THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS is a massive sprawling explosion of a film, rife with hyperbolic visuals, and a story that dares to consider the contradictions of good and evil as played out in the hearts and minds of every human being on the planet. Co-writer and director Terry Gilliam, through the mouth of one… Read More »
NINE
NINE, the film adaptation of the musical adaptation of Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 is an interesting film for many reasons. The most striking is the one that sinks the venture, and that would be discovering that Daniel Day Lewis, an actor of considerable power, has his limits. Astounding with only his left foot to work… Read More »
THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE
At the very start of THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE, Anna Wintour, Editor-in Chief of Vogue, and arbiter of what is and what is not fashion in an industry worth serious millions of dollars annually, opines that people who sneer at fashion are actually afraid of it. Beneath her immaculately sculpted and highlighted bob, perfectly applied make-up,… Read More »
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123
There are a few flaws in Tony Scott’s reworking of THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123, but the giddy exuberance of this character-driven thriller gets the audience over the rough spots with few regrets. The story has added cell phones and the internet to the mix without tarting up the proceedings with gratuitous special effects. It’s basically… Read More »
MOON
Duncan Jones’ debut feature, MOON, is a sharp and intelligent consideration of reality itself. An engrossing tale set in the near future on the dark side of our planet’s satellite, it probes the equally dark side of the human condition and in the process does what the best science fiction ought to do, which is… Read More »
LOVELY BONES, THE
THE LOVELY BONES, based on the novel of the same name by Alice Sebold, is a somber tale told with vivid imagination about coping with death from both sides of the eternal divide. It’s very much a film of mood where emotions run deep and devastating, and those emotions are the most potent special effect… Read More »
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Spaghetti has never been more terrifying, Gummi bears more menacing, nor the pleasures and perils of exploring the frontiers of science more vivid than in CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS. Based on the novel of the same name by Judi and Ron Barret, and brought to glorious animated life, its got clever dialogue and… Read More »
MOTHER (MADEO)
After setting a monster loose on Seoul, director Bong Joon-ho has come up with something even more ferocious for his next film, MOTHER, a tale that explores the ferocity of the maternal instinct. Funny, tragic, disquieting, and absurd, it’s also nothing less than terrifying on a primal level. The film begins with the title character… Read More »
EARTH DAYS
Its not like the environmental crisis snuck up on us, a point made in the opening montage of Robert Stones documentary, EARTH DAYS. Starting with John F. Kennedy, ending with George W. Bush, and with every president in between, the looming consequences of living out of harmony with nature are expounded forcefully and with dire,… Read More »
YEAR ONE
YEAR ONE is a lazy excrescence of a film. Crude, sloppy, flat, and singularly uninspired, its only redeeming virtue is proving that Michael Cera is capable of rising above even this abominable material. He does this by being in a film that is entirely separate from the one taking place around him, a smart move.… Read More »
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