Che: Part Two – The Guerrilla

To be completely honest, it was difficult for me to want to drive 40 minutes to a theater showing the second part of Steven Soderbergh’s massive biopic on Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. The first film was well done, the realism was at times frightening, but often, it felt like I had just watched two hours of Benicio Del Toro walking through the jungle. I attribute a large portion of this feeling due to the fact I was aware of the result... Read More

Che: Part One – The Argentine

My God, to think how Che Guevara must be turning in his shallow grave, knowing the hipster-icon status he’s achieved with the tragically hip ‘emo’ crowd.  At least Steven Soderbergh pays him proper tribute in his latest, and massive docudrama Che.  Che ‘is so enormous, it’s broken up into two movies, both running just over two hours long.  The first is Che: Part One – The Argentine. This first part follows Ernesto... Read More