Nobu Matsuhisa is one of the world’s most famous chefs. The founder of Nobu, the restaurant instrumental in bringing sushi to the mainstream in the west, he’s now the centre of a colossal empire of restaurants and hotels. He’s also obscured by them. So is this movie, focusing on him and his work and not
Patton ‘The General’ James (Daniel Macpherson) was an MMA legend right before the sport became a global brand. Losing it all after a bar fight led to prison. Patton works on a fishing boat with his best friend Neal (George Burgess) and works t support his wife Luciana (Kelly Gale) and his family. Then Patton’s
Editor’s note: Spoilers. Late Night with the Devil (2023) is rated US R / UK 15 with content warnings for violence and gore. One of my favorite definitions of horror is William Friedkin‘s: ‘True horror is seeing something approach.’ Late Night With The Devil cracks the lens through which we watch that approach. Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian)
The Outfit is Graham Moore’s directorial debut and it does not show at All. Scripted by Moore and Jonathan McClain, The film, all set inside Leonard Burling (Mark Rylance)’s Chicago tailor’s shop is as precise and methodical as Burling. Just as ruthless too. Burling is a polite, gentle man with a sparky assistant and the
The November Blogs: The Outfit
This piece originally appeared as part of my weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you like it, and want a weekly down of pop culture enthusiasm, occasional ketchup recipes and me enjoying things, then check out the archive and sign up here. Doctor Sleep is the kindest horror movie I’ve seen this decade. It’s also the most
Kindness in Darkness: Doctor Sleep
This piece originally appeared as part of my weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you like it, and want a weekly down of pop culture enthusiasm, occasional ketchup recipes and me enjoying things, then check out the archive and sign up here. Liusaidh (pronounced Lucy) is fine. She’s FINE. Her best friend Alistair (Matthew Beard) killed
This piece originally appeared as part of my weekly newsletter, The Full Lid . If you like it, and want a weekly down of pop culture enthusiasm, occasional ketchup recipes and me enjoying things, then check out the archive and sign up here. My favorite Son of Krypton is back in the news. Henry Cavill has made
Atti (Sebastian Croft) has a problem. Drafted to the UK for a crime he absolutely committed (But which was, in fariness, very funny) he’s bested by Orla (Emilia Jones). Orla, it turns out, has her own set of problems. She’s the daughter of Arghus (Nick Frost),a Celtic chieftain who insists on keeping her off the
Horrible Histories: Rotten Romans
Here are three statements which are going to seem contradictory. Ad Astra tries very hard to explore the horrors of toxic masculinity. It succeeds, but does so in a way that will actively annoy many audiences.. You should probably watch it anyway. In the near(ish) future, Major Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) is working on the kilometers tall
That was FUN! He said with a combination of relief and surprise! Here’s the thing, I don’t mind Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom. Fallen Kingdom, whatever the Hell literally every decision made about Toby Jones’ character was aside, is actually a surprisingly good and emotionally resonant time. The commodification of the dinosaurs makes perfect sense, as does the way that
Jurassic World: Battle at Big Rock
