via Collider.com The Imitation Game honors Alan Turing, the British math genius whose groundbreaking machine allowed the Allies to decode messages encrypted by the German Enigma. Such originality—such unabashed inventiveness—only arrives once a generation. And this generation will be no exception. At the time I saw the Imitation Game, I was drawing up plans […]
Privileged show whales complain about jumping for treats I was tricked into seeing this movie after a friend told me that it was “troubling” and “painful to watch.” The only thing that I found troubling about Blackfish was the uppity hype surrounding it. SPOILER ALERT: the whales are never even tortured that badly, though […]
Chef’s mouthwatering imagery has revived the culinary film genre. It is a scrumptious cinematic triumph – yet it is also largely to blame for my downward spiral into an unfulfilled half-life of food pornography addiction. Just like Carl Casper, Chef’s protagonist played by the dynamic Jon Favreau, I once had a healthy appreciation for […]
Humbert reflects on the tenderness of life, and the soft, forbidden sweetness of a young boy’s cheek Were there other films before this? There were; of course there were. I was late in arriving to the theatre (traffic, lightning), and not in the most generous of spirits when the house lights gave way […]
Seth Rogen’s comedy about annihilating the homosexual scourge is an instant classic! I tend not to be a fan of that Seth Rogen fellow, with his slacker attitude and his obsession with substance abuse. Yet I was very surprised to hear that he finally created a film with a positive message – namely, […]