Monday, December 8 2008
24: Redemption
Redemption manages to locate an emotional center than had been missing from 24 since…well, if not ever, since at least the first season.
Friday, November 21 2008
24: Redemption
In Africa, where children are forced to soldier, Jack realizes, every day is full of terror -- not just the 24-hour spates he's used to confronting.
Thursday, December 22 2005
The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005)
Here the angels are evil, God never makes an appearance, and humans are unreliable and fragile.
Monday, August 23 2004
Candyman: Special Edition (1992)
Kasi Lemmons says, 'The Candyman is born of extreme racism against him.'"
Thursday, January 30 2003
Final Destination 2 (2003)
The casualties are the film's raison d'etre -- the more incredible and creative, the better.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Final Destination (2000)
Everything about Final Destination probably looks demented, if not downright silly. If you've seen the trailers playing for a couple of weeks now on youth-oriented TV, you will have seen the lame plot (a kid keeps his friends off a plane flight doomed to explode), ooky wind and thunder effects, the sweaty-faced and way too pale teens, and most effectively, Tony Todd's ominous rasp, 'You can't cheat death!'"
