Friday, April 17 2009
State of Play
In this new universe where facts are mutable and ends are means, so-called ethical triumphs can only be short-term.
Thursday, April 2 2009
The Princess Bride: Blu-Ray
Reiner and Goldman manage to marry timeless storytelling elements with modern comedic sensibilities in such a way that it will never feel corny, old-fashioned, or dated.
Thursday, November 6 2008
Director brings some of his own industry experiences to ‘What Just Happened?’
Monday, October 20 2008
What Just Happened
Less an expose than a recap of what even casual observers of the industry know or intuit, What Just Happened relies on clichés even as it deplores them.
Wednesday, September 10 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008
What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.
Wednesday, August 6 2008
The Princess Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition
This itself modern through that little smidgen of precocious reflexivity, and a healthy does of kitsch.
Monday, March 3 2008
Beowulf (2007)
Crawling with mermaids and monsters, irony, and gore, Beowulf delivers the goods, without betraying its core narrative.
