I love this movie. Never gets old. Still stands tall, with every aspect of the story and characters’ psychologies. Tells the world so eloquently through the eyes and ears of a child, without pretensions, and embraces the need for dreamers in the world. A production design marvel. Memorable from top to bottom. Probably the best live action Disney production.
It stands to question who Mary Poppins and her pal Bert truly represent. Are they the idealic parental surrogates, standing in…
There are few movies that can make me laugh and cry in equal measures. This is one of them. A daring script that chooses honesty in its emotions, and loves to embrace its flawed characters. A joke, everywhere you turn. Even the Ben & Jerry stand-ins, Ira & Barry, saying they should dump the cattle drive in the interest of self-preservation is a joke in itself. The risks that were taken to make this are remarkable, aside from the bull, cattle, and…
Post-9/11 Spielberg is real, meaningful, urgent, and well-aged. Munich is one of those rare opportunities a popular filmmaker has to challenge what we’re all thinking about at that moment, without coming off as preachy or pretentious. In wake of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Munich still holds a chair at the table, covering the post-crisis response of the Israeli government following the hostage crisis.
The moral dilemma of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis is very sticky, and one that breeds sympathy on both…
Dude! It’s been well over 15 year since I’ve seen this, and the last time must have been on Comedy Central because I could remember when all the ad breaks landed.
What could I possibly say that isn’t already apparent? A great cast carrying a scaled comedy about desperately chasing your dream in the face of adversity. Holding a radio station hostage with a water pistol is a pretty original premise, but beyond that, the commentary around the music industry…
