You think countries run the fucking world? Go back to fucking Sunday school. It's 'God save our multinational' they're singing these days.

This isn't going to be about the movie. I just finished reading the book a few days ago and decided to rewatch the movie. When I first saw this, a couple of years after its release, I hadn't even heard the name John le Carré. I saw it as a fan of Fiennes and Weisz and because I…

Coens Retro - Ethan only

Among their solo efforts, I much prefer this loosey-goosey romp with transitions like a porn parody from Ethan as compared to the strict and bare formalism of Joel's The Tragedy of Macbeth.

It helps that the cast is filled with some grand names, in small and big parts, all willing to make goofs out of themselves for Coen (much like Clooney did for the brothers back in the day), chiefly an incredibly randy Margaret Qualley…

Dane DeHaan. This kid has a bright future, if he keeps making good choices. I didn't think anything could make me want to see The Amazing Spider Man 2, but now I am looking forward to it due to DeHaan's presence.

Anywho, he is not the only star of the movie. A rendition of the origins of Beat Era, this has a who's who of literary names: Allen Ginsberg (who takes the centre stage here with a tremendous performance from…

I can't believe how bad this is. I am stupefied, petrified, mortified by how much it treats its audience like an idiot. It's schmaltz smeared across every inch of the screen. It's so saccharine and treacly, I got a toothache.

I read the book back when it came out. It was hard to avoid it. It was an instant success, winning the Pulitzer eventually. I really enjoying it. A worthy addition in a very saturated and storied genre: historical…