100 Greatest TV Episodes: Pilot (s1 ep1)

A new series charting the 100 greatest individual television episodes, as chosen by the Failed Critics. By Dr. Pangloss I had to write this entry early, if only to preclude Continue reading →

Failed Critics Podcast: COP – Arnie

On this week’s podcast we review Zero Dark Thirty, Flight, Hyde Park on Hudson, and The Possession  We also induct the second member of our Corridor of Praise. Let’s hand over Continue reading →

The Queen of Versailles

It’s your birthday. You want to celebrate in the best possible way. So you arrange a party at the top floor of the Gherkin, with Girls Aloud playing a set. Continue reading →

Lincoln

Spielberg and Day-Lewis combine to produce a worthy, in every sense, Oscar-contender. Another week, another film about America’s murky history of slavery. Although Lincoln touches on similar themes to its Continue reading →

100 Greatest TV Episodes: The Cold Open (s1 ep2)

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. The show The West Wing could have been. Aaron Sorkin’s 2006 offering, set behind Continue reading →

A Decade in Film: The Sixties – 1961

A series where Failed Critics contributors look back on a particular decade in the world of cinema, choosing their favourite films from each year of that decade. We return after Continue reading →

Failed Critics Podcast: Django Unchained

The Failed Critics are back, and we’re here to SHUT YOUR BUTT DOWN! This week we review Quentin Tarantino’s latest blood-soaked and highly controversial (no change there) epic, Django Unchained. Continue reading →

Judgement time. Sentence: my favourite movie of 2012

Yes, yes… before I get into the nitty-gritty, it’s not ‘The Best Film of 2012′, certainly at least from a technical standpoint, and it won’t even make a blip on Continue reading →

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

The Sukiyabashi Jiro is not a relaxing place to eat. The Tokyo-restaurant only has ten seats, and you get to eat your meal under the stern, watchful gaze of the Continue reading →

The Sessions

After winning plaudits from critics and audience members alike at last year’s Sundance festival, The Sessions is exactly the kind of likeable crossover hit one would expect to find packing Continue reading →