After a press screening, the film’s local publicist will ask for a reaction. After seeing THE CHOICE, and not wanting to dwell on the film’s myriad faults, I chose to respond by saying that I liked the pelicans. Majestic, improbable creatures that look like something from the Upper Triassic, in one of the film’s many… Read More »
IN THE HEART OF THE SEA
No one knows why a whale of unusual coloration destroyed the whaling ship Essex in 1820. Certainly, nothing of the sort had been reported before, though whaling ships had been aggressively hunting the largest animal to ever live on earth ever since the discovery that whale oil could be used to light lamps and heat… Read More »
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER
If you are going to re-imagine the 16th president of the United States as a vampire hunter, go big or go home. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER has chosen the former. If the book on which the film is based took a more literary stance, echoing the idioms of scholarly inquiry and historical documentation, the film… Read More »