My Top Five Top Five
In which I try to let everything in my head free and, also, talk about this Chris Rock movie.
Category Archives: Active Observation
On Sony, the Media, & Mind Control
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it’s that information will not be contained. Knowledge breaks free, it expands to new territories and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, uh… well, there it is.
The Imitation Game: An Alan Turing Simulacrum
The by-the-numbers Oscar-bait bio-pic about the code-cracking father of the modern computer, Alan Turing, is exactly what you think it is.
Inherent Vice: Pynchon’s Stoner Noir Gets Andersonized
Paul Thomas Anderson adapts the Thomas Pynchon novel, and the result is as odd as you’d think. But is it good?
Anatomy of Anatomy of A Murder
The practice of law sure ain’t pretty. This is one deeply twisted movie no one comes out of with clean hands.
Short Cuts: Robert Altman’s Final Masterpiece
The last shot of Short Cuts is of four people in clown makeup, smeared from a night of drinking and hot-tubbing, sucking on lemon slices and laughing. It’s the whole movie summed up in a single image.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, So Be Careful
There’s what a film appears to be and what a film is, and seldom the twain shall meet, alone, at night, in Iran, with a vampire.
10 Reasons to Watch Viva la Muerte
‘Out of his head’ is a good phrase for Vive la Muerte.
Legend, The Bastard Child of ‘80s Fantasy Films
It took me awhile, but I’ve now seen Legend. Will I ever unsee it?
The Fly: Cronenberg’s Romance In Gloop
Cronenberg tells a passionate, tragic love story. With a giant fly monster. And everybody loves it.
Inserts: Richard Dreyfuss Directs A Porno
In this strangely theatrical movie from the ’70s, Richard Dreyfuss shoots porn in the ’30s.
The Guardians of The Galaxy: My Exceptionally Late And Outrageously Negative Review
It’s a Marvel movie. Stuff goes whiz and things go bang. Leave your brain at the door. And then slam that door on your brain for two hours.
Nightcrawler Is The Best Kind of Creepy
A film noir, a horror movie, a satire, this movie’s got all kinds of things going for it. See it before it disappears.
Interstellar: A Black Hole of Wonder
This film may prematurely age you, through the power of special cinematic relativity.