Tuesday, March 22 2011
SXSW Film Festival Day 6: Mel Gibson and ‘The Beaver’
The Beaver's world premiere at SXSW leaves an audience wondering if they enjoyed it or not.
Monday, March 21 2011
When Did Trying to Be Good Start Feeling So Bad?
Now don’t get me wrong—of course I believe in saving the planet (at least until scientists determine if there are other inhabitable planets with better mobile phone service), but there's gotta be a limit.
Friday, July 30 2010
A Shark May Not Teach You Lessons About Goodness Like Santa Clause Does, But It Might Eat Your Head
Christmas in July is a superficial, commercial non-event, so why not celebrate a new Shark Week holiday, a holy season you can really sink your teeth into?
Tuesday, May 25 2010
Mel is Back and Still Wants Vengeance
Can Mel Gibson's return in The Edge of Darkness trump Taken? It shouldn't have to try.
Wednesday, January 10 2007
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
In Chris Paine’s witty and very partisan documentary, we are presented with the sad but familiar tale of corporate greed and corruption shaping our daily lives -- shaping it without our support, but with our apathy.
Friday, December 8 2006
Apocalypto (2006)
Looking like a precursor to Mad Max, Jaguar Paw has to manage his chase plot on his feet -- no turbo engines or gasoline.
Monday, August 30 2004
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
The sympathetic viewers are hard to watch, as Mary and Mary Magdalene repeatedly collapse against one another, trembling.
Thursday, February 26 2004
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
This problem of truth -- how it might be defined, known, or told -- underlies most all of Mel Gibson's film.
