Category Archives: movies

On “Inception”

Spoil­ers galore ahead. Yes, post­ing will resume the 20th. I’m mak­ing an excep­tion because — well, you’ll see. On “Incep­tion:” an exis­ten­tial med­i­ta­tion on trust and sac­ri­fice. Those issues are explored through faith and rea­son. The movie is filled with extra­or­di­nar­ily clever and com­pe­tent peo­ple, and a curi­ous device that allows them to give some­one …

August 15, 2010 – 12:11 am | By ashok | Posted in movies | Comments (8)

Online Culture and Mike Judge’s “Idiocracy”

1. Paul rec­om­mended “Idioc­racy” to me a while back, and I regret not see­ing it imme­di­ately then. I saw a good por­tion of the film on Com­edy Cen­tral yes­ter­day — I picked up at the part where Luke Wil­son was in line to go to prison. If you haven’t seen the film, all you need …

June 14, 2010 – 2:25 am | By ashok | Posted in media, movies, politics | Comments (4)

Should I Go See “The A-Team?”

Josh and I had a con­ver­sa­tion about the rel­a­tive mer­its of the upcom­ing film. I think we noted that the exis­ten­tial long­ing and regret of Wild Straw­ber­ries or the dark com­edy of 8 1/2 might be absent from it. Still, I’m prob­a­bly going to go see this. I must have seen every episode of “The A-Team” …

June 3, 2010 – 11:11 pm | By ashok | Posted in movies, personal | Comments (7)

On Pixar’s “Up”

“Up” is dif­fi­cult to write about, because despite the fact that it is very much for adults, it is essen­tially a kid’s movie: it is a para­ble. Every­thing in “Up” is obvi­ous, and there aren’t ques­tions to tease out and address. Instead, it’s a pow­er­ful moral state­ment that plays on sen­ti­ment so as to edu­cate …

February 21, 2010 – 12:58 am | By ashok | Posted in movies | Comments (4)

The Soul’s Elements: On the Movie “9” (spoilers)

Spoil­ers galore ahead. Pajiba’s review of “9” cov­ers what’s wrong with the movie: the dia­logue is the most press­ing prob­lem, and the story is per­haps not as well-crafted as it could have been. Those of you who have seen the movie, where dolls (named only with num­bers) who are aspects of the soul/mind have to deal …

September 12, 2009 – 2:55 am | By ashok | Posted in movies | Comments (1)