Rethink.

Spoilers galore ahead. Yes, posting will resume the 20th. I’m making an exception because – well, you’ll see. On “Inception:” a 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 a …

“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 …

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 …

Spoilers galore ahead. 1. “Star Trek” is a good movie, but not a great one. It is purposely not aiming to be great; given the “alternate reality” it claims to be, it could be treated as a stand-alone episode. It consistently recognizes the depth of the mythos, whether that is the fullness of the characters, …

Steven Lloyd Wilson, in his brief review of this film, provides much to think about: The film begins with… a simulation called the Kobayashi Maru, a test required of all command cadets, a test that cannot be won. The importance of the test is gradually revealed over the course of the film and dovetails with …

Spoilers ahead: I’ve only seen the movie, not read the book. The movie is too long, too disjointed, and has too much weak acting in places to recommend. It isn’t a complete failure: there are scenes of genuine horror, and you do end up rooting for one character who most doggedly pursues truth and justice. …

Elizabeth Wolcott has noted that if Joker’s knives are his use of words, then we can account for Joker’s scars. Presumably the scars came from a knife; given that he describes his father cutting him up and him cutting his wife or himself up (I’m not sure of the latter, I forget what happened), and …