previously: The Fountain) “Waitaminute… Do you mean to tell us that “Avatar” has instantly secured a place amongst the best films of the decade?” Damn right it has! Here’s a picture that is so…
Date Archives September 2011
Astérix et Obélix Contre César
I’ve always loved Asterix. I real all of his albums countless times, enjoying immensely Rene Goscinny’s hilarious writing and Albert Uderzo’s lively, colorful drawings. These characters are so familiar to me that it’s almost as…
Top 10 Candidates For The Next Great Reboot
Modern Hollywood thrives on reboots. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the industry is out of original ideas, as many like to suggest. But producers do know the easiest ways to make money, and one…
2016 log (5)
(9 May) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016, Bryan Singer)63 [ Reviewed on Extra Beurre ] (13 May) High-Rise (2016, Ben Wheatley)90 (16 May) The Flash S02E21 “The Runaway Dinosaur” (2016, Kevin Smith) [ I’m intrigued by the…
Life is a Miracle
Has war ever been so joyful? That’s Emir Kusturica for you: even when telling a Shakes- pearian story of impossible romance between star-crossed lovers on opposite sides of wartime Bosnia (circa 1992), he can’t help…