CineRik

This documentary doesn’t really document anything, except the fashion industry’s drive to squeeze profit out of Hollywood.  Read how I stitch them up here.

The funniest thing I’ve seen this year.  As politically incorrect as In Bruges, this machine-gun paced TV series about a Hollywood analyst is a riot.  Get my complete diagnosis here.

This spin off from the Batman Beyond cartoon melds simple stories with surprisingly adult concepts and questions.  Lower quality animation doesn’t detract from its charm.  Full review here.

The Bundy’s are back for their tenth season.  Lacking some of the cutting satire from the earlier seasons, the jokes still come flying fast and furious.  Sit back on your couch, tuck one hand into your waistband and read the full review here.

A 60s series from the same stable that delivered The Saint, The Baron is the tale of a pre-Lovejoy antique dealer who dabbles in international espionage, solving murders and rescuing damsels in distress.  A little camp now, but fun nevertheless.  Find my vintage review here.

Visually close to the source material, but so shallow in comparison to Moore and Gibbon’s magnum opus. Read, before you watch, Watchmen.   To find out why, click here.

Embarassingly my first encounter with Luchino Visconti’s work, this is his final film.  Stylistically a mile from his neo-realistic roots, but still wonderful to behold.  More fawning over the work here.

A horror thriller without the courage to stick to its guns.  An atmospheric opening is let down by a confusing plot and some less than stellar acting.  Crack open the full review here.

Revenge needs a make-over, if this is the best it can do.  Keeping the audience in the dark as to the protagonists motivations while showing those of selected bad guys might be original, but it definitely is confusing.  The film gets a knife between the shoulder blades here.

Overly theatrical performances don’t detract too much from this made for TV version of Hugo’s novel.  An all star cast and pretty high production values, but a little too stagey.  Full review here.