Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a short (75 min) documentary about the only Sushi chef to ever win 3 Michelin stars for his restaurant. It tells something of his life story, part of his family life and background, but is mostly about the pursuit of perfection in the craft to which you devote your life. Having …
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apple tv: idiocracy
Idiocracy is one of those movies like Three Kings where it defies belief that someone funded the production of the story. An average person from today is put into suspended animation, and awakes, hundreds of years later, to a society where he is now the smartest person in the world. Its crass (in a frat-boy …
dvd: The Lost Thing
DVD: The Lost Thing Spotted this at ACMI – voiced by Tim Minchin and based on a book of the same name by Shaun Tan, this is a playful 15 minute animation about fitting in, growing up, and constant distraction. Enjoyable, and suitable for all ages. Website: http://www.thelostthing.com/
dvd: the artist
DVD: The Artist Watch this 2010 silent, black and white film about the end of silent film and you’ll see why it won Best Picture for 2010. While telling a classic Hollywood love story, it celebrates what made silent cinema so effective, juxtaposed against the relentless desire for the latest kind of technology. Great performance …
DVD: We need to talk about Kevin
DVD: We Need to Talk About Kevin I’d read the book back when Kel was pregnant with Huff and found it a pretty tough read, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the movie version. It took me a long while to make the time to watch it (in fact, I did it in …
iview: Enron: the smartest guys in the room
Enron: The smartest guys in the room has been on my to-watch list for a long time, so when I saw it on ABC iview I thought it was worth trying to find the time to have a look. It’s another picture of what it means to be human: the greed, the desire to avoid being …
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apple tv: the trip
The Trip is an unusual concept for a film: two British comedians, playing fictionalised versions of themselves, go on a road trip together to visit some fancy British restaurants in the North of England. The original plan was that Steve Coogan would have taken his girlfriend, and so there’s much discomfort to be had in watching …
apple tv: Brewster’s Millions
Brewster’s Millions (1985) It’s a risk watching a movie that you only remember from childhood. Will it have aged well, or will you be left wishing you’d left it a memory. Happily, the premise underlying this film (Richard Pryor has 30 days to spend $30 million and have no assets left, so he can inherit $300 …
DVD: The Invention of Lying
The Invention of Lying is a Ricky Gervais film (starring, co-written, co-directed). It’s a thought experiment – what would our world be like if everyone told the truth all the time? And such a world is a funny one, as we’d expect (I loved the coke commercial early in the film). Gervais plays the central character …
DVD: Safe House
Safe House Denzel Washington is as watchable as ever, but this is one of those films where everything has been phoned in, and it’s hard to care about any of the characters. Best to go for Training Day instead.