They Shot the Piano Player (2024)
Spanish director Fernando Truaba is one of those [...]
Archive for June, 2012
Brave (2012)
Pixar’s new animated adventure Brave succeeds in many areas, but the one that is least expected is a refreshingly positive eye on parenthood. Traditionally, Disney heroes, like Belle, Dumbo and Pinocchio have only one parent, while others like Snow White, Aladdin, Tarzan and Quasimodo have none. Princess Merida (pronounced “Meera-da”), the heroine of Brave, not […]
Prometheus (2012)
Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is a grand, visionary science fiction experience, but just asimportant, it is an affirmation that idealistic science fiction is not dead. The best sci-fi is based on ideas, not laser guns and global domination. With the recent death of Ray Bradbury, I felt a sense of melancholy that the grandness of thoughtful […]
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
I have made it a personal policy – at times difficult to follow – never to go into any movie with either high or low expectations. I have to give every movie a fair chance. Yet, I have to admit that walking into a movie called Snow White and the Huntsman, my heart wasn’t exactly leaping […]
