The Review at the End of the Universe
The question of what pets do when their owners aren’t around is finally answered in Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney’s The Secret Life of Pets. Obviously this film isn’t a documentary or anything like that but I thought it’d be a good opening line. This film adopts the Toy Story mould of having something that…
Based on Chris Madnewick’s novel as well as true events, director Oliver Schmitz’ Shepherds and Butchers sets out to explore the emotional issues capital punishment can cause to the people tasked with carrying it out. Set in 1987 South Africa the film follows the court case of a young prison officer named Leon Labuschagne (Garion…
Kevin Pollak’s documentary Misery Loves Comedy has him ask a large number of people associated with comedy what they think makes them funny. Comedy is a difficult beast at the best of times. We all know what we find funny and can rattle off examples of things we consider to be hilarious but the question of…
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb marks the third (and possibly final) installment in this series and serves as one of the final performances for the late legend that is Robin Williams. Mickey Rooney -a relation of mine, true story- makes his final appearance here too. It’s really amazing that they’ve managed to…
