Movie Review: High-Rise (2016)
It’s unsurprising that the works of science-fiction novelist and satirist J.G. Ballard would eventually be prone to misinterpretation, mostly because it’s the fate that befalls most socially critical writers (who, after all, knows the proper use of the term Orwellian anymore?). It’s a problem rooted in the absence of context. Ballard—who died in 2009—wrote specifically … Continue reading
Movie Review: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
After years of anticipation and months of slowly revealing trailers, junkets, and theories, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens has finally arrived as the cinematic event of your lifetime, at least according to Disney and their marketeers (yes, that misspelling is intentional). The rabid fans of this beloved franchise—who teeter between the reservedly patriotic … Continue reading
Movie Review: The Martian (2015)
Science-fiction used to reside in the realm of dreams–a genre choice where fantasies about the infinite possibilities beyond our stars ignited universal wonder. However, with each scientific discovery (either from exploration or theoretical reasoning) there are debilitating after-effects, where creative fictional possibilities become rather limited. That is especially so for our continually explored neighboring planet … Continue reading
Movie Review: Interstellar (2014)- Christopher Nolan’s Self-Indulgent Visual Extravagance Can’t Save an Interminable and Familiar Narrative
It seems fitting that director Christopher Nolan, a filmmaker obsessed with the more cerebral slanting elements of film, would ambitiously attempt to tackle the vastness of our Universe and its infinitely changing properties because in most of his original pieces of film he has already bent time (Memento), manipulated space (The Prestige), and created new … Continue reading
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