Friday, May 21 2010
Nine Is Not a 9.0, But It Tops ‘Chicago’
Well-choreographed dance numbers abound. Costumes and lighting take center stage. Audiences even get the giddy entertainment of watching movie stars prove themselves as fine to passable singers.
Friday, December 9 2005
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
The fact of Sayuri's stunning blue eyes only underlines the film's refusal to engage with the hardships geishas endure as a matter of course. She is 'special', she is treasured, she is property.
Thursday, December 26 2002
Chicago (2002)
Watching Chicago is rather like watching a shot-for-TV music video by a neophyte director projected without thought or re-cutting straight to a movie screen.
