Elle Fanning is captivating in THE GREAT : a Hulu original series
Why Russian Empress Catherine The Great should suddenly be in vogue is probably a mere coincidence. Helen Mirren received respectable reviews for her recent portrayal even though the series she starred in was so leaden and heavy work. Now Elle Fanning who is young enough to be Mirren’s ……. well, just lets say they … Continue reading
ELSA & FRED
Newly widowed Fred has been coerced by his control freak of a daughter to sell his large house and move into an apartment in New Orleans. He is stubborn, perpetually grumpy with everything and everybody and spends most of his days now lying around the house sleeping. It is, he explains because of the realisation … Continue reading
ENOUGH SAID
When Eva meets Albert at a cocktail party in L.A. they both bemoan the fact that there are no attractive single people there. They joke about it together and the moment passes, and when Eva gets home later she’s more excited that she was introduced to Marianne a rather glamorous Poet who wants to become … Continue reading
ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW
The most interesting thing about this rather surreal and intensely weird black comedy is the fact that it was clandestinely filmed at a Disney Park without permission. It would never have been granted anyway if writer/director Randy Moore had bothered to ask, as he so obviously hates Disney and everything it stands for. According to … Continue reading
ESSENTIAL KILLING
Mohammed, a Taliban Fighter, is captured by the US Military in Afghanistan and is being transported to a mysterious detention centre in an unnamed Eastern European country. When his transport crashes he makes a dash for freedom through the forests and snow-laden terrain of a country he doesn’t know. There are flashbacks that remind us … Continue reading