Characteristically Pixar, Wall E lures us in with endearing characters, but traps us in a web of irony and self-reflection.
With convincing performances, pithy punchlines, a clever script and themes that remain relevant today, Frank Capra’s 1934 classic never feels dated.
After years spent scuffling through rom-com cliches and formulaic action films, The Town star continues to revitalize his career.
Keira Knightley’s performance saves David Cronenberg’s otherwise sloppy and disjointed take on Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis.
Prepping for the upcoming release of The Master, a film on Scientology by Hollywood’s current master director.
Exploring the difficulties of maintaining separation between one’s humanity and individual pursuit of greatness.
Bobby Liebling, the prodigal vocalist of the seminal metal band Pentagram, is a dichotomy, evoking the rock star persona of difficultness and stubbornness as well as the desire to be wanted and loved. Both of these personalities share one quality: the need to take each to the extreme. Pentagram has been around for thirty years, yet, in […]
Kind of a slow weekend coming up, unless you’re going through Tom Hardy withdrawal and The Dark Knight Rises is no longer playing in your area. If you’re sick of all-things Dark Knight, you could check out a few thrillers: one based on exorcism, the other on a strange urban legend. The Possession: I know that our […]
In a three week span, the San Francisco Giants’ Melky Cabrera, the Oakland Athletics’ Bartolo Colon, and Lance Armstrong have all been busted for using performance-enhancing drugs (PED). Cabrera and Colon, while guilty, illustrate the desire for relevance and the fear of physical decline, respectively. Cabrera had played for four teams: Yankees, Royals, Braves, and Giants. On […]
This week is a litmus test for whether we believe Joseph Gordon Levitt can be a Nightwing- / Robin-type superhero. It’s also time for another horror movie that promises to be better than those released in January, but probably no better than any Idle Hands, Ring 3 endeavor. If you’re hoping for the possibility of critical satire, check […]