productions from the same year. It is funny even though I won't include it in my "Comedy" category. It's more like a very specific Irish crime movie with sparks of … [Read more...]
Musical Legend Prince Dead? Unbelievable. RIP
On March 20, the current year, Hollywood Reporter announced that publisher Spiegel & Grau (of Random House) released to the press that "Musical legend Prince will publish his memoir in fall 2017". The title "The Beautiful Ones" "will take readers on an unconventional and poetic journey through his life and creative work -- from the family that shaped him and the people, places, and ideas that fired his creative imagination, to the stories behind the music that changed the world." - same source … [Read more...]
Death at a Funeral – the Original
Such a pity that I haven't seen Alan Tudyk in enough movies... He is a scene stealer, like his colleague from A Kight's Tale, Paul Bettany. Speaking of Bettany, I've recently watched Mortdecai, and I liked it, the movie, the acting, everything. But on Mortdecai, details maybe in a future post. Death at a Funeral, is a British comedy released in 2007 and directed by Frank Oz. It was so hilarious, that the Americans wanted in, and made a remake only three years after. Unfortunately, it was not as … [Read more...]