This review is based off a volume that collects Action Comics #957-962.
There are many reasons why Action Comics is one of my favorite titles that DC currently publishes – and Path of Doom illustrates them all beautifully. Not only does it include Superman and all the essential supporting characters – Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Lex Luthor, for starters – but it also features some of the most compelling mysteries of the young Rebirth era, a quality many may not be aware of and something that will be touched on shortly.
But really, it should come as no surprise that this series is a fine read. I mean, if Dan Jurgens was born to write for any character, it’s certainly Big Blue. Having crafted tales chronicling the Man of Tomorrow’s adventures for the past few decades, you would think he’d run out of ideas by now, but nothing could be further from the truth.
There are many reasons why Action Comics is one of my favorite titles that DC currently publishes – and Path of Doom illustrates them all beautifully. Not only does it include Superman and all the essential supporting characters – Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Lex Luthor, for starters – but it also features some of the most compelling mysteries of the young Rebirth era, a quality many may not be aware of and something that will be touched on shortly.
But really, it should come as no surprise that this series is a fine read. I mean, if Dan Jurgens was born to write for any character, it’s certainly Big Blue. Having crafted tales chronicling the Man of Tomorrow’s adventures for the past few decades, you would think he’d run out of ideas by now, but nothing could be further from the truth.
- 2/21/2017
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
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The Grand Experiment
He said I alone can solve it all:
The Mexicans will take the fall,Rapists and murderers one and all. I'll keep them out with a beautiful wall.
He claimed Muslims on the Jersey ShoreCheered 9/11 with a roar.So he proposed to even the scoreBy turning away refugees from our door.
He picked off his rivals one by oneWith insults from his verbal gun.A playground bully in his roots;Now some of the vanquished lick his boots.
Party leaders professed surprise;But said not a word as they saw him rise.Their fifty-year history brought us here:Filled with whispered expletives like nigger, and queer.
They acted as if they didn't knowThat his campaign was a toxic showAnd didn't believe he’d continue to crowWhile eager crowds watched, faces aglow.
Now their surprise has turned to dismay,But the leaders still have little to say.
The Grand Experiment
He said I alone can solve it all:
The Mexicans will take the fall,Rapists and murderers one and all. I'll keep them out with a beautiful wall.
He claimed Muslims on the Jersey ShoreCheered 9/11 with a roar.So he proposed to even the scoreBy turning away refugees from our door.
He picked off his rivals one by oneWith insults from his verbal gun.A playground bully in his roots;Now some of the vanquished lick his boots.
Party leaders professed surprise;But said not a word as they saw him rise.Their fifty-year history brought us here:Filled with whispered expletives like nigger, and queer.
They acted as if they didn't knowThat his campaign was a toxic showAnd didn't believe he’d continue to crowWhile eager crowds watched, faces aglow.
Now their surprise has turned to dismay,But the leaders still have little to say.
- 9/23/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Handel)
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
Drive
Showcase Inventory
Created by Tim Minear & Ben Queen
Produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Reamworks
Aired on Fox for 1 season (4 episodes aired, 2 unaired + pilot) from April 13 – July 15, 2007
Cast
Nathan Fillion as Alex Tully
Kristin Lehman as Corinna Wiles
Kevin Alejandro as Winston Salazar
Jd Pardo as Sean Salazar
Dylan Baker as John Trimble
Emma Stone as Violet Trimble
Michael Hyatt as Susan Chamblee
Rochelle Aytes as Leigh Barnthouse
Melanie Lynsky as Wendy Patrakas
Taryn Manning as Ivy Chitty
Riley Smith as Rob Laird
Mircea Monroe as Ellie Laird
Show Premise
All across the country, a secret organization is holding an illegal road race competition, bringing in participants to rally against one another to win a $32 million grand prize. Each racer has been specifically selected by unknown sponsors, who have put them into the game for reasons unknown to the racers, and each of the racers have their own personal...
Showcase Inventory
Created by Tim Minear & Ben Queen
Produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Reamworks
Aired on Fox for 1 season (4 episodes aired, 2 unaired + pilot) from April 13 – July 15, 2007
Cast
Nathan Fillion as Alex Tully
Kristin Lehman as Corinna Wiles
Kevin Alejandro as Winston Salazar
Jd Pardo as Sean Salazar
Dylan Baker as John Trimble
Emma Stone as Violet Trimble
Michael Hyatt as Susan Chamblee
Rochelle Aytes as Leigh Barnthouse
Melanie Lynsky as Wendy Patrakas
Taryn Manning as Ivy Chitty
Riley Smith as Rob Laird
Mircea Monroe as Ellie Laird
Show Premise
All across the country, a secret organization is holding an illegal road race competition, bringing in participants to rally against one another to win a $32 million grand prize. Each racer has been specifically selected by unknown sponsors, who have put them into the game for reasons unknown to the racers, and each of the racers have their own personal...
- 3/14/2015
- by Jean Pierre Diez
- SoundOnSight
One of the joys of True/False, it turns out, is that nearly all of the post-screening Q&As are hosted not by programmers or associate programmers or awkward theater staff who’ve been left with a pair of mics and little context, but fellow filmmakers. Several of the screenings I’ve attended thus far were moderated by Jesse Moss, whose own exquisite film The Overnighters was part of last year’s lineup. Yesterday he moderated , amongst others, the Q&A with Brett Morgen, director of the deeply moving, humanizing portrait of the Nirvana frontman in Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, as witnessed above in the photo Moss himself took from the stage of the Missouri Theater (you can see me peeking out from behind someone on the end of the right hand side of the fifth row).
“While you were watching the movie, we were drinking,” Morgen confessed as...
“While you were watching the movie, we were drinking,” Morgen confessed as...
- 3/9/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Up to three low-budget features will be greenlit from the 12 selections.
La Biennale di Venezia has unveiled the 12 projects selected for the third round of the Biennale College - Cinema programme.
They attended the first workshop in Venice from Oct 4-13. Further workshops will be held in December and January, and up to three of the features will be greenlit to screen at the Venice International Film Festival in 2015.
The College has backed previous low-budget features including Memphis, Short Skin and Blood Cells.
The group of participants hail from Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, France,, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sri Lanka, the Us and the UK.
The selections, with information provided by the Biennale, are:
Baby Bump – Kuba Czekaj (director, Poland), Madgadalena Kaminska (producer, Poland): a story centred on the fear of puberty and the sexual transformation of an eleven-year-old. As his body changes, a dark and fantastic world begins to take hold of his life...
La Biennale di Venezia has unveiled the 12 projects selected for the third round of the Biennale College - Cinema programme.
They attended the first workshop in Venice from Oct 4-13. Further workshops will be held in December and January, and up to three of the features will be greenlit to screen at the Venice International Film Festival in 2015.
The College has backed previous low-budget features including Memphis, Short Skin and Blood Cells.
The group of participants hail from Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, France,, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sri Lanka, the Us and the UK.
The selections, with information provided by the Biennale, are:
Baby Bump – Kuba Czekaj (director, Poland), Madgadalena Kaminska (producer, Poland): a story centred on the fear of puberty and the sexual transformation of an eleven-year-old. As his body changes, a dark and fantastic world begins to take hold of his life...
- 10/14/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Last Sunday evening at Lincoln Center, Eleanor Burke was awarded the first ever Ifp Durga Entertainment Filmmaker Grant, which offers a $20,000 prize to an Ifp alum who juggles filmmaking and parenting. Burke attended the 2009 Ifp Filmmaker Labs with her debut Stranger Things, and the 2012 No Borders Co-Production Market with Bright as Day, which Burke says is “about an aging anti-social wanderer and a teenage truant who band together to save an abandoned horse.” The script also took part in the Sundance Producing Lab and the Hamptons Screenwriting Lab. Concurrently, Burke is prepping Through and Through, which will participate in the Venice Biennale College Cinema in […]...
- 9/19/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Last Sunday evening at Lincoln Center, Eleanor Burke was awarded the first ever Ifp Durga Entertainment Filmmaker Grant, which offers a $20,000 prize to an Ifp alum who juggles filmmaking and parenting. Burke attended the 2009 Ifp Filmmaker Labs with her debut Stranger Things, and the 2012 No Borders Co-Production Market with Bright as Day, which Burke says is “about an aging anti-social wanderer and a teenage truant who band together to save an abandoned horse.” The script also took part in the Sundance Producing Lab and the Hamptons Screenwriting Lab. Concurrently, Burke is prepping Through and Through, which will participate in the Venice Biennale College Cinema in […]...
- 9/19/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
It’s that time of year again where the Big 5 networks start to roll out their annual Fall Season of new TV shows. Being lucky enough to preview the new shows being offered, here is a quick take on which of new shows caught our eye and that we recommend you add to your “watch” list this Fall:
Almost Human
Coming from the super-duo J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman (who also brought Fringe to the small screen), this new sci-fi series invites viewers to explore life in the near future in the year 2048 where robots and androids are a routine part of everyday life; so much so that they are even paired with human partners in the police force. Starring Star Trek’s Karl Urban and Common Law’s Michael Ealy, they bring an unexpected level of hilarious interaction to a tense drama series about political terrorism and unrest in the future.
Almost Human
Coming from the super-duo J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman (who also brought Fringe to the small screen), this new sci-fi series invites viewers to explore life in the near future in the year 2048 where robots and androids are a routine part of everyday life; so much so that they are even paired with human partners in the police force. Starring Star Trek’s Karl Urban and Common Law’s Michael Ealy, they bring an unexpected level of hilarious interaction to a tense drama series about political terrorism and unrest in the future.
- 9/17/2013
- by Tiffany Vogt
- The TV Addict
This Gun for Hire
Written by Albert Maltz and W.R. Burnett
Directed by Frank Tuttle
U.S.A, 1942
The great American actor Alan Ladd died at the unfairly young age of 50. With a series of leading roles in some timeless classics during the 1940s and 1950s he carved himself a firm place in Hollywood lore. His quality work in such films as The Blue Dahlia, Two Years Before the Mast and Shane earned him critical acclaim as well as a bevy of movie fans. He could play cool and he could play tough as nails, yet was also clearly capable of demonstrating a subtle humane side to even his most hardened characters. One of the early films of his career that helped pave his way into stardom was the 1942, Frank Tuttle directed This Gun for Hire, a multi-genre mashing of WWII, spy and noir themes.
An alarm clock wakes up...
Written by Albert Maltz and W.R. Burnett
Directed by Frank Tuttle
U.S.A, 1942
The great American actor Alan Ladd died at the unfairly young age of 50. With a series of leading roles in some timeless classics during the 1940s and 1950s he carved himself a firm place in Hollywood lore. His quality work in such films as The Blue Dahlia, Two Years Before the Mast and Shane earned him critical acclaim as well as a bevy of movie fans. He could play cool and he could play tough as nails, yet was also clearly capable of demonstrating a subtle humane side to even his most hardened characters. One of the early films of his career that helped pave his way into stardom was the 1942, Frank Tuttle directed This Gun for Hire, a multi-genre mashing of WWII, spy and noir themes.
An alarm clock wakes up...
- 7/19/2013
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Having spent most of his digital life stuck in the shadow of his shorter, and more portly brother, Mario, Luigi has been deserving of a spot in the limelight for a long time now. Nintendo has thankfully realized that, and is doing its best to give every one of the world’s Player Twos a chance to shine, through its Year of Luigi plan. You’ve probably heard of it, but if not it’s pretty self-explanatory, and will see the green-clad plumber become a focus of new digital content, such as games, Dlc and collectibles, throughout his 30th anniversary year. It’s relatively new, of course, and has quite a few more months to go, but the wheel began rolling with Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon for 3Ds and has picked up speed with New Super Luigi U.
For the purpose of this review, we’ll stick with the...
For the purpose of this review, we’ll stick with the...
- 6/30/2013
- by Chad Goodmurphy
- We Got This Covered
While some developers advertise their games’ length, mechanics or in-depth plot lines, others choose to make waves through technical prowess. Frankfurt-based Crytek is a great example of this, having chosen to utilize the latter tactic in order to get gamers psyched for Crysis, its created IP, several years ago. Luckily for them, that tactic resulted in panic, part sales and wishful thinkers, as the PC-using community attempted to upgrade before the much talked-about and gorgeous-looking first-person shooter made its way to retailers. Thus began the age of the, “Can it run Crysis?” question.
Although it doesn’t exactly feel like it, approximately six years have passed since the series’ thoroughly discussed debut. Since then, the inaugural title has made its way to consoles via downloadable means and two numbered sequels have been released, along with a PC exclusive side-story. The franchise’s most recent offering happens to be Crysis 3, a...
Although it doesn’t exactly feel like it, approximately six years have passed since the series’ thoroughly discussed debut. Since then, the inaugural title has made its way to consoles via downloadable means and two numbered sequels have been released, along with a PC exclusive side-story. The franchise’s most recent offering happens to be Crysis 3, a...
- 2/26/2013
- by Chad Goodmurphy
- We Got This Covered
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a strange creature. By all rights, this movie seems like it should have gone straight-to-dvd. The title alone is enough to make you question the viability of its theatrical release and when you see that Famke Janssen (X-Men, 100 Feet) is one the stars, it only pushes that belief further in said direction. Then you see that it has bagged Jeremy Renner (The Avengers) as half of the titular duo and realize that Adam McKay and Will Ferrell are executive producers on it and that’s when you really start to question the exact position this movie is in.
Through and through, Hansel & Gretel is a mixed bag. As stated, McKay and Ferrell’s studio produced the project, as well as MTV Films, and it has an oddball cast peppered among the already strange ensemble production team. Tommy Wirkola, the director behind 2009’s surprise hit Dead Snow...
Through and through, Hansel & Gretel is a mixed bag. As stated, McKay and Ferrell’s studio produced the project, as well as MTV Films, and it has an oddball cast peppered among the already strange ensemble production team. Tommy Wirkola, the director behind 2009’s surprise hit Dead Snow...
- 1/25/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Given how long it’s been since we saw a solid-gold, inarguable instant classic from Steven Spielberg, many have come to feel that the director has lost his way somewhat since his last masterpiece, Saving Private Ryan, releasing films in its wake that were distinctly average (The Terminal, War of the Worlds, War Horse), disappointingly underwhelming (A.I.), and downright awful (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), with only a few legitimate greats in between (Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, Munich, The Adventures of Tintin).
Perhaps we simply have come to warrant too much from the world’s most famous director, and the expectations for his Abraham Lincoln biopic were appropriately shifted, anticipating the possibility that Spielberg’s oft-indelicate direction might stifle even the most dedicated Daniel Day-Lewis performance. It’s a pleasure to report, then, that his Lincoln feels absolutely nothing...
Given how long it’s been since we saw a solid-gold, inarguable instant classic from Steven Spielberg, many have come to feel that the director has lost his way somewhat since his last masterpiece, Saving Private Ryan, releasing films in its wake that were distinctly average (The Terminal, War of the Worlds, War Horse), disappointingly underwhelming (A.I.), and downright awful (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), with only a few legitimate greats in between (Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, Munich, The Adventures of Tintin).
Perhaps we simply have come to warrant too much from the world’s most famous director, and the expectations for his Abraham Lincoln biopic were appropriately shifted, anticipating the possibility that Spielberg’s oft-indelicate direction might stifle even the most dedicated Daniel Day-Lewis performance. It’s a pleasure to report, then, that his Lincoln feels absolutely nothing...
- 1/24/2013
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Amid the slew of predictable Yuletide fare, it is diverting when an original holiday film emerges, yet despite being blessed with a livewire premise, DreamWorks’ hotly anticipated Rise of the Guardians summarily squanders its promise by way of an oddly bland screenplay. Pitched as a more kiddie-friendly take on The Avengers, Guardians brings together the cream of the crop of children’s mythic heroes – Santa Claus, Jack Frost, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and The Sandman – for a superhero super-group that relies on children’s capacity to believe in them, yet even kids might have trouble getting invested in this surprisingly dull animated film.
While there are a few nice ideas – such as making Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin) Eastern-European, and giving the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) an Aussie accent – Rise of the Guardians simply isn’t very interesting, largely because the conflict throughout is so benign.
Amid the slew of predictable Yuletide fare, it is diverting when an original holiday film emerges, yet despite being blessed with a livewire premise, DreamWorks’ hotly anticipated Rise of the Guardians summarily squanders its promise by way of an oddly bland screenplay. Pitched as a more kiddie-friendly take on The Avengers, Guardians brings together the cream of the crop of children’s mythic heroes – Santa Claus, Jack Frost, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and The Sandman – for a superhero super-group that relies on children’s capacity to believe in them, yet even kids might have trouble getting invested in this surprisingly dull animated film.
While there are a few nice ideas – such as making Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin) Eastern-European, and giving the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) an Aussie accent – Rise of the Guardians simply isn’t very interesting, largely because the conflict throughout is so benign.
- 11/12/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Daniél Espinosa’s adaptation of the first in Jens Lapidus’s best-selling “Stockholm Noir” trilogy, Easy Money, revolves around three characters; Jorge (Matias Varela), an escaped convict looking to revenge those who snitched on him and make one last coke deal before skipping town; Mrado (Dragomir Mrsic), a hitman tasked with taking Jorge down, while having to look after his young daughter; and Jw (Joel Kinnaman), a slick, good-looking young man who socialises with Sweden’s wealthy elite, but is in fact a fraud, a broke student, living in digs, and working as a taxi driver to maintain his image.
Through and through, this is a slickly assembled crime drama, probing deep into timely themes in the wake of the recession – and was released natively in 2010, during the dark heart of the decline – intersecting with Jw’s own trepidations, as he notices a beautiful, wealthy young...
Daniél Espinosa’s adaptation of the first in Jens Lapidus’s best-selling “Stockholm Noir” trilogy, Easy Money, revolves around three characters; Jorge (Matias Varela), an escaped convict looking to revenge those who snitched on him and make one last coke deal before skipping town; Mrado (Dragomir Mrsic), a hitman tasked with taking Jorge down, while having to look after his young daughter; and Jw (Joel Kinnaman), a slick, good-looking young man who socialises with Sweden’s wealthy elite, but is in fact a fraud, a broke student, living in digs, and working as a taxi driver to maintain his image.
Through and through, this is a slickly assembled crime drama, probing deep into timely themes in the wake of the recession – and was released natively in 2010, during the dark heart of the decline – intersecting with Jw’s own trepidations, as he notices a beautiful, wealthy young...
- 10/21/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
This adaptation of Tony Briggs’ play of the same name might at first appear to adhere stringently to the musical biopic formula, but Wayne Blair’s shrewdly directed – if occasionally over-reaching – film provides more emotional heft than would be reasonably expected, in a work ultimately driven by the strong performances and entertaining musical renditions.
Taking place during 1968 at the height of the Vietnam War in 1968, The Sapphires revolves around four indigenous Australian singers who are by chance “discovered” by a hapless talent scout, Dave (Chris O’Dowd). As they prepare for their first big gig – entertaining the troops in Vietnam – they must contend with not only personal dramas of identity and family, but the dark spectre that the war has pitted against their desire to sing.
While The Sapphires is full of formula, right down to the make-up of the band itself – there’s the sensible one,...
This adaptation of Tony Briggs’ play of the same name might at first appear to adhere stringently to the musical biopic formula, but Wayne Blair’s shrewdly directed – if occasionally over-reaching – film provides more emotional heft than would be reasonably expected, in a work ultimately driven by the strong performances and entertaining musical renditions.
Taking place during 1968 at the height of the Vietnam War in 1968, The Sapphires revolves around four indigenous Australian singers who are by chance “discovered” by a hapless talent scout, Dave (Chris O’Dowd). As they prepare for their first big gig – entertaining the troops in Vietnam – they must contend with not only personal dramas of identity and family, but the dark spectre that the war has pitted against their desire to sing.
While The Sapphires is full of formula, right down to the make-up of the band itself – there’s the sensible one,...
- 10/18/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Boss, Season 2, Episode 1: “Louder than Words”
Written by Dee Johnson
Directed by Jim McKay
Boss, Season 2, Episode 2: “Through and Through”
Written by Bradford Winters
Directed by Jean de Segonzac
Airs Fridays at 9pm (Et) on Starz
Boss is back on our screens with a confident, clear renewal of its grand themes and dense plotting, and, as with Season One, we watch to see how the kingdom will come down. The opening scene of the second season voices the story’s central conflict and complication explicitly and in certain terms: Kane’s health will continue to rapidly decline, his judgement will begin to falter, and his behaviour will become steadily more irrational. As Dr. Ella Harris (brought back into the fold by Kane) insists, Kane’s best days are behind him, and no amount of hard-earned self-belief, sense of purpose, or self-awareness will provide immunity. Another core complication: Kane...
Written by Dee Johnson
Directed by Jim McKay
Boss, Season 2, Episode 2: “Through and Through”
Written by Bradford Winters
Directed by Jean de Segonzac
Airs Fridays at 9pm (Et) on Starz
Boss is back on our screens with a confident, clear renewal of its grand themes and dense plotting, and, as with Season One, we watch to see how the kingdom will come down. The opening scene of the second season voices the story’s central conflict and complication explicitly and in certain terms: Kane’s health will continue to rapidly decline, his judgement will begin to falter, and his behaviour will become steadily more irrational. As Dr. Ella Harris (brought back into the fold by Kane) insists, Kane’s best days are behind him, and no amount of hard-earned self-belief, sense of purpose, or self-awareness will provide immunity. Another core complication: Kane...
- 9/4/2012
- by Ody Constantinou
- SoundOnSight
#15 – We Are the Night
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Dennis Gansel’s follow-up to his provocative but flawed drama The Wave is equally troubled. We Are the Night follows Lena (Karoline Herfurth), a young thief who winds up being drawn into the world of a trio of vampires after being bitten by one. An unconventional coming-of-age story of sorts, Lena is eased into vampiric maturation by the elder of the gang, Louise (Nina Hoss), allowing her to indulge in the more hedonistic aspects of her transformation. No matter how much food, alcohol, drugs and sex the violent femmes partake in, they will never get fat, and never get pregnant.
Through and through, this is a feminist vampire text, set in a world in which male vampires no longer exist; they have been rendered extinct by the female contingent of the species. There’s also a well-placed tragic side to their predicament...
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Dennis Gansel’s follow-up to his provocative but flawed drama The Wave is equally troubled. We Are the Night follows Lena (Karoline Herfurth), a young thief who winds up being drawn into the world of a trio of vampires after being bitten by one. An unconventional coming-of-age story of sorts, Lena is eased into vampiric maturation by the elder of the gang, Louise (Nina Hoss), allowing her to indulge in the more hedonistic aspects of her transformation. No matter how much food, alcohol, drugs and sex the violent femmes partake in, they will never get fat, and never get pregnant.
Through and through, this is a feminist vampire text, set in a world in which male vampires no longer exist; they have been rendered extinct by the female contingent of the species. There’s also a well-placed tragic side to their predicament...
- 8/28/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
After a roller coaster of a first episode of "Bethenny Ever After," Bethenny Frankel took to her blog (well, the blog Bravo definitely potentially pays her to write) and embraced her imbalance: "I want you to see the real me, whether emotional or inappropriate or neurotic. This is who I am." Not that we had any doubt, but man, are we thrilled to have B on our side, ready to peel back the many layers. We may come to discover the third, fourth and even tenth side to our favorite reality star. But until then, let us stick to the two we know best. Shall we?
"Can't Get Enough of You" Bethenny
Being genuinely excited for Hoda Kotb when she realizes her face is saying "I'm in love" and not "Let's skip the bread basket." B may be insecure at times, but she seems truly happy for her.
Bringing up...
"Can't Get Enough of You" Bethenny
Being genuinely excited for Hoda Kotb when she realizes her face is saying "I'm in love" and not "Let's skip the bread basket." B may be insecure at times, but she seems truly happy for her.
Bringing up...
- 2/28/2012
- by Anna Brand
- Aol TV.
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