Wednesday, May 19 2010
Between His Madness and Grief and Between Grief and His Grave—Ah, Poor Hamlet!
The Royal Shakespeare Company's Hamlet, starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart, has been hailed as the definitive Hamlet for a new generation.
Thursday, September 25 2008
The Anton Chekhov Collection
A superbly acted, exhaustively complete summary of the great Russian’s dramas that provides real depth of insight into the plays and their possibilities.
Friday, March 23 2007
TMNT (2007)
The CGI allows the Turtles to have facial expressions, though here these mostly range from angsty to angstier.
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, June 14 2005
Star Trek: Insurrection (Special Collector’s Edition) (1998)
Star Trek: Insurrection has been left without a defender of its particulars. I volunteer.
Monday, December 1 2003
X2: X-Men United (2003)
At once all powerful and utterly powerless, this involuntary terrorist is the first mutant you meet in X2.
Tuesday, June 17 2003
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Director Stuart Baird seems to be chasing the glory of Wrath of Khan, but those parallels leave the newer film feeling sort of like a cover band.
Thursday, May 1 2003
X2: X-Men United (2003)
At once all powerful and utterly powerless, this involuntary terrorist is the first mutant you meet in X2.
