ELYSIUM (2013)
Ever since September 2011 it seems cinema has been wrought with all science-fiction films dealing with class divides. The haves and the have-nots. The 1%-ers and the 99%. Since the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement. Elysium…
FAIL-SAFE (1964)
This is part of my Sidney Lumet Syllabus In January of 1964 if you lived in the US of A you would’ve been treated to a cinematic satire that we’re still trying to equal today without…
BLINDSPOT: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000)
When you think of the connections you share with other people there are many words we use to describe the varying level of that connection. It can be intimate, friendly, kin-like, or even as small…
DEATHTRAP (1982)
This is part of my Sidney Lumet Syllabus It’s a thriller comedy about a writer of thrillers embroiled in a thriller where he plots to kill a former student in order to gain his flawless script…
PACIFIC RIM (2013)
In a world where Gundam, Evangellion and Code Geass exist it’s somewhat weird to me that the US has never done this idea before. They’ve mined almost every other port of popular culture over the…