2016 retrospectives understandably multiply at the moment, as does the sentiment that 2016 sucked, on the whole in general, esp in terms of what memes get play on Facebook, that’s probably accurate many are pointing, still, with dystopian, apocalyptic fervor, at the ascension of the one they call Trump fair enough and agreed (but read…
How much should the government know about you? How much do you value your privacy? The way you answer those questions probably influence what you think of Edward Snowden, the latest subject of Oliver Stone (whose other political figure targets include?JFK?and?W.) Here, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Snowden, with his interview with documentarian Laura Poitras and reporter…
Manned space exploration has been stuck in orbit around our own planet for nearly fifty years. Is it time to change all that?
Rogue One?is conspicuously “a Star Wars story,” not cut from the same mold as?The Force Awakens. But from this lifetime Star Wars fan, that may in fact make it?better?than (some of) its predecessors. In fact, I found myself emotionally more connected to the story of Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and her team of misfit castoffs…
This year, there are no blockbusters, no Marvel superheroes, on my list of my favorite films. This year, the films that caught my eye – and held onto my imagination, days later – weren’t the ones with the biggest budgets, or even always the most-known cast and crew. This year, the films were films that…
Space life is, in many ways, like being in prison, only with (hopefully) nicer individuals to deal with.
?They say that science and faith don?t mix. But when everything is telling you you?ve already lost, there?s nothing you can do but believe.?
Our band of intrepid explorers have a mission–to find a suitable location to start a colony on the red planet. Failure is not an option.
The neo-Western?Hell or High Water?is one of the funniest, saddest, most exciting, thought-provoking films I’ve seen this year. Wrapped around the story of two brothers’ attempts to rob banks, this wildly different film shares their relationship, the saga of the nearly-retired Texas Ranger?on their heels, and the way that the U.S. economy plays a part…
This isn?t about being pro-war. The war is happening. This is about being pro-money.–Efraim In his latest film,?The Hangover?trilogy director Todd Philips dramatizes the unlikely rise of Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill) and David Packouz (Miles Teller), who found loopholes in the military’s use of privately-owned weapons to build a gun-running empire. As international arms dealers,…
