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DOWNSIZING

December 21, 2017 By 1 Comment

DOWNSIZING

DOWNSIZING is a film that cries out to be admired. Pondered. Parsed. Philosophical propositions and social commentary flit by in a mad whirl of arch observation and deadpan dea as we are invited to consider a veritable cornucopia of topics, all eminently worthy of examination. The class struggle and the human propensity for prejudice; the… Read More »

Tagged With: materialism, Omaha, prejudice, satire, social commentary

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

July 3, 2016 By Leave a Comment

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

Credit where it’s due.  THE LEGEND OF TARZAN doesn’t get everything wrong. For one, It has the virtue of addressing why a perfectly capable, perfectly intelligent black man with a Ph.D., George Washington Harris (Samuel L. Jackson as an actual historical character) needs a white man, that would be Lord Greystoke aka Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård)… Read More »

Tagged With: 19th century, Africa, Belgian Congo, book to screen, Congo, diamonds, diplomatic mission, hippopotamus, King Leopold, ostriches, slavery, Tarzan

SPECTRE

November 5, 2015 By Leave a Comment

SPECTRE

There are very specific things we want in a James Bond film. Great action, dastardly villains who are larger than life and twice as buggy, and Bond girls who have evolved over the years to be a bit more than merely a pulchritudinous interlude.  In Bond, as incarnated by Daniel Craig, we want a steely… Read More »

Tagged With: cabals, covert surveillance, espionage, franchise, intrigue, James Bond, sequel, spy

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS

October 21, 2014 By 1 Comment

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, based on the novel of the same name by Sara Gruen, is a grand romantic daydream of a movie. Suffused as it is with a bitter edge of melancholy of lost souls scrabbling for a happiness that they believe to be right around the corner, it is saved from the excesses of… Read More »

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