This week’s a relatively light column. Too many other deadlines looming, on top of which I’m getting ready to move to Portland for a month and a half, so I’ve got an apartment to get in order. Next week I hope to address this business of the “new classics” that Entertainment Weekly’s so excited about. … Continue reading
It’s kind of strange to see the sudden surge of critics tripping over themselves to say how much they love (and have always loved) Ang Lee’s Hulk. I mean, maybe they were there in 2003; I wasn’t tuned into critical movements at the time. But I kinda doubt it, because for the past five years, … Continue reading
I just found out that Warner Home Video is releasing a 172-minute Extended Cut of Terrence Malick’s The New World. I should make one thing perfectly clear – I love Terrence Malick, and seeing The New World for the first time was a profound turning point in the way I look at movies. Never met … Continue reading
I know this is an odd time to publish this, given the recent passing of Stan Winston, one of the great practical effects artists, but…I love computer-generated imagery. And I’m tired of it getting a bad rap. Part of this does stem from growing up in the CGI era. I was born in 1986, and … Continue reading