Transcendence review: AI yai yai
The neo-luddite attitude is bad, but this commits a far worse sin: it’s dull. If only it worked as a schlocky pile of pulp nonsense, that’d be something…
Johnny Depp
The Machine trailer: robot chick goes crazy
Same old story.
2014 preview: only movies left underived
Here are the few films coming in 2014 that are not sequels, remakes, reboots, or based on a stage show, the Bible, young-adult novels, comic books, cartoons, or — someone make it stop — toy lines.
what movie has most inspired you in your life?
Perhaps a film actually inspired you to do something or learn something. Perhaps it’s merely a positive feeling that a particularly film left you with.
The Lone Ranger review: weak whiskey
Limp and lifeless, this overlong and undercooked would-be blockbuster cannot focus on either the hard-edged realities or the magical mysteries it toys with.
Cinema du Sanity: the racism in Hollywood issue
Tonto-versy! Johnny Depp now just prank-calling it in? Special Report: White Men in Hollywood: How Are They Doing? And more!
The Lone Ranger (trailer)
What with all the Pirates of the Caribbean folks involved here, I wasn’t expecting this to be so serious…
question of the day: What are your favorite examples of amazing actors’ chemistry?
I’m not talking necessarily about onscreen romantic chemistry, though sometimes that’s certainly part of it. It’s about that instant zing of that ineffable magic that sometimes happens when two actors simply mesh really, really well…
Sherlock Holmes meets steampunk Iron Man (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
question of the day: Would it be a good idea for Christian Bale to visit young Aurora shooting victims dressed as Batman?
I’m not sure I can think of a worse idea than this. I can well imagine being retraumatized by seeing a big guy in black body armor and a mask coming at you, no matter who is wearing it…
