Southpaw review — Beaten down by banality, K.O.ed by cliche
Directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by Kurt Sutter A couple weeks ago, preparing for a forthcoming podcast on dark comedies, I rewatched the Coen Brothers' Barton Fink. New York playwright Barton Fink has been hired by a Hollywood studio circa the late 1930s to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Blocked and looking for inspiration,… Read More