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Movie Review: The Batman
The skill with which director Matt Reeves and crew construct "The Batman" allows it to move swiftly along to an epic third act that does not disappoint.
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Movie Review: Tenet
Even though it may be the most anticipated theatrical opening of the past year, especially given that we are ourselves caught in a bewildering pandemic reality wherein each one of us we may tend to question what exactly is reality these days, the fact that writer/director Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited Tenet is both equally remarkable and utterly confounding, yet somehow entirely forgettable, ma...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Nicole Kidman is Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert
Hello again, dear readers. I’m guessing a lot of you got out to see Jurassic World this past weekend, considering how much money it made, and I hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did. And as the summer movie season continues, the Trailer Trashin’ column is back from its recent absence, with a look at the international trailer for director Werner Herzog’s new film Queen of the ...[Read More]
Bela Lugosi’s Not Really Dead: A Vampire Movie Primer
Vampires are so commonplace in entertainment these days that I cannot fathom how anyone could find them mysterious, otherworldly, or especially frightening. In our narcissistic age, people romanticize vampires because the idea of staying young forever trumps any of the existential sadness of such a proposition. Furthermore, the horror aspect of the undead has been entirely co-opted and taken to ex...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I
Well, at least the Twilight series now seems fully aware of its real purpose: the first scene of the new film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is Jacob (Taylor Lautner) running out of his house and, in full view of the camera, ripping off his shirt to screams of delight from the young women in the theater. Make no mistake: no matter what I say about this film, by the time I finish writing...[Read More]
Movie Review: Water for Elephants
Sure, there are plenty of golden-hued stories set during the American Depression of the 1930s which merely glance at the legendary hardships of the time but mostly linger on the crisp fashions and hot jazz of a romanticized era. Water for Elephants, based on Sara Gruen’s bestseller, is another glossy Depression-era tale of a clean-cut young man who runs away with the circus and falls into romantic...[Read More]