Sunday, February 8 2009
Underworld and Underworld: Evolution
Whereas The Matrix relied on hyper-cool outfits and the beauty of stylized action sequences to help tell its weird little story, Underworld relies on them to try to make us forget that we are watching a story this insipid.
Wednesday, March 26 2008
The Perfect Lean, Mean, Macho Machine
The Die Hard series is a true rollercoaster of visual excesses guaranteed to raise the viewer’s adrenaline levels – while invoking intriguing ideological and cultural subtexts that deal with race, gender, masculinity, and social anxieties.
Thursday, January 3 2008
Live Free or Die Hard
Bruce Willis' career may not have mandated a fourth trip into Die Hard territory. Who knew that action fans needed it so badly?
Tuesday, July 3 2007
Die Hard Neocon
In yet another Die Hard film this summer, Bruce Willis will reprise his role as John McClane. But can the public stomach the implicit politics that animate him?
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Bruce Willis as John McClane is back, recalling all the retro rightness and righteousness he first incarnated in 1988.
Thursday, June 14 2007
Mr. Cool: Bruce Willis returning to ‘Die Hard’ after 12 years
"Fifty percent of the time I'm right, but 50 percent of the time I'm just as wrong," he says in response to a question about his knack for choosing projects like "Die Hard" (1988) and "The Sixth Sense" (1999).
Friday, January 20 2006
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Race here is not an inherent or stable identity, but mutable and mutating.
Monday, May 24 2004
Underworld: Extended Cut (2003)
Such contrasts make Underworld an especially good-looking vampire-werewolf-action film, even if it is over-the-top.
