Have you ever thought about the price of being famous? Losing your privacy. Having people’s opinions of your every move plastered on the covers of magazines. Attracting the attention of people who’ve obviously got a few screws loose. All of this happens to Mima Kiragoe in 1997’s Perfect Blue, anContinue Reading
As I mentioned in my review of eXistenZ, any movie regarding technology or computers usually shows that technology doing things that it simply cannot do. In the case of Enemy of the State, I’m not sure if the computers can do those things they’re shown doing or not. If theyContinue Reading
Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) was a New York cop until a tragic accident paralyzed him from the shoulders down. Aside from the index finger on his left hand, he’s completely motionless. Before the accident, he was one of New York’s finest forensic experts and, on the side, a best-selling author.Continue Reading
What does a man who has everything do for fun? He steals high-priced works of art for his own amusement. Pierce Brosnan plays Thomas Crown, a businessman that buys and sells companies with little regard for anything other than making money who also possesses a love of art that heContinue Reading
Movies that deal with computers or computer related subjects usually portray the machines doing things that they simply cannot do, even if the film is supposed to take place in the present day. eXistenZ, which deals with virtual reality games, takes place sometime in the future. The computers are doingContinue Reading
Jeff Bridges plays Michael Faraday, a professor at George Washington University. He teaches a class in, of all things, terrorism. His wife, an FBI agent, was killed several years ago in a botched raid on a suspected terrorist’s home. Michael’s son, Grant (Spencer Treat Clark), is wary of his father’sContinue Reading
Nicholas Van Orton is a troubled investment banker. He’s haunted by the thought that he’s just turned 48 years old and that’s the age his father was when he committed suicide. Possibly as a result of seeing his dad kill himself, he’s now a cold, almost emotionless businessman. When peopleContinue Reading