Friday, October 10 2008
Body of Lies
Body of Lies grants Ferris the usual moral rightness -- even as he's committing questionable acts, he means well.
Wednesday, September 10 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008
What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.
Friday, September 28 2007
The Kingdom
Boasting charismatic stars and a topical focus on terrorism, the film adds one more cagey detail -- a hint of moral challenge to its own thrills-and-chills violence.
Monday, March 20 2006
Paradise Now (2005)
How might efforts to fathom suicide bombers' motives make them too much like their potential victims -- that is, everyone else -- and thus unmake the difference that defines everyone else?"
Friday, November 4 2005
Paradise Now (2005)
At the start of the powerful Paradise Now, the bombers are quiet, even stunned at the news that their mission is set for tomorrow.
