K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid)
The confusions within Christian Alvart’s Pandorum, a relatively bloodless Whiteout, and Jerry Goldsmith’s Innerspace…
Category: FILM REVIEWS
Where the Day Takes You
Luise Rainer celebrates 100, Eric Rohmer passes away at 89, and the work of the late Marc Rocco gets the spotlight after a long absence on home video…
John Woo’s Redemption
After languishing in Hollywood for several years, John Woo’s finally redeemed himself by tackling an expansive historical epic in Chinese. In Asia, Red Cliff was released in two parts – the first in 2009, the second a year later – and then on DVD and Blu-ray, while the rest of the world was apparently offered a shorter cut fashioned by the producers (including Woo) to keep the length and ‘all that unfamiliar cultural material’ to a minimum, and leaving the big battle scenes as highlights…
The Horror, the Horror
Coming out tomorrow is the latest Final Destination sequel from Warner Bros., who’ve oddly retained the New Line shingle in spite of shuttering the company’s ability to produce and release product…
And so begins another year
Rather than dole out a best-of list of this and that, I thought I’d use the holiday time to finish up a number of reviews that should’ve been done with ages ago, and start work on some peripheral projects that have been in the planning stages for some time…
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