This is yet another one of those formulaic plots where the woman needs to recruit a male companion to accompany her to a wedding. This is, of course, so she doesn’t look desperate to her family/ex-boyfriend/sister or whomever else it is a director of a film like this decides to insert as the requisite hindrance to her self-esteem. How many times has this plot been recycled?
The advent of season-by-season television on DVD was a beautiful thing. Indeed, it has sparked a minor revolution in the way people watch TV and they way they view it. If anything, the ability to to devour a season of television at your own pace like a good (or not-so-good) novel has led…
A strange thing happened after opening weekend as studio generated buzz seeped into the advertising campaign. Suddenly (and supposedly) every one was talking about the twist ending for “The Skeleton Key.” For someone riding the fence on whether or not to see this film, I took the bait…
Antarctica, with its vast ranges of white, cliffs of ice, and frozen, deep blue, is an awe-inspiring place. My gratitude goes to the film makers who were insanely ambitious enough to brave this weather so that I need not. The cinematography, directed by Laurent Chalet and Jerome Maison, is the most remarkable documentary footage I have seen. Perhaps…
“Just because you eat the burger doesn’t mean you want to meet the cow,” says McCord (Steve Buscemi) when attempting to explain to the innocent Jordan Two-Delta (Scarlett Johansson) and Lincoln Six-Echo (Ewan McGregor) the world that benefits from their existence might not want to know…
CHRISTIAN BALE stars as Batman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “Batman Begins.” Rachel Dawes:…
Million Dollar Baby appears to be, first, about a boxer overcoming the odds. Then, it appears to be about the relationships between the characters. Finally, it reveals itself as a film about how we, as human beings, choose to deal with adversityâ€â€and behind every victory…
(Un long dimanche de fiançailles) Audrey Tautou stars as Mathilde in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s A VERY…