Monday, September 19 2011
All the Better for All the Fassbending Going on: ‘X-Men: First Class’
With so many characters shoved in, it's no surprise that only a select few have any emotional lift. That said, the ones that do -- especially the ones played by Michael Fassbender -- prove to be powerfully intriguing.
Friday, March 20 2009
Hunger
The focus of Hunger is emphatically the death of Bobby Sands, specifically, what happens to his body, viewed from a tragic outside and, to an imaginative extent, a determined inside.
Monday, August 13 2007
Three Hundred
300's penchant for drama and exaggeration is proof that a far-reaching vision and hyperbole can come together to tell a much better story than one based purely on historical facts.
Thursday, June 14 2007
Spartan Spectators
The earnestness of 300 assaults reality so effectively that it ends up destroying myth.
Monday, June 4 2007
Hex - The Complete First Season
Hex is more than just raging hormones and gothic clichés.
300 (2007) (Reviews) [9.Mar.07]
The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Preview (Features) [2.Mar.07]
