Though its advertising would say otherwise, “The Grey” is not another Liam Neeson kills everybody movie, even if that has become his forte over the past five years. Instead, “The Grey” is an attempt at an introspective, philosophical survival film, a target it misses by…
Posts published in “Voice”
The Internet has cried “save us” and DC has said “no.” After more than 20 years of speculation and fervent protests from fans, DC has finally announced their plans for a sequel to Alan Moore’s landmark comic series, “Watchmen.” Hours after the announcement Wednesday morning…
Services like Netflix and YouTube have made the most recent films readily available to anyone. Can we find anything of value in the muck of b-movies, ambitious failures and exploitative crap-fests? We’re going to find out in Dispatches from Instant View Purgatory. What’re we watching:…
George Smiley rarely acts. He is far more likely to sit in the corner at a party and watch everyone around him than become the life of the party. But by the end of the night, Smiley will know nearly everything about every single person at that party. In…
The best part of going to the movies is being surprised. When 2011 rolled around, it seemed as if the best movie of the year was already predetermined when indie smash hits like “The Artist” and “Tree of Life” rolled around. Few would have expected…
Stop me if you’ve heard of this show before: A mysterious island holds the key for a mystery that involves some sort of time travel. There are flashbacks to the past, where the reality of a character’s past is revealed to the audience. The show…
Sometimes popular culture goes beyond simply being adored. Some of it’s elevated into the highest of canon of public opinion. But do they all deserve to be there? In “Kill Your Idols,” the so-called modern classics are going to be held up to tough scrutiny…
I’m not going to act like I’m in the target audience for Lifetime Network. My persistent beard and the fact that I have never been a woman who has coupled with a sexy but subtly dangerous man, I have little use of the channel except…
With just one-month left in 2011, the final movie releases of the year, most of which are lining up for shots at Academy Awards, are soon to be released. Here is Voice’s rundown of some of the movies yet to come out that could receive…
Community – “Paradigms of Human Memory” Season two of Community expanded on the parodies of various genres, from documentaries to fantasy. But nothing topped “Paradigms of Human Memory,” a perfect spoof of television’s most reviled concept: the clip show. In what may be the most…