An alternate version of this can be read at Riverside Examiner. Perhaps because it’s quite a bit more substantial than Despicable Me, Toy Story 3 is harder to play with…
After seeing Toy Story 3 (more to come, dv), Despicable Me seemed not as different as one would have expected. Certainly sillier, both films – along with all children’s animated…
When in doubt as to where to begin, defer to your local online academic database; in this case, William McClain’s essay, “Western, Go Home! Sergio Leone and the ‘Death of…
Out of affinity for Blake Edwards, Julie Andrews, and Dumb & Dumber, finally saw ’10’. The earlier post of D&D attempted to make the case that that film relies heavily…
Revanche is one of those foreign art-house films of last year (or was it the year before?) that lots of people have written about, no doubt in large part because…
Another Stanford Theatre viewing, doubled up with Singin’ in the Rain. Unfortunately this was a little while ago and there was already too much there to deal with in one…
An Education (2008, dir. Lone Scherfig) – Everyone seemed to love this one when it came out, and not without good reason. The positioning is what’s interesting about this one:…
THE boy’s movie. Girls have no place in this world, except to exist as material to insult other boys: “You play ball like a GIRL!!!!” “What’d you say?” “You heard…
Precious Bodily Fluids 