When I first heard about Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film – word was that it was about a Scientology-type leader and a drifter who becomes attached to him – I assumed Anderson’s focus would be on cult and power...
Category - Film
Deborah Klugman
Tropfest comes to Vegas – June 1-3, 2012
The “world’s largest short film festival” – Tropfest – is heading for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, June 1-3, 2012. Twenty years ago, in Sydney Australia, a young actor-turned director named John Polson started a...
Pauline Adamek
Avengers assemble! Review of the newest comicbook blockbuster movie.
Writer/director Joss Whedon’s take on the Marvel universe – The Avengers – is breaking US box office records this weekend, following smash hit success in international markets. Yet this critic did not love this picture...
Eva Green casts an alluring spell in “Dark Shadows” – my interview
Bertolucci babe and Bond girl Eva Green is a villainous witch hell bent on revenge. The actress/model stars in Tim Burton’s big screen fantasy comedy version of the creaky cult classic TV series, Dark Shadows. Playing...
Spy vs Spy in the House of Love — ‘This Means War’ film review
Dumb fun and loads of laughs, the new action-comedy movie This Means War is a slick, savvy and crowd-pleasing thrill ride. It’s a glossy and handsome, high-concept and lavishly filmed perfect-Hollywood-date-movie...