“Star Trek: Into Darkness” — a film review by Gary Chew Maintaining linkage with itself has to be one of the underlying secrets of success for the durable “Star Trek” franchise. The linkage with all the star trekking from its outset when Gene Roddenberry got [more...]
“The Great Gatsby” — a film review by Gary Chew The most salient point in F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s great novel The Great Gatsby comes when Nick Carraway admonishes Jay Gatsby: “You can’t repeat the past.” Making sure to abide by that admonition had to be [more...]
“The United States of ALEC” — a film review by Gary Chew The elephant is this room is not the Republican Party, although it is a reasonable facsimile. What it is, actually, is a quasi-non-profit, tax-exempt, longstanding, corporate lobby group that’s the subject of a [more...]
“The Company You Keep” — a film review by Gary Chew Robert Redford’s new movie, “The Company You Keep,” needs a larger plate. It’s more than dinner for Thanksgiving and Christmas, combined. Good things are on the plate but, some intended for the film, spill, [more...]
“Mud” — a film review by Gary Chew Imagine if you can, a film actors’ school for men only. The primary acting coaches at the school are Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall … and maybe Sam Elliott. Now you have a good impression of [more...]
“Oblivion” — a film review by Gary Chew The only thing there’s more of in the IMAX movie “Oblivion” than mind-blowing computer-generated imagery are cliches. But the CGI and the, sometimes, almost deafening sound effects and music are worth the watch and listen. This elaborate [more...]
“Trance” — a film review by Gary Chew Director Danny Boyle, who gave us “Trainspotting” and “Slumdog Millionaire,” is back with another visceral romp that may be the product of Boyle watching “Inception” too many times. Also titled with a single word,”Trance” uses hypnotherapy as [more...]
“Shadows of Liberty” — a film review by Gary Chew “When men yield up the exclusive privilege of thinking, the last shadows of liberty quit the horizon.” That rhetorical flourish in 1776 from the pen of Thomas Paine, it could be argued, is what precipitates [more...]
“On The Road” — a film review by Gary Chew When Jack Kerouac began scribbling down things in a note pad that found their way into his novel, “On the Road,” he had not a notion about whether or not what he was creating would [more...]
“Stoker” — a film review by Gary Chew “You have to do something bad before you might do something worse,” is a good way to begin a review of a really well-made film called ”Stoker.” It stars Nicole Kidman as Evelyn Stoker, the mother; Mia Wasikowska [more...]