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Watching the Clock
“Watchmen” has everything but meaning.
It was a dark and stormy night in Zack Snyder’s adaptation of “Watchmen.” And then it was again and again. And again.
If pounding rain in a neo-noir detective story is a cliché, Snyder, director of “300,” hasn’t heard of it. Based on what we see in his adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ sprawling mid-’80s graphic novel about Cold War paranoia in an alternate America, he hasn’t heard of kitsch either. Or irony. Read the rest of this entry »
This review first appeared on StyleWeekly.com
“Rambo” returns to its roots, remastered, and back in theaters.
Not many movies are, at the same time, both open and impervious to the clarifying effects of a digitally remastered, high-definition makeover as “First Blood.” The 1982 movie is an entertaining camp classic, which tries to walk a line between over-the-top action and social issues. Yet rarely have said ingredients exploded together into such a thrilling mess as in this movie. Read the rest of this entry »
