Larry Cohen is a very underrated screenwriter and director. He is described by many as a “B-Movie auteur” and although I agree with the “auteur” part, his films for me are much better than typical B-Movies, both in terms of plot and direction. Cohen’s films are usually unfairly […]
James D’Arcy is a very underexposed and underrated actor. His roles which are usually small or sometimes in unsuccessful films have kept this very talented actor from becoming a household name. It’s a strange situation that just because someone’s films are either commercial failures (Jupiter Ascending), poorly directed […]
Joseph Bishara is a film composer who has scored many contemporary horror movies. Some of these horror films have been low-budget B-movies but regardless of the quality of the picture, Bishara’s score has always been a rose amongst the thorns. In films such as ‘The Vatican Tapes’ and […]
The great thing about Netflix is that now and again you end up watching shows and movies you wouldn’t normally seek out. When you’re bored, you find yourself browsing through the genres and during a period of insomnia you take a punt on an unknown film. It’s especially […]
I first saw Andre Royo in John Singleton’s remake of ‘Shaft’ playing the snitch named “Tattoo”, and even in such a small part I remember thinking he was a decent actor. Although Jeffrey Wright stole the show in that particular movie, Royo has since established himself as a […]
These days if someone criticises mainstream Hip-Hop they get labelled an elitist, but what these people don’t seem to understand is that when someone speaks ill of contemporary rappers, they’re being critical of the individual artists not the sub-genre itself. If someone doesn’t like Chief Keef for example, […]
Before Sacha Baron Cohen and Marc Wootton created their various satirical characters, and way before Vitalii Sediuk accosted celebrities and famously received a restraining order, there was a much wittier and sharper celeb-harasser named Dennis Pennis. Pennis was a character created by Paul Kaye and Anthony Hines; he […]
Paul Dano is one of the best up-and-coming Actors today, in fact he’s arguably one of the best Actors of his generation. That’s not to say that Dano has found huge success, in fact these days being underrated unfortunately goes hand in hand with being the most talented […]
People forget how good an actor Danny Glover really is and because his ageing cop character Roger Murtaugh from the “Lethal Weapon” series is so ingrained in people’s minds, most of them neglect his other more weightier roles. Playing a Police Officer is of course one of Glover’s […]
As a multi-instrumentalist, a writer, a composer, a singer, and a dancer, Prince was the ideal specimen for other musicians to emulate. These days when you hear some over-hyped twat claiming they’re the greatest of all time (Kanye ahem… West) their overrated and under-skilled output pales in comparison. […]
It’s been a long time since someone created credible and original Hip-Hop with meaningful lyrics, so lost is mainstream Rap music that most people these days associate Balmain and Rolls-Royce with Hip-Hop instead of beats and rhymes. This is true no matter where you reside, from the states […]
Mitch Hedberg was a great stand-up comedian and he possessed an unconventional style that can only be described as Steven Wright channelling Snoop Dogg. Despite his onstage persona being the result of stage fright, his look (which consisted of wearing sunglasses and keeping his head down with his […]
Bill Hicks was without a doubt one of the all-time great stand-up comedians, and although this has become a popular opinion to have since his untimely death, I was one of the people who thought the same way during his lifetime. Posthumously, Hicks is now held in high […]
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