Gus Van Sant
Five Remakes That Suck and Five That Don’t
The disturbingly more frequent trend of remaking or recycling classic or popular films and/or properties into vehicles designed to appeal solely to a target demographic without any consideration given to quality or whether a remake is actually warranted or needed has really got me annoyed. Witness the recent release of Dredd, the remake of Judge Dredd which starred Sylvester Stallone or this year’...[Read More]
Movie Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin
The frustrating irony of We Need to Talk About Kevin is that no one gets around to actually talking about the brooding, sociopathic Kevin until he has become fodder for editorials, hand-wringing, and misdirected anger once he has unleashed his inborn rage against classmates and family. A horror film of sorts but one grounded in inescapable current affairs, We Need to Talk About Kevin is Scottish d...[Read More]