Wednesday, August 31 2011
BBC Radio: Tune in for a Grin
The BBC has recognised that its mission statement "to inform, educate and entertain" must, simply must, include radio comedy.
Friday, August 5 2011
‘Millennium People’: The Middle Class Catastrophe
J.G. Ballard’s helter-skelter novel of terrorism and bourgeois revolt is really an elegy for the fantasy of the comfortable and secured life.
Tuesday, June 21 2011
In Praise of Silliness
They say you gotta laugh to keep from crying. A simple dose of pure silliness taken on a regular basis is much needed, these days.
Sunday, May 8 2011
‘Four Lions’ With a Ridiculous Roar
Chris Morris transcends the obstacles of the delicate subject matter of suicide bombers and creates a sharp satire.
Monday, April 25 2011
‘Campus’ Series Premiere
The new series from the makers of Green Wing feels like comedy by the numbers.
Tuesday, February 1 2011
‘Shock Corridor’: The Enemy Within
Sam Fuller’s lurid 1963 potboiler about an egomaniacal journalist going undercover in an asylum strips bare the schizophrenia of postwar America with vicious hyperbole.
Wednesday, July 7 2010
Three Mel Brooks Films Now on Blu-ray—Alas, They’re Not the Best of Brooks
Great casts, inferior scripts and indifferent production values: Blu-Ray versions of three of Mel Brooks' less successful films will appeal primarily to diehard fans and nostalgia buffs.
Sunday, November 1 2009
Only the Super Rich Can Save Us! by Ralph Nader
Neither fiction nor fact, Nader's sprawling novel is another venue for the same political ideas we've heard, not an opportunity for creativity.
