GHOST TOWN is a film about ghosts, but the focus is not on the afterlife. No, it is firmly in the life of here and now. The ghosts that populate the film are still all too caught up in the lives of those that they have left behind to move on. Unfortunately, for everyone involved… Read More »
INVENTION OF LYING, THE
THE INVENTION OF LYING is a wildly funny flick that never sacrifices its considerable humor, nor its even more considerable acuity when it comes to parsing human nature. A world without falsehood, or even a word for it, or for truth, for that matter, is the conceit at work, and co-writer and star Ricky Gervais… Read More »
VALIANT
It is a fact that during World War II animals took part in the war effort and that some of them, just like their human counterparts, won medals for their deeds, dogs, one cat, and even pigeons were involved. Disney’s animated film, VALIANT, is not one of those stories. It’s also not a film that… Read More »