W. (2008) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
I blow hot and cold on Oliver Stone, admiring his capacity to orchestrate images and actors with electric fervour, but …
Films About Politics
Il Divo (2008) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Breakneck-paced exploration of a murk-shrouded subject – contemporary Italian politics, specifically the gnomic eminence gris that is Giulio Andreotti. Andreotti …
State of Play (2009) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Is it just me, or does many a thriller these days start off well, and yet fail to nail its …
Advise and Consent (1963) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Possibly Otto Preminger’s last great film (although Bunny Lake is Missing has admirers), and the final screen work of Charles …
Freedom and Fate in George Lucas’s THX 1138 and Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report
An edited version of an academic essay I wrote in 2009, looking at common generic concerns. George Lucas and Steven …
The International (2009) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Tom Tykwer tackles the conspiracy thriller flick, mixing up Hitchcock, Frederick Forsyth, Alan Pakula, and Jason Bourne, armed with considerable …
