Thursday, November 12 2009
The Prisoner: ‘Fall Out’
The Prisoner's unapologetic payoff of surrealism and absurdism heads into that artistic realm where meaning is defined more by resonance than by immediately identifiable relevance.
Monday, March 23 2009
McKellen’s ‘King Lear’ comes to the most convenient theater in the world: your living room
Thursday, January 24 2008
Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish List
A lot of good movies are still missing from DVD. Here is a list of 25 that PopMatters feels have been unceremoniously left to simply fade away.
Wednesday, June 6 2007
Kids’ DVDs: June 2007
Given that babies and young children love nothing more than repetition, repetition, and... um.... repetition, I can't understand why even the pointiest of heads would think children between the ages of six months and three years could possible need 23 different Baby Einstein DVDs.
Wednesday, November 8 2006
Flushed Away (2006)
Droll and unfortunately titled, Flushed Away marks a point of no return for British animated films.
Tuesday, September 19 2006
The Thames Shakespeare Collection: MacBeth/King Lear/Romeo & Juliet/Twelfth Night (1976)
For those who never tire of the great playwright, there can never be enough attempts to interpret Shakespeare: every new endeavor is simply another gem in the Bard's jewel-laden crown. The Thames collection is such a gem.
Friday, May 26 2006
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
It's a superhero movie, so all these choices involve massive destruction -- buildings disintegrating, fireballs flying, bodies detonating.
Tuesday, January 17 2006
Asylum (2005)
Surrounded by this sort of oppressive hushing, Stella's largely nonverbal relationship with Edgar resembles a form of attention.
Friday, August 19 2005
Asylum (2005)
The affair leads to disaster, not least because Stella feels compelled to punish Max for his emotional abandonment.
Thursday, December 19 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
It's useful to remember that, offscreen, both good and bad tend to be tricksy.
