I find the generalization of today’s standards inadequate, that or my tastes have lost touch with mainstream mediocrity. Hollywood’s long-standing formula for comedy has been to typically clench onto a director or actor whose become hot over night, preferably male of course.
Scorsese’s signature genre of crime and violence is welcomingly replaced here by suspense of the mad and macabre. He has us enter a world slowly descending into insanity; throwing subtle nuances that have us ask, “am I the one going crazy here?”
You have no original thought to speak of. To be honest, it’s quite sad. Here we have Hollywood, the very same community that virtually created the motion picture industry, now reliant on sloppy seconds.
Above his persona and financially successful work, George Clooney remains an artistic commodity—a proponent of character-based storytelling and offbeat material. 2009 was his year. The release of three pictures, all within the time span of months, all comedies, yet all individualistic in style and execution.
What did the final year of the double zeros provide in terms of cinema? Well the best thing about 2009 was that it bookended a… Continue Reading ›
In a career that has spanned four decades, and stylistically moved from live action film to performance capture animation, legendary writer/director Robert Zemeckis has been… Continue Reading ›
What’s the deal with Hollywood? A town built on the reputation of such liberal ideals, yet so afraid of the lending voice to the gay… Continue Reading ›
The electric guitar is more than an instrument; it’s a symbol of power, sex and rock and roll. Believe me, I tried to learn the… Continue Reading ›
The following list is a culmination of films that have gained notoriety through critical acclaim, box office receipts, influence and most of all, leaving the… Continue Reading ›
When I think of Global, I think of their Sunday night cartoon line-up. With CTV it’s typically American Idol and some other dreary excuse for entertainment. CityTV, doesn’t even count. Hey, wait a minute, aren’t all these byproduct of the good ol’ USA?
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