Fabienne Dangeville, the septuagenarian film star played by Catherine Deneuve in The Truth (La Vérité), is an imposing, self-centered diva cut from the same cloth as Bette Davis’s Margo Channing in All About … Read More
Movie Review: “The Booksellers” is a charming doc about print culture
The battle between physical and digital media rages on in The Booksellers. In general, I think we here at Pop Culture Beast are big fans of real objects: discs, action … Read More
Film Review: The Perfect Candidate
The Perfect Candidate The Perfect Candidate opens up with our lead driving a car, a scene only significant because this is the story of a female doctor, and she lives … Read More
The Invisible Man and the Horrors of Abuse
Invisible Man Warning: This is not spoiler-free and deals with the subjects of abuse and suicide. As a long-time fan of Leigh Whannell’s work, I have been eagerly awaiting … Read More
Review: Little Women
Little Women I suppose I must start this review with the not very shocking admission that I loved the novel, Little Women. Well, of course I did, I am an … Read More
Movie Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One As most of you Beastlings know, the latest chapter in the Star Wars saga, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opens tonight, 16 December. And while Rogue one … Read More
Blu-Ray Review – “Overlord”
Review: Overlord For me the most overlooked motion picture from last year was Overlord. This film just might be the only action, sci-fi, horror, period piece mash-up that works on … Read More
Movie Review: Ford vs Ferrari
Review: Ford v Ferrari That need for speed, it started long before Top Gun. Kids have raced their bikes for pocket money bets, hot rodders have wagered their vehicles on … Read More
Movie Review: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” burns with repressed passion
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (not quite a literal translation of the French title, Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, but I’ll let it slide) is the kind of film … Read More
Movie Review: “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project” profiles a VHS idealist
Technology merges with political idealism into a mad obsession in the new documentary, Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project. Driven by the desire to capture and catalogue the way that the … Read More
Movie Review: “Joker”
The much anticipated stand alone “Joker” movie has arrived and it’s an immediate example of “The Emperor Has No Clown Shoes!” Director and co-writer Todd Phillips casts aside his usual … Read More
Movie Review: Dark comedy “Parasite” is the year’s best so far
The title of Bong Joon-Ho’s latest, Parasite, might lead viewers to suspect they are in for another wildly imaginative creature feature from the director of Okja and The Host. And sure, Bong’s tragicomedy features … Read More
Movie Review – “Rambo: Last Blood”
Sylvester Stallone brings his second most popular film character out of retirement for “Rambo: Last Blood.” It’s been 11 years since the last time John Rambo hit the big screen … Read More
Movie review: “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice” gives the singer some of her due
Do you remember Linda Ronstadt? I’ve always had a fondness for her as a singer, thanks to some 7″ singles that my parents had of her head-bopping folk-rock renditions of … Read More