Dec09

Wild — An Escape from Life and Plot

Orgasm-tinged breathing opens the film, as the camera sets our gaze from a mountaintop over an open valley. This devolves to a visceral scene that reminds us the importance of wearing appropriately-sized boots while hiking. Based on Cheryl Strayed’s book, Wild: Lost and Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, the new briefer titled film, Wild, recounts Strayed’s […]

 

 

Feb21

Best Picture Haiku — 2013 Edition

Nebraska Booze-addled father Determined to keep walking Follows many people.   Gravity White-knuckle journey. Catapulted forever Home so far removed.   12 Years a Slave Spotlight cast under The floorboards of history. Our culture of trade.   American Hustle Post-Watergate years Shape American culture, Breed paranoia.   The Wolf of Wall Street Scarface meets Wall Street; Spring […]

 

 

Dallas Buyers Club reminds us of a haunted past that persists in the present.