M. Night Shyamalan has made a career of his handful of movies of creating a world according to his rules, with magic and pain and coincidence and purpose. How you have responded to his movies may vary, but there is no denying that his movies demand response. Lady in the Water is a bedtime story […]
This movie had the widest disparity from preview to actual feature that I have seen in a long while. The preview makes Brick look like a dramatic film noir, with mind-bending twists and turns, mysterious voices, and exciting revelations. The film reveals itself to be an admittedly unique detective story that wants desperately […]
This film is a delicious post-modern romp through a meta-fictional crime caper. What more can I say? It delights in its own awareness of itself, from star Robert Downey Jr.’s studied awkwardness in narrating and in understanding that it is an homage to the pulp crime novels its characters love and mock. It […]
As anyone who has seen the preview knows, Dark City is dark, Dark dark. One would be tempted to write off the movie based on its very blatant “look at all the cool visuals in this movie!” style trailer, but I think that the discriminating viewer can take a chance on this one. […]
This movie came and went in theatres, not helped by its weird name and lack of car chases. It’s written and directed by the Coen brothers (Joel and Ethan), best known recently for Fargo, but also loved for Raising Arizona and Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink (which, by the way, I hate), and Blood Simple.
Hudsucker […]
