Though most reviews of The Day the Earth Stood Still may focus on the cheap-looking visual effects, the predictably wooden acting, the melodramatic and awful writing or the painfully obnoxious Jaden Smith, I think that it’s important to look at the brilliant comedic aspect of this sci-fi remake. Namely, Keanu Reeves speaking Chinese was hands [...]
So, I was recently let in on a little secret. There is something called the “Women’s Film Critics Circle.” And like any good Film Critics Circle, they have annual awards that are handed out in December. But this caucus of women who write about film (not the only group like this, mind you) has some [...]
Usually, when a movie comes out with a couple of star actors – especially two that I happen to be fairly fond of — I hear about it. And if I don’t, it’s normally a very bad sign, not only in terms of poor marketing and disappointing box office, but also in terms of the quality [...]
As a teenager, I very vividly remember going to see Moulin Rouge. Even then, I was a budding film snob, but my adolescent heart was still fluttering with excitement, from the marketing, the music, the experience that it promised. And boy did it deliver. With Moulin Rouge, Baz Lurhmann put himself on my map (I [...]