Possibly the most beautiful movie I have ever seen, Avatar is visually stunning and a revolution of filmmaking. The 3-D technology that director James Cameron employs is flawless, but the greatest feat that Cameron has pulled off is eradicating the line between humans and their animated counterparts. In recent years, Pixar has released some of the […]
As 2009 comes to a close, it’s time for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to award the producers who have sent out the most gift baskets in the last year with a tiny gold statue. And to improve on the mediocrity of nominations from 2008, this year the Academy has decided to sift through […]
In general, the quality of something is a result of the company that surrounds it. For example: you are presented the opportunity to choose between a BMW, a Ford Focus, and a Saturn Ion. Clearly, the BMW takes the prize. In contrast, if you are presented with a Saturn, a Yugo, and a Datsun, the Saturn would finish on […]
The other night, I sat in a bar and — judging by the next-day hangover — drank a pitcher or two of methanol dyed brown. Anteblindness, an interesting conversation brewed over the best sequels of all time. You’d figure given the tendency of terrible sequels to spawn from a box-office hit that was probably such because of […]
Rain is a waterfall against the windows of the double doors, and Annie Lennox’s version of “Don’t Let it Bring Your Down” streams softly from surround-sound speakers as iridescent street globes cast soft light through the windows on a blonde body lying on a pillowy sofa while two masculine hands remove her black pants and begin to […]
Within the most recent issue of Time, a section titled “The 50 Best Inventions of the Year” offers a survey of innovative gadgets and ideas that range from NASA’s Ares rocket at number one, to the world’s fastest steam-powered car at fifty. Positioned between Xbox’s controller-free gaming and the telescope for invisible stars, sits teleportation, which conjures […]