by Dave Bradley | Jan 15, 2018 | Book, Books, Reviews
Noah Isenberg (Faber) 2017, 334pp, RRP $49.99 As the years roll by so many movies fade into obscurity, and yet somehow Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca (1942) remains untouchably beloved, and Isenberg here attempts, at great, often delicious length, to find out why. Using...
by Dave Bradley | Sep 29, 2017 | DVDs, Film, Reviews
Defiant Screen Entertainment, M, 104 mins Bryan Cranston’s many starring roles since the end of TV’s Breaking Bad have included the serious (Get A Job, Trumbo) and not so serious (Why Him?, Power Rangers), but his performance here is easily one of his best, given that...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 12, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Jesse Eisenberg (Atlantic Books) 2015, 273pp, RRP $29.99 Eisenberg, star of Zombieland, The Social Network, Now You See Me and more, has also written regularly for the New Yorker, and this collection of his dark, neurotically funny pieces are a variable bunch that...