Dec
07
2009
The Constant Gardener tells a somewhat conventional story about a man who tries to track down the people who murdered his wife and uncovers some dirty secrets about the pharmaceutical industry along the way. What could have easily been a ho-hum kind of movie, in the hands of Fernando Meirelles, the director of City of [...]
Tags: Bill Nighy, Danny Huston, Fernando Meirelles, Gerard McSorley, Hubert Koundé, John Le Carré, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes
Mar
27
2009
It’s hard to take anyone’s word on a comedy. The Flight of the Conchords is comic genius to me (the first season, anyway), but I’ve never been able to turn anyone on to the show. I know plenty of people who laugh at everything Ben Stiller does, but he does nothing for me. And sometimes [...]
Tags: 4 Star Movies, Bill Nighy, Dylan Moran, Edgar Wright, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Penelope Wilton, Simon Pegg