Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Modern American film has seen a lull in classical style. A good modern film is hard-edged, like that of “No Country For Old Men” or “There Will Be Blood.” They are politically appropriate and justly praised, yet one can’t help but yearn for a reawakening of that classical style that seemed to have died in [...]

Review: Slumdog Millionaire

Is America ready for Bollywood? With filmmakers like Danny Boyle integrating Bollywood styles with his own terrific, seasoned style in his new film “Slumdog Millionaire,” cultural cinema desegregation is not the final answer in modern filmmaking – it is the beginning of something new. Without a doubt, Boyle’s new work is a [...]

R.I.P. Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter has passed on – A brilliant writer – who penned the almost unfathomable adaptation of “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” in the 7os. I’m not particularly familiar with his other work, but I saw the film recently and can’t help but recommend it to anyone who enjoys intelligent film. It re-invented the book adaptation [...]

Review: Happy-Go-Lucky

When does maturity start? At the time a person becomes a twentysomething, are he or she really supposed to be a grown up? From Mike Leigh, the seasoned British director of “Secrets and Lies,” “Vera Drake” and “Topsy-Turvy,” the charming “Happy-Go-Lucky” aims to answer this question. The film – a deceptively simplistic slice-of-life dramedy [...]

R.I.P. Majel Barrett-Roddenberry

The voice of the U.S.S. Enterprise from the very first days of “Star Trek” all throughout every incarnation in the “Trek” canon had passed away. Majel Barrett, who was married to Gene Roddenberry – the creator of “Star Trek” – and has made a mark on the lives of Trekkies and Trekkers that will never [...]

The most bizarre Golden Globe nominations ever!

I don’t think I was alone in varying amounts of confusion, terror, and glee with the Golden Globe nominations this morning. The big boys this year seem to be “Frost/Nixon,” “Doubt,” and my most anticipated Oscar bait film – which looks to be a rebirth of the modern “American” film in the vein of “Forrest [...]