The Tree of Life is a cinematic poem of extraordinary scope and ambition. Terrence Malick has created a film with a quality that is rarely
Month: June 2011
Film review – Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
The latest film in the Transformers franchise starts promisingly with an alternative history/conspiracy plot about the Space Race and the 1969 NASA moon landing. What
Film review – Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Not unlike an animated version of Hong Kong martial arts actor Sammo Hung, the rotund panda Po (voiced by Jack Black) encompasses a glorious blend
Film review – Sleeping Beauty (2011)
The Sleeping Beauty figure, as featured in the most popular versions of the classic fairy tale, is the archetypal passive heroine. Falling into the death-like
Announcing Plato’s Cave, a Triple R film criticism podcast
I’m very excited to (somewhat belatedly) announce the launch of a new film criticism podcast that I am part of. It’s titled Plato’s Cave and new
Film review – Cars 2 (2011)
The original Cars is often regarded to be the least impressive of all the Pixar Animation Studio feature films, even though it’s still a lot
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