Tuesday, September 2 2008
Babylon A.D.
The fact that Aurora incarnates some extreme other possibility -- be it "light" or darkness, miraculous birth or genocide -- makes her one more "mother of the future."
Thursday, May 1 2008
The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008
Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.
Wednesday, April 2 2008
Flawless
For all Flawless' interest in the workings of Laura's mind, the caper part of the plot is awfully regular.
Thursday, July 22 2004
Catwoman (2004)
The women on either side of the film's imaginary moral divide are both gorgeous and potent, both capable of cruel violence, and both dedicated to their own desires.
Monday, April 26 2004
Timeline (2003)
For a group of scientists, they are almost shockingly inattentive to details and to historical facts.
Thursday, December 4 2003
Timeline (2003)
Based on Michael Crichton's novel, Richard Donner's movie features a creaky father-son reconciliation story framed by a bizarre collision of Sci-Fi and Medieval Tymes.
Monday, November 10 2003
Matrix Revolutions (2003)
'Why, Mr. Anderson?'asks Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), for what seems the umpteenth time.
Wednesday, May 14 2003
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Morpheus is a stanch warrior and provocative thinker, as well as a black man in a world where the machines' agents tend to be white men in suits.
