Articles by Cal MacLean

A Liar's Autobiography – The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2012

Monty Python are often called the Beatles of comedy, but the two groups have more in common than their tremendous legacies. With the premat...

Hyde Park on Hudson

Roger Michell

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2012

The trailer for Hyde Park on Hudson provides a refreshingly straightforward litmus test for whether audiences should go see the film or not...

Big Easy Express [Blu-Ray]

Emmett Malloy

PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2012

There's a romantic idea of what a life on the road means, especially the one lived by musicians. Something about the rock star life of appe...

The Inbetweeners: The Complete First Season

PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2012

After years of success in its native UK, The Inbetweeners is set to conquer America, starting with an MTV remake this August. And it's abou...

Keyhole [Blu-Ray]

Guy Maddin

PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2012

Keyhole is the story of a gangster returning home. Since said gangster (Jason Patric) is named Ulysses, of course an odyssey of sorts must...

American Reunion

Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg

PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2012

The original American Pie movie ― a raunchy but charming sex comedy ― emerged as the flagship for the late '90s boom in teen-or...

Project X [Blu-Ray]

Nima Nourizadeh

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2012

When word got out in the summer of 2010 that Todd Phillips was involved with a secret film being referred to as Project X, audiences assume...

People Like Us

Alex Kurtzman

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2012

In People Like Us, Chris Pine plays Sam, a fast-talking "facilitator" who oversees bartering between businesses. Sam hustles, hits a financ...