Thursday, August 4 2011
The Story of a Woman on the Morning of a War
Shrapnel: Aristeia Rising is a rich and complex work teasing out the personal price paid by soldiers set on the stage of grand ideological battles for liberty and against the backdrop of deep drama of military tactics. There couldn't be a better choice than Hilary Swank for the just-announced upcoming movie.
Friday, June 3 2011
Days Till Retirement: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep #23
There's a cognitive dissonance between Parker's adaptation of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and Ridley Scott's BladeRunner, because Parker's adaptation is a direct adaptation of each word in Dick's original text.
Monday, March 21 2011
SXSW Film Festival Day 5: ‘Life in a Day’ / ‘My Sucky Teen Romance’
A teen movie about vampires, shot by teens, making fun of teen vampire movies -- I prepared myself for the worst.
Friday, October 10 2008
Body of Lies
Body of Lies grants Ferris the usual moral rightness -- even as he's committing questionable acts, he means well.
Sunday, December 2 2007
The Stories Industrial Designs Tell
The Dyson Airblade is launched in Sydney and the wild new world 21st century design writers must come to grips with.
Friday, November 2 2007
American Gangster
As much as American Gangster loves Frank's intelligence and charisma, it must also condemn his criminality.
Friday, November 10 2006
A Good Year (2006)
As lovely as she may be, Fanny has her work cut out for her in A Good Year.
Friday, September 23 2005
Gladiator: Extended Edition (2000)
It's a bad sign for your making-of doc when the most interesting folks to listen to are the studio weasels.
