feel the rush of endorkins (Star Trek Into Darkness review)
A Star Trek for our times. Very much for our times. Which means there’s little hope to be found here…
9/11
a feminist film critic defends the Onion’s Quvenzhané Wallis tweet
Yeah, I’m going there.
Zero Dark Thirty movie review
If only this were a wholly fictional story, I could get behind it 100 percent, instead of the 95 percent I can give.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (review)
No, not all who wander are lost. But doesn’t mean that some who wander aren’t lost. Such as Peter Jackson, with his first-of-three-parts big-screen adaptation of The Hobbit.
question of the day: Who is the “great American filmmaker”?
Steven Spielberg might be my choice…
question of the day: What moment of television during your lifetime has been the most dramatic, or had the most impact on you?
Mine is definitely 9/11, followed closely by the Challenger explosion. Both of those events had me riveted to the television for days and made me feel personally impacted…
is Avengers 9/11 revenge fantasy? (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the day: Why is 1990s nostalgia being ignored by filmmakers?
I think it’s especially mysterious when we think back on how optimistic the 90s were in a many ways, certainly compared to the despair of today.
Safe movie review: New York noir
A viciously cynical dark fantasy that fashions a new mythos of post-9/11 New York, a bleak but plausible world of the Russian mob, the Chinese Triads, and the NYPD as another gang vying for supremacy.
Titanic 3D movie review: a human story
I had just begun my career as a film critic when Titanic was first released in late 1997. So I missed it, back then, what it was about James Cameron’s magnificent movie that was (and still is) so extraordinary.
