This is an overblown sequel to a slick little horror/sci-fi film Pitch Black. Pitch Black was low budget and very effective; it established a simple and elegant premise, played faithfully by its own rules, and treated the audience to a [ . . . ] Read the rest
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The Terminal
June 23, 2004
Steven Spielberg continues to dazzle and amaze. Setting a whole movie in a single airport terminal is the kind of stunt Hitchcock liked to pull in films like Rear Window or Lifeboat, but Spielberg’s tour de force never feels forced. [ . . . ] Read the rest
Scotland, PA
June 23, 2004
This film is a modernization of Macbeth. Instead of the kingdom of Scotland, the stakes here are a fastfood joint, it starts as “Duncan’s” and becomes (wait for it) “MacBeth’s.” It recasts Shakespearean tragedy as knowing black comedy.
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