I Have a Question About Red Hook Summer
Spike Lee’s latest joint has a story flaw. A big, gaping story flaw.
Beyond The Screen
PEDs and the Cinema
In a three week span, the San Francisco Giants’ Melky Cabrera, the Oakland Athletics’ Bartolo Colon, and Lance Armstrong have all been busted for using…
A Bit Different than the Original, Except for the Propaganda
While this might be blasphemous to some, I must admit that the original Red Dawn (1984) is lost on me. A précis of the film…
First Man Files Lawsuit over The Dark Knight Rises Shooting, Doesn’t Understand Irony
As numerous news outlets have shown us over the past week, James Holmes entered a Colorado theater during the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises….
Weekend Recap — Debacle # 2
If Jack and Jill wasn’t enough, That’s My Boy is full of harbingers that Adam Sandler’s career as audience pleasing comic is coming to an…
Weekend Recap — Debacle # 1
All apologies for neglecting to write up the weekend arena last week, but my rationale is simple and is offered here: I could not bring…
Pixar is Making Fun of You — The Incredibles
Upon the most recent viewing of The Incredibles, I’ve come to the conclusion that the film directed and written by Brad Bird is not about…
What Khodorkovsky May Teach Us about Nation (Re)Building
Image via Khodorkovsky-movie.com No one ever accused Ronald Reagan of being a genius(*). So when he implored Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall,” he…
The Artist — Cute Doesn’t Equal “Best”
The Artist is charming, heart-warming, and fun, but I’m still uncertain why it’s destined to win the top prize at this year’s Academy Awards. To…
What Joe Paterno Could Have Learned from Frost/Nixon
Back when news leaked out of Pennsylvania’s Happy Valley that an assistant college football coach had been accused of raping/abusing a number of prepubescent…