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Ben Affleck

Films of the Decade: Action

Friday, January 15, 2010
Top Five Action Films5. RamboA joyous splatter fest where bad guys get eviscerated by an old man on growth hormone. I don’t know what bit I enjoyed the most. The bit where the man got his throat ripped out, the bit where a group of soldiers got splattered at point blank range by a truck-mounted .50 calibre machine gun, or the bit where...

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Armando Ianucci

Films of the Decade: Comedies

Thursday, January 07, 2010
Top Five Comedies5. Burn After ReadingSimilar in tone to The Big Lebowski, Burn After Reading isn’t the equal of that comic masterpiece but it’s still fucking hilarious. Again it’s a Coen Brothers film that focuses on a group of imbeciles. Nearly all the people here are colossal idiots. For instance, the protagonist wants money for cosmetic surgery and then goes along with a...

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