Emilia Perez - 2024 - Jaques Audiard Emilia Perez Podcast Review IMDb: 5.9 - Decinemal Rating 7.0 Summary (created using Gemini AI) Amelia Perez: A Controversial Film Review A review of the film Amelia Perez, directed by Jacques Audiard The film, in Spanish with music, is nominated for 13 Oscars. The reviewer notes both positive … Continue reading Emilia Perez
All of Us Strangers - 2023 All of Us Strangers Podcast Review IMdB: 7.7 - Decinemal Rating 74 Summary (created using Gemini AI) Review of the movie 'All of Us Strangers' A genre-bending film. Starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy, it encompasses drama, humor, romance, and elements of fantasy and magical … Continue reading All of Us Strangers
This is not a happy dream. It is also not, strictly speaking, a biopic. It is a fiction (an imagined nightmare) based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates. It was nominated for the Pulizer prize in 2001, and at over 700 pages long, discusses in depth the themes of conspiracy, misogyny, professional abuse and … Continue reading Blonde
Hello Wasteland readers, it has been 8 months since my last confession, how time flies when you have gone back to work after a couple of lockdowns. I have been quietly keeping a list of cultural experiences I wanted to talk to you about, but just haven't been able to find the time, motivation or … Continue reading Portrait of a Lady on Fire
There was some genuine surprise when I saw this had been made as an Amazon Original. I thought the character of Borat was old news, there certainly couldn't be anyone left, in America or otherwise, that wasn't wise to the joke by now, and aware of Sasha Baron Cohen's desire to satirise the hell out … Continue reading Borat: Subsequent MovieFilm
You will find my review of seasons one and two of the Netflix show The Umbrella Academy in The Wasteland archives. And there you will see that I bloody loved it! To date, I have watched every episode properly twice and my favourite episodes 3 or 4 times. It was really only a matter of … Continue reading The Umbrella Academy: Darkhorse Comics
As the owner of an Amazon Fire stick for a few years now, I would say it is my main & best source of watching films and TV. I have always found there is a mine of quality in the back catalogue of Amazon Prime that doesn't exist on Netflix, or others, for a very … Continue reading 12 of the Best… Vintage BFI Movies
Such is the competition for our attention on the major streaming services, and such is the daunting depth of choice, that sometimes something of real quality can slip through the net for a while. I like to think that eventually, everything gets the audience it deserves, because eventually enough people that appreciated it will find … Continue reading Tales From the Loop
Look what I found! http://kbswasteland.blogspot.com http://kirkswasteland.blogspot.com These are the archives of The Wasteland when it first began - there are literally hundreds of posts to go back and read if so inclined. If nothing else it gives a fascinating glance at the state of pop culture in those days. Hats off to Blogger that they … Continue reading The Old Wastelands
I am proud to announce my first venture in proof-reading, editing and pubication services is up and running on Amazon! Available as a digital download right now, and as a paperback very, very soon! Congratulations to Ian Lewis and Richard Bamsey, whose fantastic narrative of the Port Talbot Banksy is a cracking read. And many … Continue reading Wasteland Publications #1
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