Archives / 2011 / January

Review: Event Horizon

by Christopher Misch

The story of Paul Anderson's science fiction thriller, Event Horizon, picks up as Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne) and his six crewmembers respond to the Event Horizon's distress beacon just off the outer surface of Neptune. Joining them on this...

Review: Last Train Home

by Christopher Misch

Ever since my second year university paper on the Three Gorges Dam, I have been fascinated with China and its rapid pace of industrialization and how this process is conflicting with its past.  Yes, it's inevitable that growth and...

Review: The Fighter

by Christopher Misch

If done right boxing films have the ability with every jab to excite and at times even inspire us.  Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby did this; as well as Jim Sheridan's The Boxer; and lets not forget about Ron Howard's Cinderella Man....

Review: True Grit

by Christopher Misch

Three years ago, a slew of western releases including James Mongold's remake of 3:10 to Yuma, Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James, and David Von Ancken's Seraphim Falls led several to proclaim that 'the western has returned'. However, it would...

Review: Repo Men

by Christopher Misch

If you default on your mortgage, creditors repossess your home. If you can't afford your monthly automobile payments, creditors repossess your car. In the future, if you take out a loan to pay for artificial organs to keep you...

Review: Hokusai

by Christopher Misch

Hiroshi Teshigahara is mostly recognized for his borderline avant-garde collaborations with novelist and screenwriter Kobo Abe; Pitfall (1962), Woman in the Dunes (1964), and Face of Another (1966). However, Teshigahara's cinematic resume extends well beyond these three features as exhibited by his...

Review: Rabbit Hole

by Christopher Misch

At one point or another we have all experienced loss. Whether that be the loss of a friend, a relative, a grandparent, or a parent.  But nothing could be more painful to endure and overcome than the loss of...

Review: The Cove

by Christopher Misch

Ever since the very first broadcast of the hit television show Flipper back in 1964, our fascination with dolphins began. But this fascination of these seemingly playful creatures has come at a tremendous cost, as the capturing and training dolphin industry...

Review: What Time Is It There?

by Christopher Misch

In a return to the themes so prevalent in his life’s work, Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang once again explores loneliness and alienation in the modern urban environment in his 2002 feature, What Time Is It There?. The film is the...

Review: The Day The Earth Stood Still

by Christopher Misch

Stop right there! I know exactly what you're thinking. You're thinking why on earth did you take the time to watch the remake especially giving the fact that you still haven't even seen the original?  And truth be told,...

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