When a film is released without a press screening, it never bodes well. Thus, one cannot approach THE BLACK WATERS OF ECHO’S POND with anything but resignation. Yet even for a flick in which the distributor has no faith, the product is abysmal. As a generic slasher film, it is surprisingly coy about its gore… Read More »
THE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
THE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA is an exquisite children’s film marketed at older kids, and thereby in danger of losing the adult demographic, an audience that would love it as much, if not more, than those kids. Though it directly addresses the darker side of being a kid, bullies, parents who aren’t perfect, it also speaks… Read More »
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA — DVD
THE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA is easily one of the most beautiful films of this year. A paean to the transcendent power of imagination, it is a story about children coming to terms with not fitting in with their peers as well as the shortcomings of the adults in their lives, but it is anything but… Read More »