Everything tagged with “Martin Freeman”

1. 

   Hot Fuzz

   18 February, 2007:

   I’ve mentioned before that there are only a few directors who, in my mind, can do no wrong — Aronofsky, Raimi, Singer and Nolan. Having just seen Hot Fuzz, I’m now going to add Edgar Wright to that list. I don’t want to be overly hyperbolic, but I think that the British film industry ought to get down on their knees and thank whatever deity happens to be passing for not just Edgar Wright but for Simon Pegg as well, because their films are not only excellent, but because it means we, as a nation, can finally stand behind ensemble comedy pieces that don’t have the words ‘Carry’ and ‘On’ in the title.

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2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

   30 April, 2005:

   There is a phrase that is often used to describe a point where something is no longer worth watching. That phrase is ‘jumped the shark’, and has its origins in an episode of the tedious sit-com Happy Days. During the screening of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy I realised that there was room for a new phrase with a similar meaning, and that phrase is ‘switched the windscreen wipers on’.

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