IMMORTALS does not limit itself to the traditional myth of the hero Theseus and his tussle with the minotaur in a labyrinth. Rather, elements of that myth of interwoven with several others in a concoction that provides the pleasure of identifying the disparate tales in a setting that is a delicious Grand Guignol of elegantly… Read More »
ALONE IN THE DARK
All you really need to know about ALONE IN THE DARK is that its based on a computer game and that the people who brought it to the screen aimed very low when it came to fleshing out the premise into a storyline. So low, in fact, that only the most die-hard fans of the… Read More »
SHADOWBOXER — DVD
SHADOWBOXER is that most wonderful of films, the kind that works on every level, but can’t be easily pigeonholed. If the usual pitch session is one line to sum up a script, the pitch for this would have to run to several pages and even then wouldn’t capture what is best about it. Director Lee Daniels… Read More »