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RICHARD JEWELL

December 13, 2019 By 1 Comment

RICHARD JEWELL

RICHARD JEWELL certainly has the makings of a compelling, infuriating cautionary tale about the abuse of power, but Clint Eastwood’s homage to the common man chooses instead to be a screed against ambitious women and government agents at the mercy of their hormones.  Everything that ensues after Jewell finds a bomb planted at Centennial Part… Read More »

Tagged With: 1996 Olympics, Atlanta, based on a true story, bombing, Centennial Park

BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE

October 14, 2018 By Leave a Comment

BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE

Drew Goddard crafts tales that are multi-layered and philosophically challenging. From his days in the Whedon-verse to the deliciously exercise in meta-text, CABIN IN THE WOODS, there is always much more going on than the surface narrative. And so it is with BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, which may not be the flawless wonder… Read More »

Tagged With: Allegory, California-Nevada border, hotel, neo-noir, suspense

BEIRUT

April 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment

BEIRUT

BEIRUT opens before the Lebanese Civil War with U.S. diplomat Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm), on the last good day of his life, using a brilliant analogy to explain the political situation in Lebanon to his party guests in that eponymous city.  Even the way the guests have arranged themselves, as Skiles put it: Christians on… Read More »

NOSTALGIA

February 23, 2018 By Leave a Comment

NOSTALGIA

Click here for the flashback interview with Mark Pellington for THE LAST WORD. Polynesians have a word for the power with which we imbue inanimate objects. Manu. There are supernatural overtones to the word’s meaning in its original sense, but the power that objects have for the characters in Mark Pellington’s NOSTALGIA, if not strictly… Read More »

Tagged With: death, faimiy, heirlooms, legacy, loss, memorabilia, retirement

A MINIONS of Diminishing Returns

July 12, 2015 By 1 Comment

A MINIONS of Diminishing Returns

It must have seemed like such a good idea.  Take the loveable little yellow minions from DESPICABLE ME and star them in their own movie.  Certainly the eponymous MINIONS features much of what made them so irresistible. There’s that burbling mélange of human and Minion-esque language. The ebullient nature, the eagerness to please, and that… Read More »

Tagged With: animation, comedy, DESPICABLE ME, Jon Hamm, kids, London, MINIONS, narrative, New York Orlando, prequel, Sandra Bullock, super villain

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