“Inception” – an existential heist
Make no mistake, “Inception” is superior summer entertainment. Nolan’s existential heist movie deals with, “intense sadness, separation and loss,” all the elements, according to Professor...
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The Karate Kid and his rip-offs: a showdown
You may have heard about Hollywood’s latest rabbit punch to our collective forehead, namely the remake of The Karate Kid. I certainly have, and I’ve seen any number of by lines exclaiming that...
“Predators”: a waste of a perfectly good Adrien Brody
We’re falling. Falling, spinning, hurtling through the air, plummeting to certain death. The Flay-like mercenary, Royce claws at his parachute, desperately trying to punch it open before he...
Words and pictures: Remembering Harvey Pekar
It’s sad, but fitting, that I hear the news through Warren Ellis. His six words fire across my twitter feed like gunshot, instantly stopping every writer, illustrator, reader and thinker I know in...
Letters to the crowd that pre-ordered “Twilight” tickets
I was going to the gym the other day, and found that my local mall had been positively overrun by hundreds of questionable individuals. They were formed into a rough line that started at the move...
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s imperfect young love
A Fandango email popped up in my inbox today. I’d used the service Saturday afternoon to purchase a ticket for Eclipse, the third film in The Twilight Saga. It asked, “How did you like ?”...
Mel Gibson: Unsurprising but still shocking
First he came for the Holocaust survivors, and I did not speak because I was not a Holocaust survivor. Then he came for the Jews, and I did not speak because I was not a Jew. Then he came for...
“Repo”: a wild night at the genetic opera
In the back of the arthouse movie theatre, the performers unloaded their props and gathered their costumes. They weren't aware that the line in front of the single-screen this Saturday night...
“The Empire Strikes Back” – 30 years on
Like an old soldier reluctant to talk share war stories, I’ve always been somewhat reticent to disclose my service to the “Star Wars” saga over the last thirty odd years. Not that I’m...
2010 New York Asian Film Festival: melodrama perfected
With its lavish, sumptuous production design and attention-grabbing camerawork “Bodyguards and Assassins,” which makes its New York debut at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival is...