Friday, October 17 2008
Crusoe: Series Premiere
NBC's Crusoe will not have any black man calling a white man "Master."
Friday, January 19 2007
The Hitcher (2007)
Grace gathers herself into a vengeful and even self-aware fury, as her boyfriend watches in some awe, wondering more than once what she's doing.
Monday, August 21 2006
Silent Hill (2006)
"It was Christophe's vision that Rose is very much a normal person in this un-normal world," says Radha Mitchell.
Friday, April 21 2006
Silent Hill (2006)
Long on atmosphere, Silent Hill is way short on cunning or beguiling. It's also short on sense.
Friday, January 27 2006
Flightplan (2005)
The contrast between Kyle's multiple layers of loss and the flurry of life that goes on without her is briefly compelling.
Saturday, October 22 2005
North Country (2005)
As the film more or less locks you into Josey's perspective, it appears that even the bleak environment denotes her perpetual exhaustion.
Friday, September 23 2005
Flightplan (2005)
Jodie Foster's face is the most frequently used and most powerful effect in Flightplan.
Thursday, July 21 2005
The Island (2005)
Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson run around in an efficiently digitized near-future scary-scape, occasionally propelled by ethical questions about cloning.
Friday, November 19 2004
National Treasure (2004)
Popular propaganda at its best -- high quality creative work allied to a resounding endorsement of a status quo the American electorate seems determined to maintain.
