"Smoking or non-smoking?” Is throwaway line by Hudson in “Aliens,” and one that is redundant in today’s homogenized society. Back in 1986, the future still reeked of fag butts and cancer. The...
The 00s were a decade fraught with fear. They began with the millennium bug and ended with the growing debacle in Afghanistan. Like a downbeat Hollywood franchise played out over countless movies,...
"Precious," based on the novel Push by Sapphire, tells the tale of Claireece "Precious" Jones, an illiterate, dark skinned, fat, Black teenager who is a survivor of physical, emotional and sexual...
Despite the advances of modern science, we live in a world that remains captivated by the occult. We have put a man on the moon, cured many diseases that were once deadly, and live in a time of such...
This essay contains spoilers. There, you've been warned. Don't come whining to us later. As a writer, it’s easy to criticize. You can throw around rhetoric, slather your ideas in half-baked...
Larry Gopnik is a serious man. Well he would be if he were given a chance. His wife Judith is cheating on him with a family friend, his son is in debt to the Hebrew school drug dealer, and his...
There's a moment in "New Moon," the new film sequel to "Twilight," the vampire teen romance, that perfectly explains the appeal of this series. It's between human Bella Swan, played by a thin and...
The Steven Soderbergh movie mafia rolls on with his quirky industrial thriller “The Informant!” Like the “Insider” with laughs, the film focuses on the cutthroat world of corporate...
Michael Caine is Harry Brown. The opening credits tell us so. No fanfare, no explosion, just simple fact: Michael Caine is Harry Brown. This is a statement of intent from the filmmakers. They know...
With the recent release of "Harry Brown" in the UK, Mark Farnsworth is taking a look back at the classic Michael Caine revenge film: "Get Carter." Launched like a British Rail heat-seeking missile,...
