Christopher Nolan and Maggie Gyllenhaal just aren’t enough of an indie connection to cover this on Worldfilm, so I’ll just say this here: godawful. Two hours and twenty minutes, a gazillion dollars, a sterling cast, and an eight story IMAX screen weren’t enough for this movie to tickle a single thrill out of [...]
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In Brief
We’re about to embark on a longish trip, so expect the emphasis on muckworld to shift to photos and tidbits from the road for a little while. While we’re packing our bags and staying on the line with our cell phone providers to work out the kinks in the international roaming plan, let me catch [...]
Batman Begins
Pompous & bloated. When was it decided that superhero comics were now to be treated like Shakespearean tragedies? Oh, the agony of being Bruce Wayne, playboy millionaire with a bat complex! The guilt, the fear, the fateful choice between vigilantism and revenge! Even Ang Lee’s Hulk had some jokes (and primary colors.)
Perhaps the thudding seriousness [...]
Children of Men
Alfonso Cuaron’s dystopian thriller about an infertile, fascist future is fiendishly effective. More soon. Opens December 25.
Children of Men. Alfonso Cuaron, 2006. ****
[tags]4 stars, alfonso cuaron, michael caine, clive owen, julianne moore, thriller, scifi, dystopia, fascism, children, england[/tags]
