Tedious romantic dramedy with a pointless sci-fi tinge that has nothing in the least bit memorable to say about anything at all. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There’s no difference between reality and dreams,” Dell (Justin Long: Veronica Mars) informs Kimberly (Emmy Rossum: Before I Disappear). That’s supposed to be romantic, maybe. Or else it’s a Clue to what’s really going on in Comet, a tedious dramedy from first-time writer-director Sam Esmail that jumps around several years of their relationship as they argue and debate who loves whom more. He’s a Sherlockian asshole who insults people for fun and figures he might be the smartest person on the planet; she’s a lovable kook with bad taste in men; together, they are even more annoying than they sound, and...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There’s no difference between reality and dreams,” Dell (Justin Long: Veronica Mars) informs Kimberly (Emmy Rossum: Before I Disappear). That’s supposed to be romantic, maybe. Or else it’s a Clue to what’s really going on in Comet, a tedious dramedy from first-time writer-director Sam Esmail that jumps around several years of their relationship as they argue and debate who loves whom more. He’s a Sherlockian asshole who insults people for fun and figures he might be the smartest person on the planet; she’s a lovable kook with bad taste in men; together, they are even more annoying than they sound, and...
- 7/3/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Rufus Norris’s adaptation of the National Theatre musical, about the murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich in 2006, offers a unique, disturbing take on tragedy
London Road (2015)
Director: Rufus Norris
Entertainment grade: B+
History grade: A
In late 2006, five women were found murdered near Ipswich. The women were aged between 19 and 29, had all worked as prostitutes and had histories of drug abuse. Forklift truck driver Steven Wright, then 48, was found guilty of their murders. He is now serving life imprisonment.
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London Road (2015)
Director: Rufus Norris
Entertainment grade: B+
History grade: A
In late 2006, five women were found murdered near Ipswich. The women were aged between 19 and 29, had all worked as prostitutes and had histories of drug abuse. Forklift truck driver Steven Wright, then 48, was found guilty of their murders. He is now serving life imprisonment.
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- 6/12/2015
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
This story was originally published in the February 21st, 1991 issue of Rolling Stone.
Mr. and Mrs. Robin Williams are slow dancing. The time: a winter afternoon. The place: a photographer's studio in the Chelsea section of New York. The music: high-decibel funk. Everybody else in the studio is abuzz — adjusting lights, fussing with props, running back and forth from the kitchen with sushi. Still, Williams and his wife, Marsha, keep coming together in these quick, sweet tableaux. It's strange to see the thirty-nine-year-old actor and comedian with his guard down...
Mr. and Mrs. Robin Williams are slow dancing. The time: a winter afternoon. The place: a photographer's studio in the Chelsea section of New York. The music: high-decibel funk. Everybody else in the studio is abuzz — adjusting lights, fussing with props, running back and forth from the kitchen with sushi. Still, Williams and his wife, Marsha, keep coming together in these quick, sweet tableaux. It's strange to see the thirty-nine-year-old actor and comedian with his guard down...
- 8/12/2014
- Rollingstone.com
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