Twister movie review: storm troopers
One of my very favorite movies, a superb example of the genus Popcorn Flick, unforgettable as it puts onscreen imagery we’ve never seen before. This is as close as I get to turning my brain off at the movies.
1996–1999 releases
The Talented Mr. Ripley movie review: American psycho
Exquisitely understated, this is an instant classic, not in the sense that the word is typically applied to movies, but how we use the word to describe cars and clothes, embodying clean lines, subtle elegance, and a sense of timelessness.
American Movie movie review: how to make an American movie
It’s the rawness of having a man’s unfulfilled — possibly unfulfillable — dreams on such open display that makes a tiny part of me wish that American Movie were in fact a fake.
Sliding Doors movie review: doors open, doors close
How would my life be different if only I’d taken the road not taken? This fun little movie favors an inevitability, a brand of destiny about who we meet and what we do…
Wag the Dog movie review: art imitates life (or is it the other way around?)
Wag the Dog is satire, and its object of ridicule here is not politicians or the media but the gullible and ignorant American people….
