Ever since 18th century philosopher/ mathematician Rene Descartes first dreamed up the image of the ghost in the machine to explain the relationship of mind to body, the image has held potent sway with popular imagination. The concept itself, where the body ends and the person begins, is a question that many philosophers have addressed,… Read More »
T3: RISE OF THE MACHINES
Like the Energizer Bunny, some franchises refuse to lay down and die when they should. They just keep going and going and going and going until they become unspeakably tedious, which, as you know, is three steps worse than appalling. At least with appalling, there’s emotional engagement, with TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, there’s… Read More »
CATWOMAN
Cheese on the silver screen can be a lot of fun in a kitschy sort of way. CATWOMAN, on the other hand, is cheesy in the cheese that you find in the back of your refrigerator way, the cheese that’s been there a really, really long time. So long, in fact, that it’s developed its… Read More »