It's my birthday week, so I decided to go see a guilty pleasure movie (I'd missed the press screening while I was in France), namely
Jackass: Best and Last. It was as ridiculous as expected, not quite as funny as the joke has been stretched to the breaking point. But these guys evoke an intriguing stream of nostalgia that's engaging. Then the week's best surprise was the Canadian comedy
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, an absurd time-travel adventure that's riotously funny and also hugely likeable thanks to actor-filmmakers Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol.
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BEST OUT THIS WEEK:
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
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Rather a lot darker,
My Father's Island is a gorgeously shot drama set in a remote corner of Norway starring the excellent Swann Arlaud and Woody Norman. Nathan Grubbs stars in and directs the involving drama
Cowboy, worth a look even when it goes a bit off the rails. And Amanda Richards stars in and directs the likeable and deliberately rude musical romp
Whiskey Dixie and the Big Wet Country. I also saw Hideki Noda's
−320°F at Sadler's Wells.
Coming up this next week, I'll be watching the live-action remake of
Moana, the reboot
Evil Dead Rise, Willem Dafoe in
Late Fame, Sean Bean in
The Isolate Thief and the doc
Shoot the People. There's also a live performance of
Richard III at the Cockpit.
