Archive for March, 2005

Toolbox Murders (2003) — dvd movie review

BINFORD OR BARGAIN BASEMENT? If you remember my review of the original Toolbox Murders, you’ll understand my confusion when I heard the news it was being remade. When I heard Tobe Hooper was taking the reins, I was slightly more interested, but equally apprehensive.
Admittedly Hooper is a more miss than hit director. The Texas Chain [...]

Fog of War (aka: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara) — movie review

DO NOT MISS THIS ONE
For such a small word, WAR imbibes and evokes the presence of fear, destruction, and humility. But does it hold any connotations with the word humanity? Americans as a nation wholeheartedly supported and slaved for WWI, turned a deaf ear on the Korean War, then split on the controversial Vietnam [...]