Tag Archives: Matthew Broderick

The Character Study: Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret (2011)

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Ross Birks

At one point in Margaret, a character screams in another character’s face: “We are not supporting characters in the fascinating story of your life!” In a film so densely populated, not just with characters, but with ideas, themes, tones and … Continue reading →

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WarGames (1983)

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Ross Birks

A fun 80s cyber-thriller (the first of it’s kind?) that may have lost some of it’s modernity when watching in hindsight. I bet audiences were overwhelmed with all this tech on screen in 1983 and it felt like it was … Continue reading →

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Looking Ahead: The Cable Guy (1996)

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Ross Birks

The Cable Guy is an incredibly prescient comedy for 1996 that not only predicts The Internet Age but also the rise of the bromance and cruel comedies. Much was said at the time about Carrey’s mammoth paycheck but the fact … Continue reading →

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