Wednesday, May 13 2009
Passengers
As much effort as apparently went into it, the film nonetheless feels like a pit stop for everyone involved.
Friday, March 27 2009
Part 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)
On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair.
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.
Thursday, February 24 2005
The Grudge: Special Edition (2004)
Precisely composed frames of urban and ancient architecture give way to Karen's face, deftly shadowed and shot from low angles, as Karen struggles to decipher the symbols that set her course.
Monday, February 14 2005
Carnivàle
His quest has made Ben the most tortured man on TV. He's been beaten, buried alive, drugged, paralyzed, and forced to commit murder.
Friday, October 22 2004
The Grudge (2004)
Karen's quintessential 'American' identity -- blond, do-gooding, intrepid -- makes her sense of dislocation especially acute.
Thursday, May 13 2004
A Slipping-Down Life (2004)
You're left wondering just what Evie sees in Drum, except that abstract backwardsness that she's inscribed in herself.
Thursday, December 11 2003
21 Grams (2003)
In 21 Grams, the fragmentation is pronounced, chaotic to the point of mathematical precision.
Tuesday, September 9 2003
Identity (2003)
As James Mangold neatly puts it, these characters are running along 'a kind of Möbius strip of hell.'"
Thursday, April 24 2003
Identity (2003)
Amanda Peet, not incidentally, throws some fine, even sublime, attitude.
