Friday, March 13 2009
Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain holds no surprises (even granting that it's a remake).
Friday, February 23 2007
Amazing Grace (2006)
The movie's thematic insistence on seeing takes shape through slavery, a horrible moral blight even if it's off-screen in the colonies and not in London with our heroes.
Monday, November 28 2005
Rome
If there is a civics lesson to be gleaned from Rome, it is to beware the passions inflamed by a government in the midst of an identity crisis.
Wednesday, September 14 2005
Rome
Lest one fear the consequences of amoral political realism get a watered-down treatment, Rome proves steadfast -- eager, even -- in its refusal to skimp on detail.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Titanic Town (1998)
The most important questions are framed as the contradictions facing the characters, not the rights and wrongs of any cause, thanks in part to the filmmaking team's attention to irony and nuance.
