The third film in the “Cornetto” trilogy created by friends and collaborators Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg is cheeky fun.
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The original British ‘The Office’ on HBO Max
“You can’t put a price on comedy.” In the original The Office (2001-2003), creator/co-writer/co-director Ricky Gervais stars as David Brent, the insufferably self-satisfied office manager of a paper company branch who fancies himself a born comedian and a natural leader. He’s wrong about both, naturally, but his yes-man team-leader Gareth (Mackenzie Crook), a brown-noser with […]
‘Sherlock: Series 4’ on Netflix
While there has been no official announcement, it sure feels like Sherlock: Series 4 (2016) brings the BBC’s 21st century reworking of Sherlock Holmes, with Benedict Cumberbatch as the world’s greatest consulting detective and Martin Freeman as the loyal Dr. John Watson, to a close. And perhaps it’s about time. The series, developed and created by […]
‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ on HBO Go and HBO Now
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the third and final installment of Peter Jackson’s supersized take on J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy, opens with a spectacular dragon attack on Laketown and tops it with a battle that nearly dwarfs the Middle Earth-shattering war Lord of the Rings trilogy (pun intended). It’s Elf and Man against […]