The Missing Hitch in ‘Hitchcock’
As I waited for the advance screening of Hitchcock, from director Sacha Gervasi (writer of The Terminal and director of …
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Lincoln: The Sentimental Man and the Icon
Right off the bat in Lincoln, director Steven Spielberg gives us one of his signature moments, a framing device in …
Sessions of Discovery
Maybe we should pay closer attention to Buddhist philosophy. Not that everything should be reduced to a bumper sticker, but …
Skyfall
Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace now feel like warm-ups for newbie Bond star Daniel Craig, pacing laps before the …
A Daringly Dark ‘Flight’
I’m not certain when the feeling set in for me, but at some point during the Flight screening I attended, …
Wreck-It Ralph
An old-school video game villain named Wreck-It Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) lumbers around smashing buildings that the game’s …
The World in This ‘Cloud’
When bestselling literary tomes make the transition to the big screen, often there’s an immediate and obvious critical response where …
One-Sided Speculative Political Pandering
The year 2012 bears the burden of apocalyptic Mayan calendar predictions and a curious onscreen fascination with speculative science fiction …
Here Comes the Boom
Kevin James and the Happy Madison (Adam Sandler) production team take a humorous and more broadly mainstream stab at Warrior, …
Searching for the Heart and Soul, So Long Ignored
In what should be an iconic image, we see Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, a Folk singer who recorded his first single …
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