The first four letters of this film say it all, one of the most besotted, piss-tank movies of all time (Barfly is perhaps only matched by Withnail and I when it comes to drunken debauchery). Henry Chinaski (Mickey Rourke) is the regal title drunk, a wastrel and would-be novelist who needs “fuel” to take outContinue reading “Barfly”
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You (TV Series)
[If you’re interested in a full discussion of the Netflix series, You, check out the You episode of the Really Awful Movies Podcast!] It’s tough to make a show about writers. We’re generally dull people, but besides that, externalizing an internal process…that’s fraught with issues, meaning lots of cheesy voice-overs of bad writing. There’s aContinue reading “You (TV Series)”