I want to rub this trailer all over me – Contagion

The trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion was released today, and it looks pretty bad ass. Soderbergh is, without a doubt, one of the most interesting directors working today.  He’s got one of the best ensemble casts of the year working on his side as well.  The pandemic premise is done frequently, and can be done well (28 Days Later comes to mind).  I, for one, feel free to keep my expectations high for this one.  Read More

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