For moviegoers who are unaware of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and the media sea change of the new millennium — which, sadly, is probably the majority — The Fifth Estate may serve 0as a functional overview of the website, its complicated founder and its vast implications. For the rest of us — the blog-surfing, Times-reading, cable news-viewing, NPR-cranking, book fair-visiting, … [Read more...]
Only thing to be afraid of here is story, direction, acting
One of the great things about Wes Craven’s Scream was its pop-culture savvy. Its characters couldn’t make very easy marks if they’d seen every important horror movie ever made and, conversely, the psycho killer was an even more cunning villain because he’d seen all of those movies. It was a smart film because Craven, his characters and his audience were on an even keel: They … [Read more...]