The only bad thing about the release (finally) of the television series MIRACLES on DVD is that it becomes all the more apparent how criminally short-sighted ABC was giving such a raw deal to this enigmatic and challenging series during its all too brief run on that network. Seeing the seven episodes that were never… Read More »
DARKWING DUCK — THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON
He is the terror that flaps in the night. Gamely wading through sibilant-heavy consonance, a bevy of femmes fatale, and a crime-fighting style that depends more on dumb luck than critical thinking skills, Darkwing Duck wages an iffy battle against crime in St. Canard. With his looming sidekick, Launchpad, a precocious daughter, and trademark swirling… Read More »
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES is that perfect nexus of childlike wonder and the terrors of the id. In other words, the perfect fairy tale that is about much more than the magical creatures, some of whom are cute, some of whom are anything but, and some of whom can be both, though rarely at the same… Read More »
COHERENCE
Theoretical physics made manifest along with the far less predictable, not to mention more volatile, laws of attraction coalesce in COHERENCE, one of the best science fiction films of the year. It is a ghost story without ectoplasm, and a horror film in which the monsters are people unaware that their dark side is dominant.… Read More »
AUTOMATA
AUTOMATA is a smooth jazz riff of a film noir that covers familiar territory with an intriguing twist, and a novel brand of hopeful melancholy. Its a melancholy time, here in the near future as the sun slowly kills off what is left of humankind. Its a time of huddled masses doubling-down in cities that… Read More »
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