The Tempest

I am not so much a fan of Shakespeare. I think too much of his work was force fed to me too early in my life to really have an appetite for it as an adult. And, I’ve been wracking my brain for what must literally be minutes now to recall an film adaptation of Shakespeare’s work that I’m fond of. The best I could come up with his Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet. Of course, I’m not including the looser adaptations like... Read More

Push

Push is the very definition of derivative filmmaking. But I just don’t care. It was entertaining.  I would even consider this an improvement on director Paul McGuigan’s previous projects Wicker Park and Lucky Number Slevin.  The frenetic, almost Tony Scott-like camera work, and befuddling script work against it, but this is still a quality, mindless movie. As with lots of movies, all the troubles start with the Nazis during World War... Read More