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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

SUBURBICON

November 4, 2017 By 1 Comment

SUBURBICON

Chekov’s three sisters had their dream of a perfect life in Moscow.  The increasingly desperate and frazzled denizens of SUBURBICON have Aruba, a place where the food is exotic, the golf is for couples, and the long arm of the law cannot reach them. Alas, this deliciously stylized evocation of the dark side of the… Read More »

Tagged With: 1959, father-son, murder, racism, suburbia

THE GREAT WALL

February 21, 2017 By 1 Comment

THE GREAT WALL

THE GREAT WALL is a big, blustery action-adventure flick in the classic mold, but with one exception.  There’s no damsel in distress here. Instead, the winsome lady of the piece is a warrior with nerves of steel and no fear of heights. Kudos there. Not everywhere, but definitely there. Set somewhere in the 11th century,… Read More »

Tagged With: archery, black powder, Great Wall of China, mercenary, monsters, moral turpitude, popcorn flick, virtue

JASON BOURNE

July 30, 2016 By Leave a Comment

JASON BOURNE

I’m put in mind of tea leaves.  Good quality tea leaves that have rendered such a wonderful cup of tea that you wonder if maybe, just maybe, there’s enough of their essential, unique quality left to take one more infusion to make a cup as good as that first one.  And so it is with… Read More »

Tagged With: boxing, cybersecurity, digital privacy, driving angry, espionage, franchise, Las Vegas chase scene, sequel

HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN’T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN

October 4, 2015 By Leave a Comment

HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN’T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN

HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN’T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN is a robust telling of the historian’s life and times that does the spirit of the man credit. First Run Feature has re-released the 2004 documentary with a plethora of bonus features, and were smart enough to realize that the only thing better than this… Read More »

Tagged With: activism, anti-war movement, civil rights, FBI, Howard Zinn, Martin Luther King, Matt Damon, politics, protest, Vietnam war

THE MARTIAN

October 2, 2015 By 3 Comments

THE MARTIAN

THE MARTIAN asks some tough metaphysical questions as it answers some thorny scientific problems with nifty solutions. What’s worth living for? What’s worth dying for? And why should giving up never be an option? The premise is daunting. Mark Watney (Matt Damon), ace botanist and member of the Ares 3 exploratory expedition to Mars in… Read More »

Tagged With: 3D, book to screen, botany, interplanetary exploration, NASA, near future, Physics, potato plants, self-surgery, supercomputer, windstorm

INFORMANT!, THE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

There is something poignantly human in the way that everyone in Steven Soderbergh’s INFORMANT!, comedy of corporate greed and earnest FBI investigation, so completely believes in what they want to see going right in front of their eyes.  The kicker is that the prime mover in all of this, Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), is so… Read More »

PONYO (GAKE NO UE NO PONYO)

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Hayao Miyasaki’s PONYO is a sweet-natured flight of fantasy that lacks any real sense of conflict or danger. It makes up for it, at least for the younger set, with a delightfully absurd internal logic that is perfectly keyed into the way small children see the world. All things are possible, including a little girl… Read More »

TAKERS

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

There are two stories duking in out in TAKERS. One is a glitzy caper flick with a clever leader of a group of glamorous thieves with hearts of gold (mostly). The other is a gritty L.A. cop drama with a dedicated detective, the kind beset with the usual assortment of personal problems, trying the crack… Read More »

HEREAFTER

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Though the main characters of Clint Eastwood’s HEREAFTER have all been profoundly affected by their brushes with the afterlife, the film is about anything but death. Rather, it is how each of them copes here after the experiences that have altered their lives irrevocably. Screenwriter Peter Morgan skillfully weaves together three stories that move inevitably… Read More »

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