Author: Alex K
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Le Deuxieme Souffle
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Read more: Le Deuxieme SouffleA Second Wind within a theme of fatalism.
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The Social Network
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Read more: The Social NetworkConsidering the mammoth overexposure of Ferceberk and the obnoxious nature of its avid users (rivaling only BMW drivers), the effort required to make the story of its creation in any way interesting is nothing less than Herculean. Director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin rise to that challenge, and it is indeed cracking entertainment, even…
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Crude
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Read more: CrudeFuck Chevron.
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A Most Wanted Man
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Read more: A Most Wanted ManNone of us really get to know whether anything we do is worth a damn to the world as a whole, or even to those we care about
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Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
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Read more: Dawn Of The Planet Of The ApesMaybe I am taking a movie about monkeys riding horses too seriously, but even the original Planet of the Apes was pretty silly. The subtext was…
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Food, Inc.
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Read more: Food, Inc.The illusion of the traditional farmer has been very useful from a marketing perspective, as every imaginable food product will have a picture of happy animals and good, honest, hard-working farmers bringing sustenance to the world while handling the family business. Thanks to the great distance between the consumer and how their food is produced,…
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The Earrings Of Madame De…
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Read more: The Earrings Of Madame De…One of the finest works in any media regarding human nature.
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The Law
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Read more: The LawWhen men were men…
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Dodes’Ka-Den
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Read more: Dodes’Ka-DenThis film has been referred to as ‘minor Kurosawa’, and if those two terms ever belonged together , then I would seriously begin to doubt the explosive potential of combining elemental sodium and water. Much as a dark sunspot shines bright as a star when seen against the backdrop of space, this film shines just…
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Our Man in Havana
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Read more: Our Man in HavanaIntelligence services for any nation have in common an innate need for secrecy regarding their actions and a defensive posture regarding their activities and justification for same. Any probe of their budgets or actions are generally met with a mixture of contempt and silence, answers to the questions often arriving decades later when the department…