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Black Swan — On the Precipise of Obscurity
In The Wrestler, Aronofsky gave the audience an entertainer past his prime, wallowing in the remnant glow of stardom, listening to the death-rattle din of a once mighty cheering section. ...
The Human Centipede — Licking a Cold Metal Pole Doesn’t Seem So Bad Now
As I sat amidst a pile of shredded wrapping paper, finishing my last syrup-soaked pancake, I flipped on A Christmas Story, once again watching a child regaled with the dangers ...
The Fighter – A Novel Approach to the Boxing Genre, Also a PSA and the Pilot for The Lowell Shore
For the second time in two weeks, I will do my best to avoid puns during this post, particularly the ubiquitously uncreative “knockout” that has been used in most every ...
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within — An Addict Never Stops Growing
Admittedly, my reaction to the new William S. Burroughs Documentary A Man Within is probably rather skewed because of my familiarity with the Beat Generations and the authors therein. That ...
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo — From Plagues to Celluloid Sequels to Remakes
In a New York City subway, there are a number of ubiquities: the rats that scamper and scurry close to your feet, reminding you that if all 40 million of ...
Unstoppable — A Train Wreck. Literal or Figurative? Hmmm…
A review of Unstoppable is an exercise in avoiding train-related puns. I will do my very best to avoid noting whether or not the movie stays on track or goes ...
Chaos Reigns Over Gender Roles in Antichrist
Born to a cacophony of jeers at Cannes, Antichrist blurs the line between the beatific and profane, forcing the audience to witness violence beneath the sensual. Coiled around each other ...
Let the Right One In – Beauty in Minimalism
On a separate site, I commented on the recent glut of vampire films that have been produced, and if there’s one that you must see, it is Tomas Alfredson’s Let ...
Fatal Attraction – What if Prince Charming Were a Speed Freak and Only Wanted Cinderella to Keep Tabs on the Meth Lab?
“You know when you meet someone for the first time and there’s this instant attraction?” asks Alex Forrest of Dan Gallagher over a drink, echoing the trope of love (or ...
The Greatest Trick Devil Will Pull Is Convincing the World It Wasn’t Written by the Ultimate, Ominous Harbinger of Recent Filmmaking
As a few million of you might know, Inception opened this past weekend to the delight of many and the derision of a few who expected a summer movie to ...
