Marky J brings out the animal(s) in Daniel James’s raw and gospel-tinged new single “ain’t no money”. We watch our corrupt cooperate company-straddling villain being followed and threatened by a herd of bizarre, weird and wonderful taxidermy animals as he stumbles and trips through the streets of East London. Shot with real cinematic ambition there is almost a voodoo undercurrent that unsettles this film leading our man to his inevitable conclusion.
Love, jealousy, guns and ultimately distaster in nearly every film genre, be it Mika of Arabia, the Wild Wild West, a James Bond caper, or even gumshoe noir.
Director Ellis Bahl plays with perspective, time and other illusions as he abstractly illustrates a relationship at a fragile moment and shows that sometimes you're so close to something that you can't make out what's truly there.
Revenge is best served "stone cold" — sorry for the pun — in this conceptual piece, starring Mika and new bestie Ariana Grande, where and director Chris Marrs Piliero takes familiar themes about outcasts in high school and gives them a twist. Especially in the last twenty seconds.
Side note: Start counting now how many kids will want a talking Mini Cooper when they get older.
Focus Creeps go for a gritty '80s vibe, complete with video artifacts, statics and ghosting as Willy Moon and his girl make do on the other side of L.A.