Robert Zemeckis’s “Welcome to Marwen’ opens with a waxy-looking Steve Carell flying over Belgium during the Second World War. He is Cap’n Hogie, and soon finds himself on foot and ambushed by Nazis. The sequence is beautiful, but there is… Read More ›
In this special, extra edition of “Lass is More,” we look at “Terminator: Genisys” and “Forrest Gump,” two movies that muck about with the timeline. The former does it within its own timeline–that is, the earlier “Terminator” films–and the latter… Read More ›
This past weekend, I took my daughter to the movies. That, in and of itself, isn’t particularly special – she’ll go to the movies with me no fewer than three times this week. No, what makes it special is that… Read More ›
Robert Zemeckis’ new live action film, “Allied,” opens with Brad Pitt’s character, Max Vatan, parachuting into French Morocco in 1942. He lands in the desert and is quickly picked up and brought to Casablanca. A spy, once in the city… Read More ›
For our last episode of the year, we’re taking a look at spectacle and wether a movie is “worth” seeing on the big screen or the small. I’m of two minds about this. First, I absolutely understand where people are… Read More ›
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