Violence, exploitation, cultural commentary: vintage Tarantino.
Keira Knightley’s performance saves David Cronenberg’s otherwise sloppy and disjointed take on Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis.
On April 15, 1912, The Titanic sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. In those fateful hours, and amidst the fifteen-hundred casualties, the ship sparked a century’s worth of intrigue and became one of the most versatile metaphors in history. In and of itself, the ship was a small island, containing twenty-two hundred people, all separated […]
Just in case you missed it in 1997, Titanic is being released, this time replete with 3D gimmickry. Now you can see Kate Winslet’s breast lunging out of the screen, and the giant iceberg might just appear to be “dead ahead!” If those don’t tickle your fancy, DiCaprio’s icicle body will surely look magnificent in its 3D glory […]
The rapper K’naan has a song that begins: “Until the lion learns to speak/the tales of hunting will be weak” It implies an empathic view of history. And a simple one, too. The perspective of the hunted would, of course, be far different than the perspective of the hunter. But what if the lion could speak? What tale […]
Inception is the most bold, daring, thought-provoking, original work released by a major Hollywood studio in the last decade. To classify Christopher Nolan’s film to any specific genre is a disservice to the audience’s expectations. Dreams and ideas lay at the forefront of this psychological mind-bender; how one man’s subconscious thoughts can either make or break his […]
Logic dictates that when a movie slated for release in October is pushed back until February of the next year, the film probably has some major flaws that would pull it out of contention for any major awards. And, for the most part, the producers are conceding that the film isn’t very good and would only be […]