Anthony Mullins

There is something about Seth Rogen. From his first role in Judd Apatow’s Freaks and Geeks, to his breakout lead in Knocked Up (2007), and across his various writing and directing efforts (Superbad (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), The Interview (2014)), Rogen’s strength has always been his ability to mix puerile farce with sincere emotion in a way that is both undeniably dumb and deceptively ... (read more)

In a scene towards the end of the final episode of this landmark miniseries, adapted from Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2013), the protagonist, Dorrigo Evans, launches a book of illustrations by a dead friend which depicts their time as prisoners of war toiling on the notorious Burma ‘Death’ Railway. In the speech, a rare monologue in this ... (read more)