Category Archives: Hollywood
BLADE RUNNER Review Pt.4 – Visonary Sci-Fier?
Harrison Ford in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner BLADE RUNNER Review: Part III There is simply no scene in Blade Runner that approaches that moment in Au hasard Balthazar. Indeed, Scott doesn’t even try, for Blade Runner is one of those movies whose reputation rests almost entirely upon the "criticism of intent": a noxious reiteration of the intentional fallacy. Fans and supporters of the film simply [...]
CASABLANCA Review Pt.4 – Ingrid Bergman
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman in Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca CASABLANCA Review Part III – Humphrey Bogart Now, compare scenes where Humphrey Bogart tries to act with his eyes the way Paul Henreid does, and one notices Bogart’s utter limitations — he could do cynicism well, and pain ok (aided by a drink in hand), but that’s about it. This is not because Rick is constricted emotionally [...]
Robert Pattinson’s REMEMBER ME Gets Another Mixed Review
Robert Pattinson’s Remember Me received another mixed review, this time from the Associated Press‘ Jake Coyle, who complains that "long before the big reveal ending, one begins to feel Remember Me is romanticizing — even fetishizing — tragedy. There’s a pretentious reveling in emotional scars and painful loss." On the positive side, Coyle remarks that the romantic drama should be commended for "its boldness. It [...]
Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin: REMEMBER ME Sequence
Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin star in the romantic drama Remember Me, which has received a very positive review in The Hollywood Reporter and a less enthusiastic one in Variety. Both reviewers mention that the film’s climax may leave some viewers wondering where all that came from — while others will be moved. Directed by Allen Coulter and written by Will Fetters (with some [...]